Blogs from United States, North America - page 5946

An adventure in moving without U-haul!! Here we are in Memphis moving Wade back home. He is finished at MSOP. Wade had packed quite a bit of his stuff but there was still lots to sort through compounded by two other roommates and quite a bit of inherited stuff from previous occupants. We had lots of fun singing and packing and cleaning with all eight children together. Emily and Lydia fresh back, from Jamaica had lots of stories to tell. Many friends stopped in to offer encouragement and advice. Sunday night after Wade received his prized diploma we partied with friends and family on ice cream and cake. Got away Monday morning at 11:30-- within the time limit we had set for ourselves. The van seemed to be riding pretty rough so we had to ... read more

Days 7-12 (by Iain) So, here's what we've been up to this week; Last weekend was spent in Niagara which was a fantastic little ghost town on the American side of the border and our hostel was run by a crazy wee Chinese woman who couldn't stop helping us. Through several conversations I think her husband (dead or not: I couldn't figure out) was Scottish. Still, the Falls were pretty cool- there's three of them in total and wee had a good wee walk down beside the Niagara River. Whilst there we also met an English couple who gave us free Spaghetti one night and came drinking with us in Toronto. Which is where we went next. Toronto was okay. I guess we didn't know quite what to do despite a lengthy e-mail from Joe about ... read more

since i wrote my last entry, the last few days were more about people than about traveling. we don't really leave camp, and until all the campers arrive we have a pretty busy scheduale of activities for the staff and we're getting to know each other (well a lot of the americans already know each other from previous years, but we obviously don't). so i haven't really started my job, but i have much less free time than i'll have when i'll be "working". most of the americans are nice and try to get to know you, but like i wrote a lot of them already have their friends here and there are times i really do feel the cultural difference (much more than in my birthright trip, for example). an interesting thing is that i ... read more

The Mother Road North America » United States » Oklahoma » Tulsa By Cruzn4PhotosJune 16th 2007How about taking a little visual trip down memory lane with me. I spent the day getting my kicks on Route 66. I started in Tulsa and drove down to Kellyville stopping at the Hickory House Bar-B-Que in Sapulpa for lunch. I then hopped on the turnpike (I-44) and drove northeast to Vinita. From there I got back on the Mother Road and took it back down to Tulsa stopping along the way. The images will tell the story from today. Enjoy! ... read more

We woke before five a.m. and I ran the boat aground before we’d even left the marina. The learning curve at this point is so steep I keep falling off it. It was a very low tide and our slip was up against the end, near the shore. As we backed out of the slip and pointed our bow toward adventure, the keel went -sigh- into the soft mud. Aground! Twenty seconds later, I had us off the ground and careening toward the main channel out of Los Angeles Harbor. All we needed was a heavy dose of throttle. Which I’m getting used to. Speed is my friend. The sail to Santa Cruz Island was, in hindsight, a brief walk in the park. The seas were completely calm - I baked Oatmeal Peach scones as ... read more