Blogs from United States, North America - page 4779

Today is Baby Rowan's first birthday! Seth wouldn't tell us what his presents were because he was listening! We only drove 80 miles today because we wanted to check out Lake McConaughy for fishing and birding. We passed corn, winter wheat, cattle, alfalfa, and soybeans. Also there were miles of prairie grassland. In one field, we saw about 30 longhorns. The RV park was the former front yard of a farmer. We did laundry and relaxed. Then we went out the lake. Fishing wasn't too promising, and we were between bird migrations. We did take a long walk on the shore. The RV Park owner said the lake had been going down for 12 years and they had lost a valuable wetland area. There just hasn't been as much rain and snow as before. He ... read more

We got into dock at 6am this morning, got up showered had breakfast and was ready to wait in line for our number to be called so we could leave the ship. As we couldn't check into the hotel until late afternoon we decided to get on board a Duck (1/2 car 1/2 boat) tour. It was quite good and took up some of the time look at the different sites. ... read more

We've had a delightful summer at the Spokane RV & Golf Resort in Deer Park, Washington... the golf course as our back yard; very good friends; dry, hot weather just right for golf. We had concerts at Arbor Crest Winery, a boat tour on Lake Pend Orielle, a blues festival at Cusick, a jet boat trip on the Snake River, and golf, golf, golf. Perfect! The highlight of the summer was a "cousin" reunion at Robinson Lake, family property in north Idaho. Of the fifteen first cousins (all descendants of W.D. and Almeda LaMotte), twelve made it to the reunion, some traveling from as far away as Florida, Illinois, and Texas. With family, we numbered about 33 at dinner the final night. Planning for the next reunion in 2012 - also the 100th anniversay of ... read more

Jetzt ist es so weit - die Straßen sind nicht mehr sicher - wir haben seit heute ein Auto. Sind vom Flughafen in San Fran losgefahren (Katrin=Pilot, Iris=Navigator) und haben uns auch nur einmal kurz verfahren, haben eine Ausfahrt auf eine andere Straße zu spät gesehen - die geben die Ausfahrten aber auch sehr knapp vorher an. Sonst sind wir ohne Probleme bis zum Hostel gekommen. Was sollen wir über unser Auto sagen - es wäre wohl gerne ein Sportwagen geworden, hat es aber leider nicht geschafft. Hoffe wir kommen nicht zu prolo rüber wenn wir mit dem Schlitten unterwegs sind, aber die nächsten 28 Tage sind wir eben damit unterwegs - ihr hättet die Alternative sehen sollen die sie uns angeboten haben (riesen Kiste oder alte, dreckige, riesen Kiste). Sind also jetzt im Hostel und ... read more

Just wanted to add a few more thoughts/reflections on what has to be one of the most memorable weeks of my life. I can't speak for the team today because I'm no longer with them, but based on the comments throughout the week, I think many of us had similar feelings to all that we experienced. As I wrote yesterday's blog, all I could think is how do I ever put into words all that we experienced this week. I know I've kept you up on the factual stuff of the projects we did this week and the joy of seeing a foundation become a house, but it's been difficult to describe the feeling involved with it. The blisters, the scrapes, the sore joints--they all pale in comparison to the difference this is going to make ... read more