http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Washington , Bellingham en-us Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:58:58 BST Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:58:58 BST Hello again folksThanks for all your supportive messages. It makes such a difference. I have never done this travelling lark before but every now and then I think of all my nice normal lovely friends and family in the UK and it makes me smile very broadly.So I am now in Bellingham the northernmost town in the US on the West side anyway.But first let me tell you how I spent my last day in S http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-318780.html Happy wishes from Bellingham Just want to say Hi and thanks for all your love and support. We are doing well and happy to be back in this area of the world as you can probably see from the pictures. Not to much to tell you as far as the health battle goes taking a break from doctors until we get ourselves in a home and a steady income. However I am still learning and reading about all kinds http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-316604.html Hi AllSorry itrsquos been so long since we posted anything. Our life got kind of crazy the past few months. Many of you already know we are back in Washington. I think it was sometime in May when Natalie started having some intestinal difficulties as it were. This of course didnrsquot come as surprise as itrsquos a normal occurrence in less developed countries with poor sanitation and water http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-311829.html just photos http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-311557.html Well have had 2 reasonably warm days for here mid to high 20's but the rest has been cold and wet and drissly like today so have been sitting on back desk studying and trying to get photos of the hummingbirds which flit around all over the place. seems when you pull a camera out they know and disappear but Dev persevered and got a few great shots http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-310294.html Took the boys up to Mount Baker today to play in the snow... James has never seen it before and Dylan only saw it for the first time on our last trip me toohere are the pics got sunburntsnowburnt lol and it was pretty warm up there but there were 30 foot snow banks around the sides of the carpark... very weird for the middle of summer but hey it is america lol http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-308471.html well had to choose Bellingham cause Everson doesnt show up on the blog LOLOL... glad to leave Florida sick of theme parks pommie travellers and rain.... lol... sick of rain and flying to Seattle thats funny .... Alaska airlines are a bit dodgy some dick moved our seats around and separated us until Dev got mean lololol when they could understand him they looked scared.. funny cause he doe http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-308237.html Hello again everyoneMany thought that I went missing on my sea voyage from Haines AK to Bellingham WA. Unfortunately WiFi was not available on the boats so had to wait until I reached the lower 48.I know some of you have cruised the Inside Passage and enjoyed it...if you have not I would encourage you to consider taking a cruise or a ferry north to Alaska.On Monday July 14 we boarded the M http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-301651.html Wow we have heard back from so many people. Thanks to so many of you for your encouragement and prayersAs I was working on a Bible Study this week I ran across an old familiar verse. Isn't it great the way God speaks to us wherever we are in our livesHere's the verse Psalm 1914 I'm sure many of you know it by heartMay the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing in http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-297812.html So we only have 6 days to go Can't quite believe it's almost here I've been making lots of lists and doing lots of shopping. So many things to do and so little time. When we discovered this website for the Salt and Light Ministry we really started getting excited. This ministry is doing an Evangelism Campaign in Hunedoara and that is what we get to help with. Also for those intereste http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-297258.html I Peter 411If anyone speaks he should do it as one speaking the very words of God.If anyone serves he should do it with the strength God provides so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ.To Him be the glory and the power forever and ever Amen.James 127Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is thisto look after orphans and widows in their distressand http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-293619.html Namaskar. Aamar naam Brendan. I've wanted to go to India since I was 14. The only thing I am worried about is the long flight. Ready with vaccinations and antimalaria pills. To all my friends and family dhonnobad for everything Ami tomake bhalobashi http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-291019.html MONDAY 19TH SAN FRANCISCO Had breakfast at 'Mels Diner' one block from the hotel. A fair dinkum American dinner. Mike had Hash corn beef and eggs. Was great all shinny and just like you imagine a diner to be.Then we took a cab to the wharf for our trip to Alcatraz. Cold and windy on the boat we were on the top deck. Great views of the city and the island. Left on the 10.30 crossing and retur http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-278677.html So you're probably wondering whatever made us decide to fly all the way across the world to Romania. Well I'm sure there are going to be many times when we will repeat that question ourselves but here is the general story.Earlier