Blogs from United States, North America - page 4766

Well, as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end, including our summer trip ,so on Thursday, August 14, 2008, we had to do just that -- end out trip and head home. It was mostly an uneventful trip where we would drive a couple of days, find a nice RV park and stop a couple of days, then travel again. The route we took is as follows: August 14, 2008 Happy Vally RV Park in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. August 15, 2008 - August 17, 2008 -- Army Corp of Engineers' Park on Lake Cochita, Santa Fe, New Mexico. This was a nice park to stop and relax a few days. By the time we stopped at this park, we had purchased a hummingbird feeder (since we had seen hummingbirds in several places ... read more

Oct 3rd For a change there are clouds , I decide that I am getting too obsesed with early starts and covering miles so taking advantage of the cloudy skies I decide on a leisurely start leaving camp at 9.15, spending time in the library at Safford and starting cycling after mid-day. Its a bit of a worry leaving the ACA well documented route amd not knowing how accomodation will pan out but relying on serendipity puts me in a more relaxed frame of mind. The road to Duncan involves climbing but its gradual and the scenery is right out of an old western movie. There are zero services on the route but I am well stocked and get into Duncan by 5pm. Duncan is a real friendly town and I am soon pitched up in ... read more

(Miracle Camp and Retreat Center) Happy Birthday, Heather! We finished our project yesterday, and three of the couples pulled out, which leaves us on this side of the camp and Willie and Sharon on the other…very weird after having others so close. Clara and Nic left last week to fulfill a family commitment. Everyone else is headed home for at least a month, and we’ll leave Saturday morning to head for Tennessee. I’ve had quite a reaction to bug bites ever since we arrived…seems that every little bite swells and itches, and then scabs over. The bugs aren’t even that bad, so we can’t figure out where the sores are coming from. Saturday my feet and legs had several new bites, and the itching was nearly unbearable, so Sunday morning we went to the ER in ... read more

Yesterday I thought it might be a good Idea to have a wonder down to Wall Street to see what all the hoo-haa is about. Wall St is located in the far south of Manhattan Island. The hostel we are staying is on 103rd St which is around the north west of Central Park, between the two is about 6 miles of Broadway. It was so interesting walking from one end to the other watching how the character of the street (and colour of skin) changed as we got further south. I really enjoyed all the little parks the city has, they are are great for people watching. It took about 4 hours to get down to Wall St, the place was teeming with media vans, police and people from Fox News with balloons saying "We ... read more

Le jeune américain, on pourrait en parler des heures tellement le spécimen est intéressant et si différent du jeune français, ou même européen... Il faut d'abord distinguer le jeune américain, de la jeune américaine. Soyons galant, commençons par les demoiselles. L'américaine a, en général, une voix très aiguë, elle porte une mini-jupe si courte que je n'ai encore pas compris pourquoi on ne voit pas ses fesses quand elle s'assoit. Elle porte des tongs et du vernis à ongles multicolore. Elle a souvent les cheveux lissés et se recoiffe toutes les deux minutes. En soirée, elle se dandine sur du R&B collée serrée auprès des garçons, qui, les pauvres n'en peuvent plus! L'américain est américain! Il n'y a pas d'autres mots. Il parle fort, vite avec une voix très grave et très nasale. Il se balade ... read more