Blogs from United States, North America - page 6872

I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.------Bill Cosby August 25, 2005, Thursday. We are following a piece of the Lewis and Clark trail. At a visitor center, the Ranger demonstrated the firearms used by the Lewis Clark Expedition. We stopped at Big Hole and a Ranger narrated the events that took place here. Obviously a brutal battle occurred on August 9, 1877, when the US soldiers attempted to capture the Nez Perce Native Americans and return them to the reservation. The massacre occurred very early in the morning, many elderly, women and children were killed. ... read more

07h30 - Levantámo-nos e começámos a arrumar as tendas e os sacos, que teriam de ir para dentro dos Jeeps, enquanto não regressávamos da nossa expedição ao labirinto de canyons (“The Maze”). Enquanto estava a arrumar as coisas, ouço alguém a chorar: era a Sara e eu pensei. O que faz uma miúda grandalhona a chorar baba e ranho, ainda por cima em espanhol? “Perdi a minha lente de contacto, buáá!!”. Ela tinha ido tentar pôr as lentes junto ao Jeep, para aproveitar o espelho reflector, mas veio uma rabanada de vento, que lhe atirou a lente para longe. O desespero dela era tanto, que começámos à procura da lente… embora sem nenhuma esperança de a encontrar. Acho que seria mais fácil encontrar uma agulha num palheiro. Até que chega o Mike (o fotógrafo) e pergunta ... read more

The Shahs go to Yellowstone . . . over 2 million acres of protected land. We headed out the first day to see the famous geysers and, within 15 minutes of driving, had our first wildlife sighting - a bison on the side of the road. We actually passed it, turned the car around to slowly creep up next to it, and started photographing from different angles to capture the moment. By the end of 3 days, bison sightings were so common that I became disinterested. . . herds of them can be seen at waterholes, on hilltops, in valleys, along the road, crossing the road . . . of the 3,000 bison in the park, I think we saw the vast majority of them . . . and, frankly, they just aren't cute animals. Other ... read more

World Youth Day was exciting, crowded, and tiring. We didn´t see too much of Cologne because of the crowds, but got to see other small towns which reflect the culture and beauty of Germany. We stopped by Paris for the day and saw as much as we could. We got to enjoy its grandeur and crepes! We are now heading to Barcelona. Unfortunately we are not able to upload pictures here and we don´t know when or if we´ll have time here in Europe, but when we get home we will post as many as possible, so keep checking up on us! love to all... read more

07h30 - Hora de acordar... o pequeno almoço estava à nossa espera e era preciso arrumar tudo: tendas, saco cama e colchão. Arrumámos tudo e fomos tomar o pequeno almoço. O Sol fazia prever um dia bastante quente... 09h00 - Ainda fui ajudar pessoal, que estava atrasado, a desmontar algumas tendas e levei os sacos até à margem do rio (onde tinhamos chegado na tarde anterior). Os sacos iriam ser levados através do rio até á outra margem, enquanto nós atravessaríamos em slide (zip-line, como eles lhe chamavam). Eram 300 ou 400 metros de cabo, a uma altura de cerca de 50 metros. 10h30 - Depois de tudo arrumado nos barcos, o nosso grupo - Coyotes - partiu em direcção ao local onde se ia fazer slide até à outra margem. Aí, tivemos ainda de esperar ... read more