this year my niece was inspired by someone in her church to do some mission work in Romania. Of course she desired to have someone she knew well to go along with h http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-277384.html http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-277379.html well we finally made it to posting an entry....1000 miles into the journey of course but better late than never. here's the quick recap...we left in a flurry as most trips are left in but eventually made it over to the peninsula and to greet us it was REALLY wet and cold for a week. it was quite miserable actually. it took us time to get used the loads and taking turns on wet cold paveme http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-267188.html I am in the mist of setting up four different 'Picture Post Boards' around Bellingham. These boards will have 35mm prints from my trip and captions about were i'm at and what i'm up to. Interested Check the first one out at Fairhaven College. The others will be at The HUB community Bike Coop 903 12 N. State St. Backcountry Essentials 214 W. Holly St. and Fanatic Bike Co. at 2025 James St. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-199079.html been infront of this screen for too long hope this post goes through soon so i can update my friends and fam. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-198740.html Hi Everyone and AnyoneFirst things first I want to keep these entries short. This keep both you and me off the internet and outside living or at least I hope it does. Here is my travel itinerary 6th 7th cycle from Bellingham to Levenworth WA for a Wilderness First Aid Responder Coarse that will take place from the 8th till the 16th. On the 17th 18th I'll be biking to seattle then the 1 http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-198713.html We've had the past year or so to soak up Washington state while we spent time with our families and worked. In early July we went to Eastern WA and to Montana. July was a great month of visiting old friends and family. Or should I say old family and young friends and some young family. We also enjoyed some classic Missoula scenery and rivers. After returning to WA Natalie headed out on an advent http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-193099.html For you guys who are not familiar with Washington State geography Mt Vernoncity is approximately 20 miles south of Bellingham. Surprisingly after almost 100 miles of riding and 10 hrs of saddle time the day before Rene and I woke up today with nothing more than sore butts luckily Our legs felt fresh and strong for what laid ahead another 80 or so miles to Vancouver B.C. After Starbuc http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-172990.html I'm finally a college graduate. Now onto Cape Town to visit my sis Katie http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-170077.html Didn't want to lose my page for whatever reason so I have got to post http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-111383.html Heliotrope Glissading This is my first blog Over the weekend my dad Mike and I headed out to Heliotrope Ridge. The hike is Located next to Mt. Baker home to the World Record Snowfall and some pretty frickin sweet skiing. But the weekend instead included some flippin' sweet backpackin I promise no more references to Mr Dynamite. The hike itself is relatively short 3 miles 1600 vert http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-82060.html Last week I decided to make a trip to USA during the weekends because my visa waiver record was expiring soon and I needed to return it to the Canadian Immigration. Since I would be spending more than 2 hours to travel all the way to the border it would be a waste if I just went there to return the visa waiver record and did nothing else. Hence I decided to visit Lynden a small town north of B http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-29029.html Vinny Tony and I are taking a trip to Europe beginning 100405. We fly into Amsterdam Friday morning 1007 and plan to stay there for the weekend. After that we will be headed to Germany Italy Greece hopefully Spain France and then back to Amsterdam to fly back. That is the rough plan. Actually that is the only plan. We will see. Wish us luck. Oh yeah and Tony has a mustache. Wait for pi http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-21259.html Here we are the end of week three and still in Bellingham. The good news is that the camera will be arriving tomorrow and we will be getting the hell out of dodge. It has been nice in Bellingham but we are ready to move on. We spent the first 5 nights in a great campground at the Larabee State Park. It was right by the beach had rv hook ups and showers. Yep we showered. 2 showers in 2 week http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-16204.html Well it is the end of week 2 and everything is still great except for one thing. Bret's camera broke. Yep broke. There is a dial on the back that is the main control of most of its functions and it has broke. How and why we don't know. The dial stopped working while we were in Glacier but he was still able to use it until the hike in the North Cascades. We were coming back from a hike an http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-15324.html Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.Mark Twain LINKSName TRAVEL TIPS June 17 2005 Friday. Today we get on the ferry. Our instructions were to get to the dock early and get in line with our vehicle. The RV will be in the lower level of the ferryboat. Once the vehicle is parked there we will not be permitted to return to it except for three designated times a day a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Washington/Bellingham/blog-13839.html