http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America en-us Tue, 10 Nov 09 01:41:33 +0000 Tue, 10 Nov 09 01:41:33 +0000 If you enjoy reading these blogs you can subscribe to be notified each time I publish a new story. Simply send me your email at brittbiskhotmail.com and I'll sign you up. Then each time I create a new story you'll receive an email letting you know. Cheers http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/blog-452070.html In the past weeks I have realized that I really don't know the correct address for this blog site. I have taken the liberty of adding some people to our list of receipents. Some that should have been on the list a long time ago I appologize and some who were given an incorrect site address I also apologize. If I was wrong and you really don't want to receive a notice and automatic link ea http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Orange-Park/blog-452058.html In the first week of october my Natural Disasters class went on a feild trip to see the niagra falls. When we arrived we went and looked at the falls for about 30 minutes then headed closer to them to go on thebehind the falls adventure. unfortunatly the weather wasn't being fair to us and we could do that. so we eventually ended seeing a movie in 3D about the falls and how they were made over t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Niagara-Falls/blog-452042.html By melisseFrom state to state in the US of A many things are the same but many are different. Each region has its own flavor cultural norms speech patterns laws geography vegetation weather industry and agriculture. Thatrsquos what makes it fun to travel around this great land. Sonoma County has its unique flavor one we grew to love 915 years ago when we lived here. Itrsquos fun to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Bodega-Bay/blog-452041.html By melisseLast weekend a large lump swelled above the plain of the flat sandy expanse of Kehoe Beach along Point Reyes National Seashore. Large black vultures lined the lumprsquos surface eventually flying off as we neared. Much larger than a dead seal and piled like a large mass of old carpet we circled the mysterious object trying to figure out what it was It looked like some sort of de http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Marin/blog-452039.html This trip was very exciting. At first I thought my family and my friends were just going to go Cherry picking but we pushed our trip a little farther. We were on our way driving to the cherry fields as we saw some interesting buildings such as the CN tower the hershy factory etc. We finally arrived there and there was alot of cherry trees. We all picked as much as we wanted some of us jumped http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Niagara-Falls/blog-452021.html HiWelcome to Nat Ve's Peruvian Adventure. Thanks for checking out our travel blog. We're in the final countdown for our trip with 2 days left to go. We leave this Wednesday from Toronto on a direct flight to Lima Peru. Thanks Air Canada Love the direct flight My plan is to post blog entries with photos every few days but you know how things go when travelling... We'll see... Instead of alwa http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Toronto/blog-452001.html Chichen Itza Private TourChichen Itza one of the New 7 Wonders of the World served as the political economic and ceremonial center of the Mayan civilization. 4WorldsExpeditions has meticulously laid out an itinerary to visit this world renowned attraction visited by millions. Your day will be filled with information about the Mayan culture where personalized and attentive service for your exclu http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Quintana-Roo/Riviera-Maya/blog-451998.html Primeiro domingo de novembro dia de maratona em Nova York. Uma das mais famosas se no a mais famosa maratona do mundo. Claro que eu queria ir. Mas claro que tambm estava com preguia. Quem me conhece sabe que estou me tornando mais e mais caseira alm da conta alm do saudvel. Eu sei eu sei... Mas fui. Ainda bem. Acho que ao lado da minha experincia na Abyssinian Church foi o momento m http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-451929.html Here are some photos which will give you an idea of my activities and of some places to visit in the this lovely area of northern California.You can find an article I've written on my new blog http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Berkeley/blog-451884.html I'm getting ready for my adventure in India. I am trying out this site to see how it works. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Portland/blog-451853.html Destination Beaufort SCLeft Charleston SC at 700 AM and arrived in Beaufort at 400. Great weather. Upper 70's and sunny. Rode with just shorts on most of the day. Lots of dolphin. Lucked out on the tides. We hit hight tide most of the day and the tides in this area run 5 to 9 feet with lots of shoaled areas at MLT. Tied up at the Downtown Marina and went to get a greasy hamburger and fries an http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/Beaufort/blog-451837.html November 7 2009 We left our Hilton Head paradise this morning. Marie and Steve flew home last evening and it was time for us to hit the road. We are heading for Memphis wersquore going to Gracelandhellipwell at least Donna and I arehellipBill and Johnhellipnot so much. We drove across Georgia which today seemed like a very long state. The roads in western Georgia were not well maintaine http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Alabama/blog-451827.html On Tuesday October 27th 2009 my friends and I went out for dinner at Bon Rouge French Bistro Restaurant. It is located in the Inner Harbor on 611 Courtney Street in Victoria British Columbia. I was amazed at how many local products Bon Rouge had to offer. A number of their local wines came from Sand Hill Grey Monk Summer Hill Mission Hill and Kettle Valley Wineries. As well some of their f http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver-Island/Victoria/blog-451797.html Bon Rouge French Bistro is a magnificent restaurant within in the heart of Victoria B.C. Canada. It is located on 611Courtney Street within walking distance of the Fairmont Empress Hotel the Parliament building and Chinatown. I made a visit to Bon Rouge on Tuesday October 27 2009 at 530 p.m. with a small group of friends.When I went in I felt the atmosphere was designed for a romantic nig http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver-Island/Victoria/blog-451786.html ...on wine.I had a truly wonderful wine country morning yesterday. My friend Jim and I headed over to Kenwood where Melisse's and my old pal and landlord from Glen Ellen days Doty had enlisted me in this year's wine crush. Doty has become a fairly sophisticated vintner in the years since we lived with him on the mountain. He and his friendsbusiness partners David and Catherine collect leftover http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Sonoma-County/blog-451781.html Finally I was in Las Vegas the city that was so talked about and featured in so many movies....but what a disappointment it quickly was I mean what to do here unless you want to lose money I have to say that I only invested 1 dollar in gambling and got 11 dollars back whooohooo....my friend in the other hand lost about 1000 dollar in 3 days and still she was keeping on going I was bored BO http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Las-Vegas/blog-451714.html Good day to allWe are currently sitting in Beaufort North CarolinaSince we last wrote to you we left Sandwich MA and have sailed all the way to Cape May. NJ via New York then down to Cape May NJ up the Delaware and down the Chesapeake and to Beaufort via the ICW . When leaving Sandwich the timing for passing through the canal must be properly timed since there are very strong currents pushi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Beaufort/blog-451645.html Mark PostingThe last couple posts have been exhaustive recounts of every little thing that Liz and I have done. I can guarantee another one of those will be available to all you eager readers soon enough. However tonight I am going to save my fingertips and simply upload a bunch of photos that we've taken over the past several days which have not yet made their way onto the blog. Side note http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Wyoming/Jackson/blog-451541.html Hi again Berkeley's really nice but totally different to Stanford. Had one day of rain but sunshine otherwise. I visited San Francisco today and it's so cool surprisingly. Tomorrow I'm heading for Hawai'i...All the best from sunny BerkeleyStefan http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Berkeley/blog-451521.html