Blogs from Maine, United States, North America - page 46

Its official. I have my ticket in hand. I bought it at Dube Travel and they were about $200 cheaper than the cheapest internet site. More money for the orphanage. Its non refundable. Don't worry, I bought travelers insurance. You never know. I fly out of Boston on Thursday June 19 at 12:45pm. I am still waiting for my visa from the Ugandan Embassy. It should be here anyday now. My ankle is doing better, getting stronger everyday. I am just giddy with excitement to be there in Africa with the children. I am forever grateful to God on how He has worked all thing together for this trip(His good.). Rachel thank you for the contact info and letting me know about the uv light for the water bottles. Thats all for now, I will keep ... read more

I have now bought all the train tickets I need. Today I order San Diego to Merced, and Fort Worth to Boston. We'll be getting into Boston at 9pm. I probably won't be able to find a kid willing to come get me at 11 or midnight, so we may spend the night in Boston or Portland and ask for a pickup in the morning. I have one hotel reservation left to make, in Merced. Brian found something, but I didn't have time to double check the info. Last chore will be to reserve a car in Sacramento and Merced. I hate the hertz site.... read more

I've bought more train tickets. This time down the California Coast. We're spending three days in San Diego. Sea World and the zoo are on tap. Maybe a trip to Mexico. Maybe Kelsie will join us. We're probably taking the train home as well. I haven't bought those tickets yet. I did get a hotel room in Sacramento. The 13 mile taxi ride from the train station is going to be expensive, but the hotel is right near the car rental place. I talked to my Uncle last night and he'll take us to the train station if we come home that way. I talked to all my cousins who all say they're looking forward to seeing me. It's been 30 years since I've seen a couple of them! ... read more

Back In Maine I have been back in Maine since February 17th. I don’t know why I haven't written much since coming home, I guess I am just lazy. Things have been going alright. Sandra arrived in Boston on April 8th. It was so great to see her. We were only apart for 7 weeks, but it felt like years. Since she was been here, we have had much fun together. I have showed her the Maine Coast, Maine’s Largest City (Portland), and last weekend we went up to Quebec with my brother Josh and his Fiancé. I thought about Richard a lot while we were there. It would have been nice to have him there, considering about 95% of the people are French Speaking. Anyway, I will try to post more on my blog so ... read more

Hey all, sorry its been a while, seem to have been busy, and its pretty difficult to get online sometimes! We finished up in New York last week and then moved onto Niagara Falls for a couple of days, stayed at a hostel that seemed more like someones house. The lady that owned it was lovely though, really helpful. Niagara Falls is beautiful, just like nothing iv ever seen before, it really is cold this farnorth though, went for a walk on the evening that we got into Niagara, never been so cold, am told that it was about minus 10C, braved it for a couple of hours anyway. Was so strange to see a river like Niagara frozen over (ice about 6ft thick in places!). Went to supermarket and bought a microwavable Calzone, our landlady ... read more