Blogs from North America - page 6776

We stayed at Grand Island, NE. Sunday night and drove on to Columbia, MO. last night. We are heading to Chattanooga, TN. tomorrow night to stay with Mom and Dad for a night. My sister, Beth, is shopping for a new motorcycle and I am going with her tomorrow or Thursday to look at bikes. We plan to get home Thursday night. Donna and I miss the open spaces and big sky and feel cramped by the crowds, heavy traffic, and tall trees growing so close to the road. (Have I said that we will make this trip again?) Our trip is essentially over; the only thing left now is to get back home and unpack and clean our gear. Soon we will put our memories together and revise and publish this BLOG as a book. ... read more

Well, it has been a couple of days since I wrote anything in here! In that period of time we have managed to cross several states...Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, and are now in Louisville, Kentucky. On our way out of La Junta, we visited Bent's Fort just outside the town. Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site features a reconstructed 1840’s adobe fur trading post on the mountain branch of the Santa Fe Trail where traders, trappers, travelers, and Plains Indian tribes came together in peaceful terms for trade. We stuck around and had an interesting two hour tour of the fort. The interesting part was that it was not a military fort but a private entrepreneur's place of business. At the time it was in its heyday (mid 1800s), it was 600 miles from the nearest town ... read more

Hey hey! We left the story in Dawson City. Now we are in Inuvik, Northwest Territories where the only way to get here from Dawson is...THE DEMPSTER HIGHWAY....that's right: A one way road, 750 kilometers of gravel and mud and pot holes! And oh yes, let us not forget the unforgettable: MOSQUITOS. In addition to the challenges, we saw some unbelievable views. Beautiful mountains, tundra, and boreal forests and wildlife accompanied us on the way. We hope that our return trip brings more sunshine so we can see even more! (we hit a lot of rain along the way). Our first stop on the Dempster was Tombstone Territorial Park where tundra meets mountains. We did some very picturesque walks to the frozen ice sheets on the North Klondike River and some guided walks with very knowledgeable ... read more

ALLOOOOOOOO!!!! jesus, been a while huh? ive been workin like a slave, gettin shit done in the restaurant. its been great but i dont think im gonna continue much longer. in theory tomorrow is my last day of work, but im gonna stay on until saturday or sunday to do a tasting for the owner with the new dishes ive come up with. then starting monday its the guelaguetza, oaxaca's annual festival that lasts 2 weeks, and i wanna enjoy it. especially since i still havent seen ANYTHING here. add to that the fact that a week from tday im turning 28!!!!! and i definitely dont wanna be slaving in a kitchen on my bday. the problem with the restaurant is that ive been telling myself i'll leave when thigns are in a good working state, ... read more

So, today is the day of farewell parties: my coworkers took Sandy (who's leaving the company to go on a personal quest as well) and I to Tres Agaves for lunch. Jason and I will meet our friends at ChaChaCha tonight for dinner. We are putting his stuff in storage on Saturday and we fly out Sunday at noon! Here is our itinerary: Sunday, July 20: Leave San Francisco for Tel Aviv, Israel Sunday, August 3: Fly from Tel Aviv to Riga, Latvia Thursday August 6: Overnight train to St. Petersburg, Russia Monday August 11: Leave Russia to ???, and back to Riga Sunday, August 17: Riga to Paris We will spend 10 days in Paris and then rent a car and travel to Southern France, Spain, Morocco, etc. Friday, October 24: Paris to Mumbai (Bombay), ... read more