Blogs from United States, North America - page 6880

Only one more day until we leave! Some quick hits from yesterday: WRAS FM is the Georgia State University student radio station. They broadcast at 100,000 watts, which is an enormous signal. The station is commercial-free, and they play great music. Today I listened in on a live set from The Willows. S.T.O.P. is Douglasville's answer to Kinkos. It's an independent copy shop somewhat in the spirit of Gnomen Copy in State College, PA, but only somewhat. Don't ask me how to pronounce S.T.O.P. -- is it "stop" or perhaps "ess tee ooh pee"? I'd put this question in the same category as how to pronounce ESRI, "ezz ree", "eee ess arr eye". Anyway, S.T.O.P. is within walking distance of the Douglas County county records building, and convenient for all your police report copying and faxing ... read more

UPDATED WITH PHOTOS! Finally! THE LONG OVERDUE FINAL ENTRY OF OUR "SUMMER WORK ROAD TRIP" BLOG....PICTURES WILL FOLLOW AT SOME POINT....LOL......ENJOY!!! As the song goes, "We Love L.A."! LOL! We really do! With that said, April and I didn't have much time to enjoy it. Allow me to explain....On June 30th we had come to the conclusion to LEAVE scorching, scalding, sizzling hot Las Vegas and head HOME for the 4th Of July. We missed our family and pets and were experiencing heat stroke (I am sure of it)! For a brief moment we were going to drive home through Canada and bypass all the HEAT. After much talk we decided to head to the extremely cool (both figuratively and literally), Los Angeles. We were only 4 hours away and have always wanted to visit. The ... read more

There is only thing more painful than learning from experience, that is not learning.----Alex McGleish. July 28, 2005, Thursday. After leaving Denali we arrived in Fairbanks and picked up mail. This is an organization day. July 29, 2005, Friday. Today is the Artic Circle trip. We flew up in a Navajo Chief, a small plane that seats 10. At the start of our flight it appeared foggy, we later learned this was smoke from a burn in the forest. When lightning strikes in the wilderness of Alaska, it is allowed to burn itself out; unless of course, houses or villages are endangered. Last year 6 ½ MILLION acres of forest burned, it was the worst year on record. Lightning strikes are considered a natural occurrence and as such part of the ecosystem. We observed ... read more

That's what I'm singing...just cos I don't have a physical house doesn't mean I'm not 'home.' Yep, back in the good ol US of A crashing with me darling sis til I get settled. I arrived this past Sunday, (after much deliberation on the Ireland end of things).... was quite sad to say goodbye to such good people and such a magical place. I'll have to drown myself in a pint of stout soon...if anyone cares to join me....? Follow it up by one of joy to celebrate the good people of PHILLY! I have to say I did miss the people here....although no matter where I go I keep 'ya all' with me anyway.... I'll probably still write on here every now and again....maybe when I travel into the northeast or south philly or something....tell ... read more

Today's big adventure was to find Spring Green, WS, and the House on the Rock. I know there are many who have no clue what we are talking about, but even so, if you are ever within a five hour drive, you gotta see this thing! It is literally a house built on/in a rock formation in rural Wisconsin. So why is this so interesting??? Well, first off, it was constructed by a guy named Alex Jordan, who has no formal training in engineering architecture. He had a dream, and finally convinced the city to let him do it... once he proved of course that it would not fall down! There is a room that is literally constructed of three steel beams and glass (the floor is now plywood for people to walk on). It is ... read more