http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Minnesota/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Minnesota en-us Tue, 01 Dec 09 12:31:45 +0000 Tue, 01 Dec 09 12:31:45 +0000 How do you define traveling Some countries or thoughts that may come to mind include Sierra Leone scuba diving off of Belize or perhaps a family vacation to Europe.I partly define traveling by a change in my state of mind where I am transported into such a different environment that I learn to see people ideas cultures languages religious notions and ways of doing things differently. Thi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Minnesota/Minneapolis/blog-457314.html 301109I midten af november havde EF lavet en tur for nogle udvekslingsstudenter i mit omraade. Vi startede med at tage til Mall of America. Vi er fire udvekslingspiger paa min skole saa vi lavede en pigeshoppetur ud af det. Det var vildt hyggeligt indtil det lykkes Marte norsk at miste sin pung.. i USA's stoerste mallSaa jeg loeb rundt i MoA med hende i en time og et kvarter hvorefter v http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Minnesota/St--Paul/blog-457277.html I'm very excited to see what happens here with this TravelBlog site. The concept certainly looks interesting and a fun way to reach out to more people interested in following the cruise travel adventures of Barry Vaudrin Host of Cruising Authority at www.cruisetalkshow.com My wife and I are preparing to visit the brand new Oasis of the Seas on November 22nd for a twonight cruise and I can't http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Minnesota/Minneapolis/Uptown/blog-454299.html That is one of the main things that I have been learning here at YWAM DTS. I have been so concerned with what God wants me to do rather than what he wants me to be. I thought that I would be coming here to DTS to get some great bible truths about my relationship with Christ. Right after that I thought I would be going to Haiti to take those truths to the Christ hungry Haitians. But Abba is sh http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Minnesota/blog-448436.html I rolled down the window. The breeze was chilly. Very chilly. It was early June but northeast Minnesota did not seem to care.In the late spring of 2006 I embarked on a week of fishing and sightseeing in the Boundary Waters region of Minnesota with my father. We were to meet in late afternoon on a Saturday but I decided to leave Norman OK early on Friday. Early ended up being about 1 pm but t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Minnesota/blog-445369.html Early next week I will write a detailed entry of how amazingly Youth With A Mission Discipleship Training Sschool is going. J Right now though I would really appreciate all of your prayers. All of us students and staff met to hear about the details of each outreach which will take place from December 30February 20 as part of DTS. The two choices are Peru or India. Each one of us students wil http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Minnesota/Minneapolis/blog-445301.html And now for something completely differentI've been contacted by people from all over the world who have read my blog and I'm now up to 8700 hits. So I'm taking a momentary break from Saudi Arabia blog entries to give you some photos from where I live. There is nothing more Minnesotan than the Minnesota State Fair which takes place at the end of August. Here are some photos that my daughter http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Minnesota/St--Paul/blog-444713.html It has been 4.5 months since I arrived back to the civilization I know as Minneapolis Minnesota. How great those two words sound together.Still in Nicaragua the last week in May I didn't want to leave the country I never thought I would call home. My very last day and night in Nicaragua was unforgetable. I said goodbye to my friends in Granada one of whom took the bus ride with me into Managua. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Minnesota/Minneapolis/blog-444481.html Hello allAfter a very long day and night of flying I am back home and in one piece. Although getting through US passport control proved once again to be the most difficult part of the trip. That Syrian Visa gets them every time and this particular agent made me state again and again that my travels to 'that part of the world' meaning I presume the Middle East had nothing to do with my w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Minnesota/St--Paul/blog-442123.html I had a good night's sleep and woke up way before my 8am wake up call. That's great and all but the 2 things I wanted to do for the day don't open until much later so I kind of lazed around. I spoke to our Nairobi travel agent and we i.e. he decided it would be best for me to have a driver for the day. That way I wouldn't have to try to find a reliable taxi back to the hotel and I wouldn't http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Minnesota/Minneapolis/blog-439964.html It had been 7 years since I had been to the north woods of Minnesota with my old fishing buddies. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Minnesota/The-North-Woods/blog-439210.html Again for those of you who are asking...My travel companion for Jordan is my friend Amil who currently lives in San Francisco and works at Wells Fargo but don't hold that against him.... We met many years ago now when we both were enrolled at Gonville and Caius College Cambridge UK and living at Harvey Court ugh. I could tell you stories of the classes we took together... for instance ho http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Minnesota/St--Paul/blog-437205.html Tadaa s er der nytN jeg tror lige jeg skal huske hvor jeg kom fra.. Efter LA er jeg taget nordp amerikanerne kalder det nordvest. Jeg synes nu mere der er stpAnyways jeg boede de frste dage hos Kelly. Kelly er en veninde fra Buenos Aires eller hun er nok mere fra Peru. Sven og jeg rejste med hende i Peru i en lille mneds tid. Tror jeg gentager mig selv men det gr nok. Hvis man vi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Minnesota/Minneapolis/blog-436972.html Hello allWith less than a week until my departure for Egypt four days and counting... I have already been asked if I am planning on taking another picture of my shoes. For those of you who might not have followed along on my last adventure and therefore are wondering why someone would expect to see a picture of my shoes a brief recap with photos...Not long into my last trip into the rain f http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Minnesota/St--Paul/blog-436294.html Find peace without driving to the MinnesotaCanada border.Irsquove always gone up to Voyageur National Park to center myself. Irsquove found that a dose of wilderness brings calm back to my soul. But with a fivemonthold baby I wasnrsquot up to boating into a remote campsite. I discovered that at some state parks you can ldquocart in.rdquo These campsites are slightly off the beaten t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Minnesota/Alexandria/blog-435368.html We got here at 1030 lol Lucy was good and took us to where we wanted to go we didn't like the place so we gave her another command lol took us a away of course then we entered another motel LOL She went nuts again LOL so we shut her down and went back to the original places we looked at. We ended up going this way instead of Des Moines Iowa. We heading out early so we get to Chicago earlier http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Minnesota/Albert-Lea/blog-435066.html I just wanted to post an entry to see what it's like. Turns out it's pretty easy.A little background on my trip for those who don't know. I'm taking a year off between high school and college to work on organic farms. Why It's not something I can explain easily. The best I can say is that I need it. I need a break from academics and obligations and the craziness I usually create for myself to liv http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Minnesota/Minneapolis/blog-435045.html The wife and I had a great escape from the heat and concrete views of Houston. We fled to the wonderful Minnesota state fair to see a live broadcast of our favorite radio show live. www.radioheartland.org What a great show. We had lots of food great food. Buffalo bits are my favorite. Irsquom not sure what they do to them but dang they are good. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Minnesota/St--Paul/blog-432970.html Hi allSo I have been in Fargo. This was the first real stop of the trip. I had the great pleasure of marring my son and daughterinlaw Matt Millie Swesey. The festivities say a host of guest from New York Florida Texas Seattle and well Fargo. One final note about Fargo. Our fearless Mr. Bill went on an adventure of his own for a day in the hotel. He made it back safe and sound. .All went we http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Minnesota/blog-432536.html There are 168 National Park Service parks monuments and memorials in the county. We've been to 65 of them but none of the three in Minnesota. Frankly it's a bit embarrassing. So we finally decided to do something about it and head southwest.We camped FridaySunday at Kilen Woods State Park near Lakefield. We've been there once before as the fourth of four state parks we visited 28 August 20 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Minnesota/blog-430536.html