Blogs from North America - page 17

Travel blog Day 1 Thursday may 9th 3:43pm - somewhere over America What an interesting start to a new adventure. After spending an awsome 10 days in Montreal with Captain C Bet and a PJ wearing Zuckerberg, this new opportunity was thrust upon me. I am flying to Boston via Charlotte (jealous Dan? NASCAR country ) I will be joining the NCL Dawn Friday morning. The day started early as I still had a couple of things to do before I left. When my ride showed up to take me to the airport in Seattle, they informed me that they had forgotten their passport. It was decision time, go to the border and hope I can talk my way through or risk driving 40 minutes to retrieve the passport. GAMBLE GAMBLE!!! We got to the border ... read more

Today we traveled from Tulare to Mariposa in preparation for visiting Yosemite National Park. When we arrived at the Mariposa Fairgrounds we discovered they were having an Indian Pow Wow at the fairgrounds this weekend. It was very interesting returning home from dinner to the sounds of pounding drums and chanting. We just might all learn something new. I am sure there will be lots of great pictures in the next post.... read more

Its taken a while, but have found someone who was able to help us access photographs from the camera.... read more

Out of order, but hopefully will tie up with previous blogs... read more

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM! HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY, NOW YOU ARE INTO YOUR 94TH YEAR! I HOPE YOU GET LOTS OF CAKE, HAVE A PIECE FOR US! LOVE, HELEN AND IAN XXXX... read more

Hey Guys! So, this week's been going steadily, and have therefore not had much to blog about, but thought I'd keep you all in the loop! Being here at Riggs has started to affect my own psychology - a lot! I've started to notice that the nature of my experience here has been unsettling and I have felt quite destabilised and have started to have weird dreams. This, of course, was going to be inevitable (unless I adopted an army of defense mechanisms - in which case, my experience here would be wasted!) My unconscious has been provoked and awakened and whilst disturbing, it provides a fascinating learning resource. My boundaries remain in place, so it's well-contained and feels very safe, and furthermore, I get an insight into the complexity of where my psyche ends, and ... read more

Day 7 May 10, 2013 Chris and I rode the Motorcycle to the Publix grocery store on the top of the island to get groceries at a price that wouldn’t bankrupt us. We were limited by the amount of space on my motorcycle, but we managed to fit everything, including a case of beer for Joe, and a Styrofoam cooler, which Chris had to carry on her lap, what a sight. We had breakfast at La Creperie, not too pricy and the omelets were pretty good. After breakfast Joe rented a bicycle to go to the beach and Chris and I Walked 5 blocks to the Hemingway House for the tour. It was fascinating, Hemingway was quite a character. We went back to the condo to cool off (today it is really hot). Then Chris and ... read more

For our summer vacation this year, we are returning to one long trip. It started with the suggestion that we take my parents on Route 66, but has ended up to be a nearly month-long tour of the western US. We have been, of course, but we will introduce them to Arizona, California, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana, and perhaps a couple other states as well. I hope it will be a lot of fun and memorable for the right reasons. The title suggests we are almost ready to leave. That's not entirely true. I am very ready to leave from the perspective of needing a vacation. I'm ready to be away from the responsibilities; I'm ready for the boys to be done with school. I'm not, however, ready to leave tomorrow. We are ... read more