Blogs from Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North America - page 12

Thursday, December 21/ BWI Scott & I were married on December 9th, in Key West, Florida. During the festivities, we were frequently asked where we would be going for our honeymoon. Having traveled extensively over the 6 1/2 years of our life together, we decided to head somewhere different for our romantic getaway. To a hotel built of ice & snow... The ICEHOTEL is situated in the village Jukkasjärvi, 200 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle in Sweden. The heart and backbone is the River Torne flowing freely through the unspoilt wilderness. Covered with a meter thick ice layer winter time the river is the source of all our art, architecture and design. The pure water and the steady movement of the river creates the clearest ice possible." -http://www.icehotel.com/ HONEYMOON (Miriam Webster) Etymology: from the idea ... read more

Joanne & Wes are on the Road Again in their Schooner. Traveling from Ballston Lake, NY to Florida. Sunday, spending the night in a Cracker Barrel. We learned that the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain allows RVers to overnight in their safe, lighted parking lots; so here we are. The restaurant has a cutesy general store and lots of folkish touches. The lot is quieter than the Flying J truck stops that we have stayed at and the food is more personalized and down homey. This stop, near exit 98 off I-95 in South Carolina, puts us within 260 miles of our goal, St. Augustine, Florida. Taking a backward look at our trip, this was a driving day from Virginia. A fun food stop was for Tex Mex fare at South of the Border. What a kitschy, ... read more

Baltoberfest 2006 A 4-day extravaganza plotted and planned by three extraordinary VT members: Frank, Larry and Ellen. More details of this weekend event can be found at Baltoberfest ... read more

Well, unfortunately, the weather this past weekend was somewhat dreary, so I didn't get a chance to go out and have any new adventures. However, the delay gave me a chance to clean out my camera's memory and I found 13 pictures from my trip to the Inner Harbor that I forgot to post. So let's re-live that adventure and hope the weather is fantastic this weekend! (Forecast says partly sunny and temps in the 80's!) ... read more

Hello y'all! I had so much fun last time in the Inner Harbor, that I decided to go on back there and check out some more of the sights... Having lived the "wild life" (har har) myself in Africa, I was amazed to see so many other creatures out and about in a big American city... It's definitely a different world here--but seeing my fellow fauna makes me feel right at home. I also want to take this chance to remind all of you checking out my blog to go ahead an click the "subscribe" link so you'll receive an email when I post a new entry! But without further ado, here are the pictures--a whopping 10 this time!!!... read more