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Sorry to hear about your lousy time in New Orleans...
I hope the medicine works.

The Natchez Trace was the cross country short cut in the 1800's for the rivermen...
who transported goods by raft down the Tennessee, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans. It is managed by the National Park Service and has lots of history. Vicksburg was where a great Civil War battle was fought at the same time as the Battle of Gettysburg. The Union won thus dividing the Confederacy in half.

I hope you didn't forget your netbook charger when you left Seattle this time!
I'm looking forward to more blogs about your travels all over the States.

Roses and The Oregon Trail!
What heaven - all those westerns I used to love! Green with envy!

What ship were you on?
We did the Inside Passage in 2008 on the Celebrity Cruise Line. We ate in the formal dining room every meal as we liked quality over quantity, but only had to dress up two evenings. I didn't bring my black suit so skipped the really formal dinner...room service brought me two lobster dinners! Anyway, I learned my lesson and will take my formal suit with me on the 19 day cruise from Honolulu to Sydney in September.

We will be in NZ the second half of October and take your identical route (almost)...
starting in Christchurch (16 Oct) and Akaroa (staying with friends in Lyttletonon 17 Oct), then to Mt Cook, Queenstown (18 Oct), Te Anau (19 Oct), Milford Sound, Wanaka (20 Oct), Fox Glacier, Greymouth (21 Oct), Kaikoura (22 Oct), Blenheim, Picton, Wellington (23 Oct), Taupo (24 Oct), Rotorua (25 Oct), Paihia (26-27 Oct), and then the west coast back to Auckland (28-31 Oct, one of these days could be used earlier in the trip to cut a long day in half). However, we only have two weeks, so given that we have seen glaciers in Alaska and we don't like sand flies, we were thinking of skipping the west coast of the South Island. Do you think that is a good idea? Also we will be traveling on a tight budget, too, so were planning to stay in B&Bs. Are hostels cheaper and do they have private rooms with bath? We've budgeted NZ$100 per night for lodging for two. Are there any hostels/B&Bs on this route that you highly recommend or strongly advise against? As for food, what were you able to get by on per day in NZ$...we've budgeted NZ$60 per day for two. We are sharing a rental car with another couple so that should cut down on transportation costs.

Green Eyed monster
Oh why didn't we join you in Hawaii!

Great photos
Glad you got to see the pups. Great photos. I have been going there for ten years and due to the darkness back in there the photos are hard to get. I used to be the only one back there up until a couple of years ago. So many people now go there by the bus load I am afraid it will be closed down to the public.

Climbing up Franz Josef Glacier
Where is the copy of the certificate for climbing up the glacier like what your aged parents got when they did it? (with photos to prove it)

Johpur
I came across your blog and enjoyed it very much. I am a nurse and a single parent of a 12 year old boy. We are considering an adventure. I thought him and I could live in Jodhpur for a year. I could take a LOA from work him from his current school. I could nurse in Jodhpur if they would have me and he could go to school. In your blog you mention an english speaking school. Do you know anyone or any school that would suffice for a 12 year old english speaking child. I am not looking to shield him from culture.