Blogs from North America - page 8247

Fifteen days before take off ... a quick perusal of what could be in store.... not to be scanned by the faint of heart or anyone that is going to message me that I am walking into Big DooDoo... no pun intended. A woman came to the school, where I am just completing a teaching assignment, flogging a book about sandwich making sponsored by Dempster's and she brought a plastic replica of sh-- as a possible filling???? .... ergo my depiction of what I could be in for is not far off ... or does it just follow through in my chaotic-before-mega-trip-jitters-psyche? These facts have been gleaned while reading the Sudbury Health Unit Travax Report Just a bit of an eyeopener. Canada, U.K. Australia and USA government agencies have contributed to this report. Below find only ... read more

Down the coast from both LA and the OC, (about 2.5 hours drive from LA) and only about half an hour outside of Mexico, is San Diego. We loved San Diego - imagine Sydney surrounded by the Harbour etc, but there are Mexican influences everywhere - in all of the buildings plus as we are now very familiar with, the Mexican food. ... read more

The Chinese Musclepower!!! That would be the takeaway for me from the New York - Washington, DC trip... The famous American consumerism of "King Customers" can be seen replaced by the low cost Chinese economic model. "King Customers" as they spend like King and expect being treated like a King has a challenge now. A chinese owned travel group 'eastern travels' was our obvious choice of travel as the fare $35 for return was almost 50% less than that of the nearest option. Greyhound was $80 and Amtrak was $67 one way. We booked the tickets on net much in advance as these cheap tickets exhaust really fast especially on weekends. (however, the tickets are available at bus stop also.) so the customers had a choice now not to be 'the king' in spending. we had ... read more

No, nothing bad is happening. In fact all good. I've been busy all morning at work. Stopped to get a hamburger, or whatever the little lady that serves me calls it, since she doesn't speak English and me no español, and successful used the bank's ATM machine (cajero). Boy, you need to be quick though. It doesn't like to wait on you. Will just kick you out! I was slow the first time trying to make sure whether it was asking me how much I wanted and if it was dollars or pesos. Turns out to be pesos, and I was too slow the second time to get a receipt.. Oh, well. Back to work now. Patt... read more

Eureka - NatchitochesNatchitoches - EurekaCane River National Historic Area2001 Honda ST1100 SIX RIVERS TOUR ST ADVENTURES The ST Brothers with a couple of Harley-Davidson motorcycles tour the Six Rivers in East TEXAS and Louisiana. The Southeast part of TEXAS is drained by four rivers, the Sabine, Angelina, Neches, and Trinity, they flow through the area covered by the forest timber belt and on through the Big Thicket area to the Gulf of Mexico. This general area has an average annual rainfall of from forty five to fifty inches. With the timbered area and the Big Thicket to retard runoff, these streams, in their lower reaches, maintain a fairly steady flow throughout the year. In Louisiana the Red and the Cane Rivers drain into the Mississippi. Our ... read more