Blogs from Sanford, North Carolina, United States, North America

Geo: 35.4663, -79.1593Editor's NOTE: Normally Glenn proof-read's my blog and does some major editing, however I am not asking him to do this for me, since he needs a break. So bear with me if there are misspelled words and the grammar is incorrect. Thanks for reading.On our way to Sanford, where the Kendall's live, we did a letterbox in the parking lot of a Walmart in Ashboro, NC Glenn was pretty sure that the letter box was not there. I said, "Glenn, it's a "Where's George?" letterbox plant". Sure enough, we investigated more along the guard rail, and found it! Yippee.We continued on to Sanford, NC where Forrest and Carol Kendall live. The Kendalls have been good friends since we arrived in Guatemala 10 years ago. Now they are re-locating, bit by bit, here to ... read more

So where do I begin, I guess a long time ago in a land quite a few miles from here. My father has always been an outdoorsman, not the kind that climbs the Himilayas, but lafayette and Mt Washington in New England. His father taught him to hunt and survive in the wild and in an honarable family tradition, he passed his knowedge onto me. He also had a heavy appreciation for he Native americans, he spent some time in New Mexico learning their ways, eating their food, and experiencing the culture. He talked about the destruction of the land when he was young. How they built a neighborhood behind the family's property, about how him and his brothers tried to shoot the tires out of construction equipment with homemade bows and arrows. He taught me ... read more

It has always been my very highest dream to take a trip to the UK. Mostly I wanted to visit Scotland because my last name is Stewart and my family has always been very proud of our heritage. Then after learning about my Irish heritage from my Groggy and after doing loads of family research on the famine and the trip from Boston to Kansas I wanted to go to Ireland. I was always sort of an anglophile and wanted nothing more than to visit London someday as well. I never dreamed that I would be headed to south west Wales to find my temporary home in Lampeter, Wales where to I will be heading very shortly. As a military brat I have always been moving around, I never get to pick where, but I always ... read more