Blogs from North America - page 7992

is oollllldddd and extremely loud as EVERYTHING seems to be under construction. I toured the Governor-General's residence at the Citadel, the old fort that protects the entrance to the rest of the river. Learned a lot about Canada's government from a very helpful guide, I was the only one on the tour. Anyway I have some more pics up, just a few from camping, Montreal and Quebec. http://picasaweb.google.com/wired1000/IMLeavingMontreal... read more

My first day exploring Door County has been enjoyable. The official visitor guide (which is also available online at www.doorcounty.com) says inside the front cover - One of the Top Ten Vacation Destinations in North America according to Money Magazine. One of the speakers at Grandfather Mountain earlier this month had Door County on his list of must see travel spots in North America as well. So I had extremely high expectations as I set out this morning. Early on I was very under whelmed. I guess with all I heard about this area, I expected to see a magnificent farm, water, beautiful shoreline, unique building or lighthouse around every turn and not knowing what to photograph as everything was going to be spectacular. I spent the day in the northern half of the county ... read more

Arrived 2 and a half hours late! Plane was delayed in Houston, TX then no pilot, then bad weather, then too much weight on the plane... Finally got to see Elan, take a look at him, being a civilian agrees with him! Went around OKC picking up stuff for the roadtrip then to Pho Noodles for dinner. Got an intro to Lucy, more on her later. Weather is hot and sunny even though Elan said I would be in rainy weather and we want to leave by Thursday to get out of the bad weather. Of course off in the distance one can see ominous dark clouds. Went to the weigh station to weigh the empty car and tomorrow back again to weigh it full, something for his records. Back to his apartment, some sprinkling and ... read more

So I thought I should post a few pics of our soon to be gone home. Or rather, since the house is fairly normal and not that exciting, some pictures of our vacation last month with my husbands family. I am still desperately trying to talk my husband into traveling all the way to the Pacific coast this trip, so that it will be a true "Coast to Coast" vacation. The end of May was both me and my husbands birthday, his 30th and my 25th. His parents and his younger brother and brother's girlfriend all came out and visited for a week of sun, fun, ocean and monuments. To cap off the weekend and to celebrate the start of a new decade, I treated the family (and a few friends) to a private box ... read more

I've arrived! I'm in CT at Uncle Ted's (UT), which is my home base when I come back "home." Yesterday's direct flight from LAX to JFK was great, and we left/arrived on time. For all you local folks, we'll be in touch! As is typical (for those who know me), I met some cool people en route to NY yesterday - which has to be one of my favorite things to do - meet people and hear their stories. Yesterday I met Mark, a guy traveling with his guitar. We met at the airport, eating lunch, waiting for our flights. He was heading back East to meet up with his girlfriend, who sings (semi-professionally?), and he's pretty new at playing the guitar, and loves it! They were apparently going to be playing a couple gigs this ... read more