Blogs from North America - page 9004

Day 35 Pittsburg, KS to Ash Grove, MO Total Miles: 74 (2323.4mi to date) Another motel, another late start. It seems every time we get a motel and intend to just veg out and relax next to the air conditioner and watch TV we realize that we have a lot to do. We have laundry, bike tune-ups, dinner, showers, etc. and the next thing you know it is 11PM or midnight and we are still awake. This of course means that waking up the next day early is not going to happen since a good night of sleep is a necessity in a hotel. So we got our bikes tuned up and they needed it after 2000miles and I needed a new tire (it was getting worn out and cracked) and that went fine (many thanks ... read more

For many of you, you'll remember the ordeal Jill and I went through in making our decision to go to Honduras. For those of you who don't know, let me fill you in... We were offered a position at a school in Monterrey, Mexico on a Thursday night. They were offering us $1400 USD/month to teach there. It's a private, catholic school where we'd be required to wear uniforms and I'd be teaching strictly English to MANY classes from preschool to grade 3. Something didn't feel right about this school and I prayed that if I was meant to be somewhere else, something else would come up. Friday morning Jill called me and told me to check my e-mail. 10 minutes later I was unsure of whether to laugh or cry. We had been offered a ... read more

Monkey and I went to a Broadway show today. Yes I actually took Monkey. Not too difficult to figure out... "Tarzan". Pretty good. No actual monkeys in the showut he humans did a pretty good job of imitating. Haven't talked a lot about the shows I've seen. Didn't think there was much interest. You tell me. Monkey did get a chance to see Phil Collins after the show. He was sort of speechless. Monkey, not Phil Collins. Monkey has been drawing lots of attention. I've actually been getting worried that somebody might seize upon the monkey idea and use him (or a sibling) in a crime. "Can you describe the Perp"?, "Yes Officer, he was wearing a black monkey on his back". We'd be dead meat. Having a difficult time uploading pix. I'll do the best ... read more

LDS anyone? Utah was really pretty. Have been there before, but it was nice to go back. Heh, we went into the Mormon Temple and there was four of us (3 girls and 1 guy) and the guy that was working there looked at all of us and said "Good afternoon ladies!!" Hahaha how I laughed.... read more

My plane karma, you might have noticed, has been very bad lately. The saga continues. Today has been a rough one, as I had a last minute business trip planned to Philadelphia ON THE DAY that I am flying to Las Vegas for Beth’s bachelorette party. 12 girls, on the loose. I already had my tickets and rebooking them out of Philly would cost 600 bucks. Nope. Way too cheap for that. As I had only 15 hours til I was going to premier in a bikini, I had to forgo Philly cheese steaks ‘whiz witout’, and had salad. (yuk) So, I take a car service down to Philly bright and early, have the meeting, with salad, and take the darn car service back to Manhattan, get out of my work clothes, jump into some hoochie ... read more