Blogs from United States, North America - page 4780

Here are a few pictures and videos from a short trip to Oahu with friends last week. Ingrid and Jim (friends from Sacramento) and Ingrid's brother Mark (from Annapolis) and I all met up in Oahu at Bellows AFS for a few days. Jim went diving every day while Ingrid and I hung out at the beach. Mark had to spend a few days at the Marine Corps Base at Kane'ohe Bay. Fortunately his nights were free...we all had a great time. Nothing really beats Hawaii with friends. Bellows AFS is on the East side of Oahu, quite a distance from Waikiki Beach and Honolulu. I recommend a visit to Waikiki, if for no other reason than to say you've been there, but I would never want to spend a great deal of time on Waikiki...there ... read more

Jour 9 Dernière écluse à faire aujourd’hui. Le vent nous pousse et pour faire bien nous sommes 6 bateaux à écluser en même temps. Puis c’est la descente vers Albany. Il semble que nous allions tous à la même place : Hop-o-nose, à Catskill. Nous y retrouvons Zénith, Kai Keiki et Stray Kitty, pour ne nommer que ceux-là. On arrête à la marina Getty, il n’y a plus de place en face. C’est la haute saison du rematage de voilier. Nous en profitons pour faire une tour de vélo, c’est super, pas trop de côte et mon genou le prend bien. Nous allons voir à la marina Riverview pour acheter un réflecteur radar, c’est raté, ils n’en ont pas en stock. Au retour, nous installons le radar et commençons l’éolienne. Nous soupons avec Yvon et Nicole, ... read more

Hvad har vi lavet den sidste måned? Ja hvad har vi mon lavet siden den sidste blog? Først og fremmest har vi haft travlt med skolen, men vi har da også oplevet lidt, så her er en beskrivelse af noget af det vi har lavet. Cykelture Vi har jo købt nogle cykler herovre og selv vi har ikke har fået brugt dem helt så meget som vi gerne ville, har vi været på et par ture rundt i området. Første tur var sammen med Karl, som er en af amerikanerne i huset og Bakeer, vores Sri Lankanske beboer. Vi ville have været flere, men da resten af cyklerne i huset ikke havde det så godt, blev det kun os fire. Vi kørte først en tur igennem ”ghettoen” uden for campus. Ifølge vores medbeboere skal man ikke ... read more

What a bittersweet day--the last day of the build. Even though I'm blogging this on Saturday at the Biloxi airport, I want to share our experiences on the job site on Friday and our last evening in Biloxi. It truly was a bittersweet day as we worked hard to achieve all we could. And that was a lot. We almost completed the nailing of the sheeting to the house--only about 20 nails left on one wall and about a quarter of the back wall. That was a lot of nails--especially on the last day when we ran out of the "good" nails--ones that we thought were better--to aluminum nails that caused many of us to pound three nails for every one that actually went into the wall. We learned the art of patience as we hammered. ... read more

Hey It is still hot here in AZ - still high 30’s during the day and doesn’t go down that much at night. My uncle gets up at 5 am and then he had to go to a seminar so we didn’t see him til the afternoon. My aunt got up at approx. 8:30 am. I think Don & I got up at 10 am? I made Don carry me into the house yesterday as I thought there was this ginormous bug that was hopping from garage to next wall. But it turns out it’s all little lizards and geckos. They are everywhere. Which, for some reason, I don’t mind little lizards. However, Don hates all reptiles :) I keep trying to get a picture of the lizards, but they run away as soon as you ... read more