Blogs from Virginia, United States, North America - page 114

Lundi le 30 octobre 2006 Il est présentement 16hres 45 et nous sommes ancrés à la Baie de l'Hôpital à Norfolk. Ce matin nous avons traversé le pont pour trouver la buanderie et avons découvert une belle petite place avec des gens très gentils qui nous ont expliqué le fonctionnement de la laveuse et sècheuse ... pas facile car toujours différent; avec des cartes magnétiques... la nouvelle technologie quoi. Pendant ce temps nous avons eu un cours d'histoire sur la ville Universitaire de Hampton. Pendant le séchage nous sommes allés faire un tour dans un parc où on nous avait dit qu'il s'y trouvait un arbre où l'on punissait les esclaves récalcitrants à une certaine époque. Après notre retour au bateau nous sommes allés à la "maison des vins" quelle belle surprise! Absolument pas comme chez ... read more

Semper Fidelis ‘Always faithful’ - United States Marine Corps motto Being committed to a marathon seems to be a straightforward business of running a 26.2 miles course. At least this is one naïve assumption I’ve had, signing up for the 2006 Marine Corps Marathon in early spring. And of course, as it turned out, the marathon business is slightly more complicated than I have originally thought, as I learned from my training program in the past 20+ weeks. This is a word of wisdom from a marathoner. The hardest part of embracing the challenge is to get to the starting line, assuming that during the life of training, no unexpected things happen such as physical injuries, which is unfortunately a prevalent result for most first time trainees. Vigorous exercise schedule to which I adhere consists of ... read more

Well...the winds hit last night! The palapa was a sorry sight this morning! I had cleared out all the chairs, table etc., several days ago; but hadn't gotten around to getting the palapa itself taken down. Procrastination came back to bite us on the rear this time! A couple of the poles were actually ben; but, we may be able to salvage...we shall see. Took a trip out to Floyd Co., last week...went along 58, through Carroll Co. and then up Rt. 8 and along the Parkway a bit. Took a few pics of foliage, but not enough. We head to Little Washington, NC this weekend, so I'm hoping to have another shot as we head through NC and down to the Pamlico. Will post, if I get anything decent. Hasta el proximo...... read more

So it’s been over a month now since I finished BMB, and I still don’t have any desire to finish assembling my bike. I hung the pieces up and returned the bike box to the club, but after 750 miles in that saddle, I have no overwhelming urge to get it back together & get back on. Plus, I really, really need to do a complete overhaul, and I’ve got so many freelance jobs going on right now that I just don’t have the time. But today is one of those overcast, drizzly fall days, and it sure would be nice to have a functioning bike with fenders so that I could take Abby for a ride in her trailer without spraying her with mud. Speaking of mud, a bunch of us went out last week ... read more

First and foremost, welcome new subscribers! I realize many of you have signed yourselves up (or in the case of the W&M group, been signed up by Kel) since the last blog entry was created. Obviously there will be more entries after the trip begins and I hope they will all be more frequent and more interesting. For now, be content with knowing that we are thinking of you all every time we look at this blog page. Time Dwindles As of today I officially have 25 days left at work (Kel has more like 30 because she's choosing to work an extra week). It has become apparent to me that my life is about to change in ways that I can't truly comprehend. First I have 5 calendar weeks of work to get through which ... read more