http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Pensacola/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Florida , Pensacola en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:52:05 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:52:05 UTC I am home now obviously and have been for quite awhile.. darn 4 months it's been. I have been busy readjusting which was a whole lot harder than I thought it would be But I did assemble this video a little recap of some of my favorite moments. I plan on updating with most of my journal entries so stay tuned. And who knows what adventures I'll find next.. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Pensacola/blog-328054.html Well I must say the drive from Apalachicola continuing west is nowhere near as relaxed or pretty as the panhandle has been to this point. After a semi solid nights sleep the dozen or so giants who must have checked into room 214 of the Nacho stompily pried me from sleep with what could have only been a continuous three legged relay race across the hotel room. Rob was already up so our depart http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Pensacola/blog-276325.html We started the day off with a cheap 7 breakfast at McDonald's then headed down the 297 off 110 W to the Pensacola Naval Air Base home of the Blue Angels to visit the National Museum of Naval Aviation. The museum is located on the base so you have to show ID and get a temporary visitor's pass before driving in. On the way in we stopped first at the Pensacola Lighthouse which is currentl http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Pensacola/blog-274316.html Kali Mera My wife Manoli and I J.C. are on our way to Greece and the Greek Islands. Taking the 6am flight out of Pensacola for Atlanta then Philadelphia and finally Athens. I'll try to make an entry every day with some interesting photos. Feel free to communicate. See ya in a month...almost http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Pensacola/blog-274028.html We had no destination when we set out today along the 110 W from Tallahassee. That was of course until we discovered that there really isn't a whole lot to see or do along that stretch of highway unless you're looking for a nice campground in which case there are many. After stopping for breakfast at The Waffle House we decided to keep driving the 199 miles to Pensacola making this the las http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Pensacola/blog-274003.html Well FolksFirst a few words of wisdom then on to the fun.It seems that as we travel though life we often find ourselves with a monkey on our back. Sometimes you just can't get that monkey off your back no matter how hard you try. Recently we were able to get a huge monkey off of ours.Now we will have a monkey on our backs by choicewe just can't figure out what to call him. This is were we http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Pensacola/blog-269384.html Greetings FolksI know this update is a wee bit delayed but Lynne and I have been running at warp speed since our last update. Lynne and I sincerely appreciate all of the emails and messages we have received from true friends and family in the past few weeks. Please forgive us for not sending individual emails to each of you who have taken the time to send us a friendly note. I will work on http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Pensacola/blog-267491.html Hey FolksTime to catch up on schoolwork and to write up those reports on Senegal. We will plant ourselves at the nearerst State Park which looks like it will be in the west Florida Panhandle near Alabama. On Sunday we will make our way over to N. Orleans where Woody has been taking care of Jenny our dog. Meantime as the kids do math and reports I will proofread a viola concerto to be http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Pensacola/blog-243872.html So here I am nine days to go I have almost all loose ends wrapped up into semitidy little bundles that I can hopefully forget while I am away. The majority of my belongings are packed into boxes to safely await my return.. the remainder waits to go into my suitcases which I can't bring myself to accomplish quite yet. I am heading out to the beach one last time on Saturday to enjoy the 65 deg http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Pensacola/blog-232603.html First off Happy Thanksgiving to everyone It is definitely happy for me I am about 6 weeks away from starting my adventure. I found out yesterday that I am leaving Monday the 14th of January. My flight goes from New Orleans to Washington DC from DC to Vienna arriving next morning and finally from Vienna to Kiev arriving more than 24 hours after my departure. It's too bad I won't have a lon http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Pensacola/blog-221831.html My passport finally came today I was having a bad day too so seeing that in the mail induced a substantial moodimprovement on my part. I also realized I have just about as much time until I go as time I will have there It's so nerveracking I need to get my fundraising going.. I am doing well in the supplies department though I need school supplies for my class I'll be teaching elementary http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Pensacola/blog-193356.html Hey Guys I am sending this message from the Singleton household in Pensacola FLORIDA one of our tourleaders mates houses we are having a slumber party and bbq around tonight Am feeling a but drunk just had a game of Kings which I fortunately didnt lose had contents of beer tobasco and garlic loverly The Aussie guy Ryan happily downed it no problems though Okay so last time I spoke to http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Pensacola/blog-189963.html Hey Guys I am sending this message from the Singleton household in Pensacola FLORIDA one of our tourleaders mates houses we are having a slumber party and bbq around tonight Am feeling a but drunk just had a game of Kings which I fortunately didnt lose had contents of beer tobasco and garlic loverly The Aussie guy Ryan happily downed it no problems though Okay so last time I spoke to http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Pensacola/blog-185607.html Our trip started very close to disasterous. The flight from Pensacola to Houston left 2 hours late due to bad weather in Houston where the flight originated. We deplaned in Houston at 645pm and had to get a shuttle to Terminal B then tram to Terminal DE and catch our flight to Guatemala City by 710pm We made it out of breath at 705 Breathing a sigh of relief we boarded the plane and proce http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Pensacola/blog-170057.html Well it's time to head out to the jungle. We will be in Guatemala City Guatemala tonight and Lake Atitlan tomorrow. Hope to post something again by tomorrow with pictures of the beautiful lake and the Mayans. We hope you enjoy following our trip. You can leave comments for me and everyone else to see by clicking on 'Add Comment' when viewing a specific journal entry. The attached picture http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Pensacola/blog-169236.html The docs overview was good basically the same as the interview Kit went over the whole packet of papers with me. I had read the entire thing already but she was able to explain everything and answer my questions. ..Because I don't have a country preference I have to fill out all 3 visa applications which I think is awesome D Here's a list of all the things I need to send in before I can be http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Pensacola/blog-158539.html The application process is done I got it all in and paid and everything. They said they will review it Monday morning and I should know if I've been accepted by Wednesday or ThursdayThen I will be assigned to a city within a week D Oooooh I get goosebumps when I think about it.UPDATEMay10th2007 ILP called.. and I was accepted I am going DDDDDD I was at a baptism and I guess http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Pensacola/blog-154554.html I maaaaaaaailed my application todaaaaaaaaaaaay D It will get there sometime next week I had to scrounge a bunch of nickels to buy stamps though.. I didn't have any I was desperate and the envelope was too heavy for just one. So we stopped by the post office and I bought 2 stamps licked them and dropped the envelope in the big blue mailbox. It will get there even faster because the mail http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Pensacola/blog-148183.html So I have finally found it The trip I am going to take. I got a random email from DearElder.com and it said that there's this program looking for volunteers ages 1825 to teach English to school aged children in Russia Ukraine and China. It really feels like this is the opportunity I have been waiting for Everything is just fitting into place.. it's seriously a dream come true. I mean http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Pensacola/blog-143440.html So the date and location is rough but we do have some catching up to do Last weekend sunday we went to Gregg Heinsch's church in Orlando and then hung out with him and his family staying at his house that night. A friend of his and now ours works for Disney and gave us two free FREE tickets to all the theme parks for the entire day. Wow that was a childhood dream coming true for me I http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Pensacola/blog-139298.html