Blogs from United States, North America - page 6983

This is only the 2nd day we have seen the sun since we arrived in Texas.Jim and I have been busy however. First we have explored the Hill Country, visiting LBJ's boyhood home,(we were too late to visit his ranch). We watched as art glass was made in Wimberley, and bicycled the Guadalupe River Valley. We happened on the river road accidently and rode most of it with no traffic at this time of year. In San Antonio we rode the trolley all over town, had dinner at Landry's on the Riverwalk and attended the San Antonio Symphony. This was our Valentine's Day Celebration. The symphony is very good, (but not as good as the Pittsburgh!) The Majestic Theatre where they play is a part of the fun. It is very heavy, dark Spanish mission(mostly)and reminded ... read more

I love to travel, But hate to arrive --Albert Einstein February 13, 2005, Sunday. This was a travel day and it rained and rained. This is perhaps the heaviest rain day since we left Pittsburgh early in January. We drove from bayou country, LA, to Natchez, MS. Natchez was our destination because of the well know bike trail. It runs over 400 miles from Natchez, MS to Nashville, TN. The Natchez and Choctaw Indians used this “trace” for hunting and later this same path was used by the merchants that floated their goods down the Mississippi. They sold their wares, even the boat for lumber, and walked home on the Natchez Trace, some to Nashville, and others as far as “Pittsburgh”. Natchez is a Parkway for autos, two lanes, 50 mph, but also a bike ... read more

I have always said I would never do a live journal, but here I am:-) I've decided that this is a little different in that I'll be just talking about my trip to Argentina. I'm trying to hang out with all of you before I leave. Make sure you get a hold of me! 8 more days until I leave!... read more

The day before I left was my birthday. I was leaving behind so much, I didn't really care because I was so stressed out over packing. These are some pictures that I took right before I left.... read more

Here we are finally one day away from our Disney Cruise to Cozumel Mexico. We have been keeping busy...after travel from Iowa to see family we stopped in Nashville at the Opryland Hotel. The Opryland Hotel is such an usual place. There are huge plant filled atriums. One with a boat ride through the "swamp"! The girls did their school work on the balcony overlooking the atrium.While in Tennessee we enjoyed visiting with some dear friends Carmen, Jann, Linda, Scott, Valerie and Rachel. We're gonna miss them all! We are back to Florida now. This week we celebrated j's birthday at the Portifino Hotel, a beautiful place. The hotel is designed to look like Portifino Italy. There's a boat dock right out side the hotel, the boats take you to to the theme park. We also ... read more