Blogs from Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States, North America - page 2

This week has been a lot of studying mixed with cleaning and packing. The GMAT is this saturday and I would like to be out of the apartment in a week. A new skill I learned this week is to ship luggage. I sent a large 55lb piece of luggage out with LuggageFree. It was full of bedding and ski clothes. They will drop it off at my dorm. Let's just say I'm paying to not have to lug that thing around, in and out of taxis and gondolas, in a tiny hotel room and in tiny elevators... yikes. It was expensive, but worth it. The going-away/birthday party is planned and going to be totally fun. We're going to have cheese, wine, lemoncello, spaghetti, lasagna, cake, and ghelatto. We got my itinerary finalized and hotels booked. ... read more

I have 5 weeks to go and the frustration with everthing and everyone has reached its peak. I have a massive to-do list and have purchased hundreds of dollars in things "i need" for the trip. Things live voltage adapters, financial calculator, easy-travel clothing, slash-proof purse, and so on. I'm going to break!!! (make sure it's not on you) And all the red tape from school is getting ridiculous!!!! It literally took Mom and I and entire day to get out my VISA application. 10 forms, 3 of which needed to be notarized, a picture, my original passport, and a pint of blood later, we finally got it sent off. Also, I got 2 vaccines last week, that was an ordeal in and of itself. I went down to Vian, Ok, in order to keep all ... read more

In response to Joe Stubberfield's email, which read: Maybe they should have traded the planes for that RV they were looking at. I have driven from MD to LA in two separate legs in a total of 41 hours. They could have split that up among drivers and spent and extra day or two in Grand Canyon, Monument Park etc. Wouldn't have to worry about bathroom breaks cause they would have one built in. Even would be burning less total fuel. I guess they are already committed.......or need to be. We did, in fact, trade the Cherokee in for the Winnebago. We were hoping Larry would join us so he can secure a sweeter deal, but he was stuck in Mena, AR - with no beer! Dick's got the full story so you'll have to wait ... read more

Last night, there was a “winter storm advisory.” I’m sure an inch of snow would shut down the city. It rained pretty hard, and there was some awesome thunder and lightning, but nothing much. It wasn’t even freezing rain this morning, just cold and a downpour (which was in fact pretty exciting). It was so nice being back in a theater today! Load in was wicked early, 7. Thus far, getting all my stuff off the truck, set, and hooked up has taken 4 hours. Today, just shy of 2. Oh my goodness! Focus was amazing. When the TD asks, “Are you fine focusing 2 positions at once?” that’s a good sign. We flew through it all! I didn’t know what to do with all my time after lunch. Turns out I would spend a few ... read more

Well, we're back now and I thought I'd wrap this blog up with a few interesting statistics about the trip - Over the course of 18 days from June 11th to the 28th we travelled by train (3060 miles) and car (1478 miles) a total distance of 4548 miles through 9 states (Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah) occupying an area (904,055 square miles) that is 29% of the area of the 48 contiguous states. We crossed the Atlantic/Pacific continental divide 4 times, utilized 8 different forms of transportation (train, automobile, streetcar, ferry boat, subway, taxi, ski lift, and feet), and passed 6 major bodies of water (The Arkansas River, the Rio Grande River, The Pacific Ocean, the San Francisco Bay, The Great Salt Lake, and the Colorado River). We stayed ... read more