http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States en-us Sun, 15 Nov 09 18:09:27 +0000 Sun, 15 Nov 09 18:09:27 +0000 Alan Gatewood Wenger 1934 2009As many of you know we received very bad news while we were in Brazil on September 22nd my dad Alan Wenger passed away while on vacation with my mom and sister in the U.S. Virgin Islands. They'd gone down for Dad's 75th birthday and he died quite suddenly. We left Brazil as soon as possible and went to join them. Since then we had Dad's memorial service http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Houston/blog-453367.html Well the great North American adventure has started.We had our Amazing Race moment in the airport in Sydney with thetravel agent not informing us of the online visa we needed to complete in order to depart the country which found us running through the airport bags flying behind so that we were not the last team to check in. Thankfully it was a nonelimination round. We celebraed with a VB http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/Hollywood/blog-453249.html November 13 2009Today was another driving dayhellipall day. We left Pigeon Forge a bit late because we had a couple of errands to runhellipso it was probably noon when we left. We drove through Tennessee and in the early evening we reached Kentucky. We had some trouble finding a place to stay but the road that we were on took us through beautiful Kentucky farm land. Finally at about 7pm we l http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kentucky/blog-453242.html I love Fernandina Beach. We got here about 200. Anchored at St Simon Island last night and left at 700. had a pretty uneventful day. Not much wind until we go to the fuel dock and then it picked up to about 20 knots and slammed the boat into the dock. Sounded like fiberglass cracking. Everything looks ok but have to wait and see. Then we motored over to the slip for the night and tied up. Looked http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Fernandina-Beach/blog-453224.html Gulfport Mississippi is a beautiful city full of history. It is one of the largest cities in Mississippi and has turned into quite the casino town along with nearby Biloxi.No matter what you reason for traveling to Gulfport there are a number of things that you can see and do for free. You can visit the beaches of course. But in addition visit this page to find more things to do when visiti http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Mississippi/Gulfport/blog-453179.html I've moved on to the next stage of the application processThings have been a little hectic around here as I get ready to depart for a fine adventure halfway around the globe. I finally finished my TEFL certification. I should be receiving my certificate in the mail sometime soon. I have also been mailed the material for the other bonus certificate that Kate and I got when we signed to get o http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/Monmouth-County/blog-453033.html Today was the last day of our New England trip. We left Boothbay Harbor early to ensure we would be able to fit in a stop in Salem to visit some of the witch related attractions. There definitely was not enough time spent here in Maine to fully appreciate it all. In all we were probably only in the state less than 24 hours Before leaving we stopped by the harbor to take a few photos but the bon http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Salem/blog-453023.html Day 5We spent the night with Grandma Carole and Jenny. It was really nice to see them and get caught up on what happening in everyonersquos lives. As far as our travel there is not a ton to say here. We got up early and had a delicious breakfast at Big Johns in Frazier Park then headed west. We stopped at the RangerFire station to ask about road closures only to find that the major portion http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Santa-Barbara/blog-453014.html Hallo... ein letztes Malwir haetten uns keinen besseren Ort fuer den letzten Stopp dieser unglaublichen Reise aussuchen koennen als San Francinsco Wir hatten ein wenig Bedenken dass wir hier frustriert rumsitzen werden und nur auf unseren Flug zureuck nach hause warten werden aber die letzten paar tage waren dann doch noch richtig aufregend und toll. Unser Hostel ist sehr zentral und hat viel http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Francisco/blog-452973.html Interesting day on the ditch. Left Kilkenny Creek near Richmond Hill Ga. We stayed there for two days waiting out weather. Left this morning at 700. For some reason my wind meter which hasn't worked for three years decided to work. It read 29 knots going through St Catherines Sound.Thewind blew pretty much 20 to 25 all day. Kept blowing my hat off. Very irritating. We ran aground in the Little M http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Georgia/Tybee-Island/blog-452965.html By melisseBack in September we spent some days on the Oregon Sand Dunes. We were far away from internet access at the time on the move and not writing much about our experiences in order to share them with you. So Irsquod like to take this opportunity to reminisce now.The dunes are an otherworldly place. The smooth beige unmarred silky windswept rolling expanse has an immense elegance. I f http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/blog-452960.html Ein weiterer Tag im Paradies...AlohaStefan http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Hawaii/Oahu/Honolulu/blog-452849.html Everybody dreams to have their own dream car. It is a good feeling to drive their own car but most people do not have adequate funds to make their dreams come true. Banks offer loans at a nominal rate to fulfil the dreams of their consumers. Banks would like to make their transactions very profitable. Loans are availed at various interest rates according to the individual needs. Low rate auto loan http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Washington/Seattle/blog-452818.html New car loans are easily available through the online services and the loans can be obtained through hassle free process. The borrowers must find the best car and finalize the type of car that has to be bought. It is not always required to have the hot cash in hand and to look for the best deals. If people come across a good deal on their dream car they can avail loan from the various bankers and http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-452817.html One of the greatest reggae bands ever is 'The Black Seeds'. They're from New Zealand and I never got a chance to see them while I was over there. Lucky for me they did an american tour and played in South Burlington while Sandra was visiting from Germany. It was a great show and well worth the 5 hour drive. Katie sister accompanied us out there and Sandra and I were able to meet up with one of http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Vermont/Burlington/blog-452808.html Chapter 29 Travels with CaliJuly 10 Time to move on. I left Ben and Debi and headed across Idaho. After hearing the hot temperatures everywhere I decided to stay north and visit Yellowstone instead of going down to Nevada. I will have to visit that state in a cooler season. Today is a bittersweet day the one year anniversary of Arnie's death. Kathleen and Berry called. She remembered th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/blog-452803.html La La LandAs soon as we got off the plane at LAX we struggled to get to grips with the change of pace and scenery after only a minute of being in the taxi whilst still in the airport we were pulled over by traffic police a stark reminder that our road trip around the US would be a lot different to Australia or New Zealand.We hung around with our friends KP Sam and all stayed in downtown LA w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/blog-452690.html Monday was sunny. I cut through the National Gallery of Art's Sculpture Garden to get home. Tuesday was gray. I took a shortcut by way of the Butterfly Path to The National Mall. I always carry a camera on walks around DC. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/District-of-Columbia/blog-452683.html After 2 days travel we finally made it to New York City. We arrived mid morning and made our way by bus from the airport. We booked accommodation from Peru and unfortunately in our panic to leave forgot to write down the address. So after walking up and down 94th street with our 20kg backpacks may we add we finally worked out we should have been walking up and down 73rd street trying to find our http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-452651.html Left the anchorage yesterday ar 700 am Wanted to get past St Catherines sound before we anchored but the weather looked bad and my chart plotter has started losing sattelite connection when it rains. Came up a little creek to a small area with an old but run down marina and a little restaurant and a few houses. It is near a town called Richmond Hill GaAnchored up from the houses and dinghyed to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Georgia/Savannah/blog-452645.html