http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , North Carolina en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:47:11 BST Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:47:11 BST Lesson Learned My amateur pictures do not do a school justice. Rely on collegeuniversity websites for pictures.Note to Students Do consider taking a picture of yourself on campus for your application packet. Include this picture with a clever caption or story about your experience on the campus. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Asheville/blog-303394.html Dear AllThank you for subscribing to my ldquoTravel Blogrdquo. Twentyfive schools in ten days and approximately 2000 miles on the road allows for only a quick survey of schools. Your tour of schools need not go at such a fast clip once you identify the kinds of schools of interest to you. My goals were 1 to promote Christ School to collegeuniversity admissions offices in the northeast 2 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Asheville/blog-302849.html This past weekend I spent a couple days in Wilmington NC where I spent 5 months on exchange last year. The whole trip up there started out a little rough as Friday after only a few hours sleep yes watching the midnight premiere of The Dark Knight was not the best idea when you have to get up and be ready by 830am I stumbled down to my car around 9am cursing the sunlight and wishing I coul http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Wilmington/blog-302821.html It means no worries for the rest of your days its a problem free philisophy Hakuna Matata.For those of you who aren't now humming alone go out rent The Lion King and you'll be in the same fluffy mood I was in watching a live action version last week. Simba and friends dancing and singing to all the well known hits warms the soul. Disney World. The magic is real and it takes over you from th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Asheville/blog-301988.html One day to go before we leave and we aren't even remotely ready to go. Mark needs to fill the garage and I'm still doing laundry. Danny has been packed since Wednesday April I do believe is finally packed. Mark and I have not even started. It's like Mark said we will be ready to go when we are packed and we won't be packed until we are ready to go.I think we have finally nailed down our tr http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/blog-301612.html Gah Aniki you got me thinking P Allow me to borrow your words for a bitRemember all those times when you were a kid and you would wonder and plan what yoursquod do as an adult All those dreams about being a doctor or an astronaut about being the first person to visit Jupiter or trying to dig a hole to China with your mates saying that yoursquod eat nothing but chocolate cake and cand http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Cary/blog-301447.html ldquoNorth to the ChesapeakerdquoWe left Savannah after three days living alongside the very busy Riverwalk. The waterway north of here is some of the thinnest water between Norfolk and Florida. The Army Corp of Engineers has had to ignore the shoaling in this area due to lack of funds. There were several places where the channel has shoaled to less than 4rsquo during low tide. The good http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Beaufort/blog-301137.html The truth of the matter is that I can never move back to North Carolina. It's something I didn't want to realize part of me had always hoped that I could return to the world I was comfortable and complacent within prior to leaving for Japan with familiar walls and scenery that used to excite. I thought that maybe I needed my dog to feel at home or friends close by my old university right dow http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Cary/blog-300816.html Heather SaysAfter an overnight stop in Knoxville we headed to the Smoky Mountains for a bit of hiking and fresh air.Ummmmm well not exactly when we first entered the nature reserve area I felt like we'd entered a tackier kiddy version of Vegas. It was all about crap theme parks crappier family cabaret shows and themed hotels.After fighting our way through the white trash and traffic jams w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Cherokee/blog-300294.html I hate florida. i hate florida. i dont really know what else to tell you. its hot sticky humid and infested with bugs. Its disgusting. Florida was probably the worst selling days for everyone on the tour. The fact that people plain out SUCK in Florida and the fact that its hot and disgusting makes up for that no one sold much. so yea. florida sucks. though i did take an amazing shower in the r http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Charlotte/blog-299827.html After mapquesting Kerry's route I figured out he is totally insane. Believe me I spent all weekend trying to figure out what that man was thinking. But then again he might not have been thinking at all when he put our itinerary together. I'm pretty sure it was supposed to be a carefully crafted practical joke There are a couple of stops on his itinerary that are mustsees. Of course we wi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/blog-299823.html Well the rental van didn't work out so we put down 23 of the bench seat in the Subaru put the gear box on the luggage rack and headed out. The dogs have been fantastic they settled right in. Our only mishap was literally pulling away from the house when Rowan decided to sit on Piper's lap. That was 100 lbs. of dog she didn't particularly want sitting on her. We made a barricade using t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Wilmington/blog-299633.html This is our first entry. Even though we are not scheduled to leave for another week we wanted to see if we could figure out how to use this travel blog.Our original trip was to travel from North Carolina to Iowa however Kerry got involved and now has us traveling 3128.42 miles for a road trip that should actually only be 1230.52 miles. What a trip he has planned for us We are actually look http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/blog-298722.html Hi KidsI'm now in North Carolina. We're staying at the best hostel I've stayed in the States. Free internet porch hot tub good weather and a bar over the road. PerfectI went white water rafting today on the french broad river in Madison County. It was awesome Went over Grade 12 3 rapids. Also hopped out a few times for a swim when the rapids lessened and did some diving......ok hurling my http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Asheville/blog-295051.html Surf City North Carolina 30 juinOuf sorti de la mgaville mme s'il fait chaud on respire tout coup... Se taper le BosWash en une semaine c'est quand mme pas de la tarte Or donc aprs le charme de Boston et la dmesure de NewYork ce fut donc le tour de l'indfinissable Philadelphie de la ressucite Baltimore et de la monumentale Washington.Philadelphie Philly pour les intimes http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/blog-293747.html Thanks for joining me on my tour of colleges and universities in the northeast. As David Copperfield the famous magician might say I will attempt to tour approximately 20 schools in 10 days in the following states Pennsylvania New York Rhode Island and Connecticut. As many of you may know for the last five summers my normal mode of transportation to colleges and universities is by bi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Asheville/blog-291730.html Welcome to my Travel Blog. Over the next two weeks I will share with you some of my thoughts and experiences as I make my way to schools in Pennsylvania New York Rhode Island and Connecticut. