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North America » United States » Utah June 18th 2004

For good reason Utah is known for the greatest snow on Earth but it also has summer beauty even in the lesser known areas. ... read more
Flaming Gorge is spectacular
These cliffs are high - see that boat
And dinosaur fossils

North America » United States » Florida » Miami June 17th 2004

Vandaag zijn we bij de zee en het zwembad geweest en dus hebben we de auto helemaal nog niet nodig gehad. Op dit moment (17:23) slaapt Lud en type ik dit verhaal. Een of andere mongool had me vanacht om 05:30 gebeld en daarna kon zij niet meer slapen. Gelukkig heb ik nog tot 09:00 ofzo kunnen doortrekken. Bedankt Ludmilla! :) Het hotel is heel mooi, het eten eerlijk en het zwembad en strand perfect. Het eten en drink is wel HEEL duur maar voor nu mag dat de pret niet drukken. We zitten in het Riu op Miami Beach. Vandaag was het zeer warm en een beetje wisselvallig. Momenten van een strakke blauwe hemel, maar we hebben ook al regen en/of bewolking gehad. Maar dat hoort ook wel een beetje bij het weerbeeld hier. Wel ... read more
En uiteraard.... ETEN :)
Heel veel eten....
Zwembad


A few days after school let out in June of 2004, Justin Arnahlt and I began a bike trip to Alaska from our front porch in Portland, Oregon. We rode up the east side of the Olympic Peninsula and then up the coast through Bellingham to Vancouver. In B.C., we took the Sea to Sky Highway and then rode through central B.C. to Prince George. From there it was east to the beginning of the Cassiar Highway, which we took north into the Yukon. After riding on a severely bent axle for four days, we made it to the junction with the AlCan. From there we hitched a few hundred miles to Whitehorse, where I was able to repair my bike and finish the trip to Anchorage. Here are the emails I sent and a few ... read more
Sea to Sky, BC
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North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan June 17th 2004

We arrived in Manhattan at 3 pm. During the fifteen minutes that we were parked out in front of our hotel while we were checking in, we received two parking tickets…one for $115 and one for $90. New York City doesn’t waste any time. It’s really a busy city. Our hotel had a nice view of the Empire State building. We took the obligatory trip to Times square at about 2 AM and walked the streets of the city until 6 AM when we finally made it back to the hotel.... read more

North America » United States » Florida » Miami June 17th 2004

Helaas was het in het internetcafé dus NIET mogelijk om de foto’s te uploaden. Balen. ’s Avonds zijn we met de bus Collins Avenue naar beneden gereden, uitgestapt bij Lincoln street en zo verder gelopen richting Ocean Drive. The place to be voor alle stoere mannen en vrouwen. Dat we het recht hadden daar te lopen bleek wel nadat we quasie nonchalant :) foto’s hadden laten nemen met drie tijger pythons rond onze nek. Ludmilla wilde gelijk een foto met die beesten, en daarna, voordat ik erg in had, had ik ze ook om m’n nek hangen. Dat dat slechts 20 dollar kostte mocht de pret niet drukken (en nog een vette deal ook: normaal was het 20 dollar per foto, maar omdat we nu zelf de foto namen mochten we voor 2x10,-) Verder hebben we ... read more
En weer eten
En veel lachen, heel veel lachen
Het hhogtepunt van de avond

North America » United States » Florida » Miami June 16th 2004

Jaja ‘we made it’. De vlucht was perfect. Niets deed ook maar herinneren aan de turbulentie die ik in het verleden op de terugvlucht vanuit Californie heb gehad. Na de nodige douane controles, snuffel honden en koffer openmaak acties (op Schiphol: Ludmilla gelooft nog steeds niet dat die kerel een slipje had achtergehouden) waren we in de US of A. Moe kwamen we de aankomsthal binnen gerold (ja gerold, wat Ludmilla had al een flesje Amaretto gescoord in het vliegtuig). Opeens kwamen we daar oog in oog te staan met iemand die ik echt TOTAAL niet verwacht had…. STEPHANIE!!!! De hostess van een eerdere Miami vakantie. Compleet met bitcherige blik, totaal doorgedraaide houding/voorkomen en overslaande stem. “Hey U heb ik eerder gezien!!!”…. Ze keek nors en ontweek m’n opmerking. Ze vroeg of we van de ‘Holland ... read more
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North America » United States » New York June 14th 2004

Joanna Sledge, International divastar and secret envoy to the middle eastern region of Asia, is rarely seen in one city for more than a few weeks at a time. She is known to don many cloaks and has rubbed shoulders and ankles with many, many. Her secret: Joanna Sledge has kept an open mind since birth. She effortlessly picks up the correct fork at a six-course Washington fundraiser, and with equal savoir fair rolls her shopping cart into a Long Island Stop & Shop. She has lived in a basement studio share, she has slept on Penthouse waterbeds. She is registered at several temp agencies in Manhattan, yet she will drop it all when her Saudi Sheik needs her sound advice. She is Joanna Sledge, former child star, teen idol, upcoming ingenue, full grown woman, a ... read more

North America » United States » Hawaii June 10th 2004

We slept in until it was after noon.  Waking, dozing, relaxing, then napping again!  This is no later than many normal days at home.  The thing is, when we rolled out of bed it was only 8 AM Hawaii time.  We even got down to the hotel restaurant for a decent breakfast.  Pretty unusual for us to get breakfast during the normal hours.   We took a short walk around the hotel.  There wasn’t much to see since the street ran under a multilane freeway type road.  Then off we went to catch the city bus to the Waikiki area.  The bus driver was a woman and very nice.  She only charged us a dollar each since we are so old.   The bus ride took an hour or so to get to the end of ... read more


This is a memorablog- trip that were done long before I maintained a travelblog. Time & bad memory do contribute. So, would be unable to write as much as I would love to. Ok! there goes racking of my brain; Memorial day vacation May 28th 2004 - June 6th-2004 The initial plan was just me & my hubby, but later we had another couple join us. It was a very exciting moment for me as it was my first long vacation outside CA., ie if you do not consider a Vegas honeymoon as a vacation The first time we planned for this vacation, I wanted to do Alaska & Ganesh wanted to do Yellowstone. I think I made it very clear that I was making a compromise We were going to fly into Salt Lake City(SLC, ... read more
Days Inn
Albertson's
North of Logan

North America » United States » Oregon June 10th 2004

We are now at Memaloose State Park near The Dalles Oregon. We are volunteer camp hosts at the campground. The park itself is fairly small, about 60 campsites including both tenting sites and areas for RVs with full hook-ups. Camphosts usually get the best campsites and we are no exception. The windows of our trailer look out onto the Columbia River Gorge and the island from which this park takes it’s name, Memaloose. Memaloose was a sacred indian burial ground on an island in the middle of the river. There are no indians buried there now, only a white man who wanted to be buried with the indians. When a nearby dam was built it caused the water level around the island to rise and now most of the island is underwater. The tribes came and ... read more
Our front door view




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