Blogs from North America - page 8009

Elliot's corner: (dedicated to all those people who told me I spelled some stuff wrong) Ok so what if I had some spelling mistakes. WE ISN'T IN SKOOL! Who cares about spelling in summer. Oh I hate to admit it but there are phish in the creke. Well yesterday we went to the Grand Cannion (Canyon? whatever.) It was totally awesome. It looked so cool. Wish all of you'se could see IT. I like PIE (notice I did not put pi or py. Do not take pie's name in vain. Or Else) Try to spellchek all you spelling geeks out there. Bwoa haaa hahahahhahah(evil lafter) Well from now on tell me all the spelling mistakes I makes (or grammer mistakes) Well see yal. And remember WE ISN'T IN SKOOL! ... read more

Oh my god. Now the weather is hotting up and getting muggy. We used our second water taxi pass and went down the to the Battery Park district which is where the Statue of Liberty is. We checked out Wall Street and got on the water taxi and did a one hour tour of the Statue of Liberty and Brooklyn Bridge. You cant go close to the Statue of Liberty since 9/11 so we just did a boat tour near it. Hung around the South Street Seaport Mall (which is like Fishermans Wharf) to get out of the heat, went shopping and taxied it back to the hotel. Boy this city is tiring. I dont know if it is the heat, the constant walking or just being a tourist but we are pooped. Having a ... read more

Today was a big change in weather from Yesterday. Today we saw Snow on Mount Fernie, and some of the other peaks. In town it was cold and wet. For some reason I chose today to go on my long run for the week. I ran for about 135 minutes - around the hills behind home. A new trail, and some fantastic views. ... read more

Lindsey and I headed out of the little town of Moab after spending some time in the sun next to the pool. We haven't really spent much time relaxing like that so we figured that we'd take the opportunity. We didn't really have a destination in mind, only that we were going to her cousin's house 14 hours away. We got into the car and headed west. The drive was pretty much uneventful until we reached Salt Lake City. We got to see the Great Salt Lake, which was beautiful. We got out at a rest stop along the highway and checked it out. We had actually taken a wrong turn and ended up on a different highway, which eventually lead to the one that we were looking for, but we were glad that we ... read more

I spent the day of the 26th in San Francisco. From the airport I took the light rail system (the bart) to West Oakland and walked from there to Berkely where my friends are staying on a J1. On the way I walked through many parks and I stopped by a memorial to the San Francisco earthqauke. Oakland is nice, but poor relative to the surrounding areas and there were many homeless and drug addicts along the route. The public schools however proudly publicised the redevlopment and new funding they´ve recieved for the children in their care. There were many homeless in Berkely and San Francisco city centre too. They seem quite harmless (many are mentally ill and should be in hospital), and the weather isn´t too harsh on them. My friends could only find accomodation ... read more