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Asheville/blog-291573.html Well it's 4 AM Seattle time and 7 AM Charlotte time and Becky and I have arrived at the Charlotte CLT airport dazed and tired. The cramped coach seats were incredibly uncomfortable and they didn't have enough blankets and pillows to give us. Needless to say our necks are cramped and we're tired. But I shouldn't be complaining the flight went well we met a woman on board who was a nanny http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Charlotte/blog-290711.html We did a walking tour of the formerly walled part of Charleston. We followed the AAA guide as it described various historic spots and buildings. The earthquake bolts really intrigued Carrie. Buildings after a major earthquake in the 1800rsquos approx. a 7 on the Richter Scale had almost destroyed many buildings but earthquake bolts saved the day Some of our pictures show these very large http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/blog-290559.html Tomorrow will be an extremely difficult day. As much as I love revisiting the town I grew up in it always causes me to become a bit nostalgic over my Grandmother and Grandfather that are since deceased. Really itrsquos been quite many years since either of them have been in my life.. My Grandfather passed away when I was only eight and my Grandmother shortly before I turned fourteen. But e http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Cary/blog-290105.html Hello family and friends You've made it to the travel blog I'll be using throughout my trip. I can't promise I'll be able to update it frequently but will definitely share whenever the internet is available. If you'd like receive email notification on when I update the blog click on the subscribe button on the left. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Raleigh/blog-289367.html On June 18 ten of our ambassadors and eight of their parents caravaned to Raleigh for a voluntary field trip. That morning we visited the NC Museum of Natural Science. In groups and individually students viewed skeletons of dinosaurs and whales walked through a butterfly atrium and peered through foliage looking for the creatures that lived in the displays. We had a box lunch delivered to us http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Raleigh/blog-289218.html Thanks to Hannah Starr and Mary Gruber for doing a TravelBlog for their trip to Europe. You inspired me to try one for my trip to NC and SC. Tomorrow we leave for Greensboro NC. We will be spenting Friday night with Page and David Griffin. Saturday we will attend the wedding of Jeff Duffy and Kelly Stempkowski. Sunday I will be seeing more of my new relatives. Monday I will be meeting mor http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Greensboro/blog-286467.html Hello from Lake Junaluska North Carolina We had an awesome day today at the Holston Annual Conference. Tony was commissioned along with 19 others. His mom and Tom drove in from Knoxville and my folks came in last night so they could be here this morning. We are all very proud of TonyWe are excited to get settled into our parsonage next Wednesday. I am also still looking for a job and am looki http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/blog-285996.html We are getting ready for our adventure to Italy France Austria Switzerland and Germany. Our schedule will include visiting the Roman Coliseum and Catacombs of San Callisto the Sistine Chapel meeting a nun clean up a park near the Pisa ride in a gondola in Venice visit the Mauthusen Concentration Camp speak with a survivor of a concentration camp enjoy the Prater Amusement park where http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/New-Bern/blog-284434.html Well we finished our planning phase. All hotels are booked and confirmed down to the floor view breakfast bathroom etc. I have read at least 200 reviews on these 5 hotels. And if you look at my sheets of paper here in front of me i researched approx. 180 different hotels on the entire trip. Wow im a nerd. Our Siena hotel has a curfew of 1am which most hotels in that city have so the own http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Raleigh/blog-283787.html Today will be our last day on the trail this year It is a happy day and a sad one all at the same time. We are glad to be done with the southern portion of the trail but sad to be leaving the trail and the friends we have made this year. Both of us will go through Trail Withdrawls for a couple of weeks. The body will wake up and wonder where the pack is and why we aren't walking by 9AM http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/blog-282610.html Hey everybody So I'm writing this in my two last hours at work before I leave the country on Sunday. How exciting I'll hopefully be updating this journal somewhat frequently just like Connie and I did for our China travelblog. I'm hoping this will make it easy for us to put up not only photos but also videos of the cool things we've done. I know the girls aren't too interested in blogging but http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Chapel-Hill/blog-281893.html Well I'm not in Cape Town yet but I thought I'd keep myself and all of you on track.Today I got my International Student Identification Card in the mail along with some three really cool bumper stickers that say Study Abroad in South Africa as well as ZA. Since I don't have a car maybe I can stick one of these fancy stickers on a makeshift bumper on my bike. I've been frustrated lately b http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/blog-281637.html Memorial Day Weekend in the Great Smoky MountainsmdashWhat were we thinkingThis is actually my second attempt at writing this update. My first attempt was far too lengthy. I have made a commitment to myself to keep my post limited to no more than 2000 words each.We awoke Saturday morning packed the backpacks loaded the Pathfinder and hit the road. Our final destination was unknown imagin http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/blog-281480.html