Blogs from North America - page 9430

Well here we go again, another well overdue addition to my blogg. Here are a few more details and shots of my paddle trip. I hope you enjoy. As part of this adventure I had planned a side trip to the Great Bear Lake where the fishing was said to be legendary. Every photo I saw of this place featured a sun burnt, overweight international visitor with bad glasses holding a fish that would have made Rex Hunt look like an amateur. This lake is unique in that it is the 7th largest in the world, the only community on it has a population of about 1000, it has never had a commercial fishing industry and it’s located on the northern edge of the tree line which makes for striking scenery. Did I mention its ... read more

We left the Wigwams and headed for Lake Powell. Lake Powell is on the Utah/Arizona border. We swam in the pool and relaxed before dinner then enjoyed a fabulous sunset. I'm sure we could have spent more time there if we had known how nice it was.... read more

Things have officially come to an end here at the Olympic Training Center. Today had an eventfull happening as i found out that Brian Waite is not going to be going to the game. i guess he and the coach had been talking since last Thursday and he ended up being replaced by Nate Meerstien from Penn State. I talked to him about it and he seems to be doing ok just a little bummed. I was disapointed to hear the news too as now im going to have one less good friend along for the experiance. There is a little consolation for him now, though, as he will be able to play in the Hume Lake Volleyball Classic. he will be attempting to end my teams dynasty, however, so i wished him no luck in ... read more

Since my photos are on my laptop and Melissa's photos are on her laptop we have to make one entry each to upload photos. So, I apologize for the duplicate notices you will all get each time we update the site. As you know we spent a few days in the North Cascades of Washington. Something Melissa failed to mention is that Sasquatch, aka Bigfoot, is a resident of these mountains. I hoped our wildlife spotting luck would carry over from the griz and that we would run into an equally "friendly" Bigfoot here, but it wasn't meant to be. However, my beard is getting longer and by the end of the trip I might be able to pass for a not-so-big-footed Bigfoot. So, here are a couple photos from our travels here in the Cascades. ... read more

Dear Bears, Simpson, and Illsley families, Thank you for your kind hospitality during my week long stay in Halifax. ...Joan, you made a wonderful supper for everyone on Sunday. You had quite a selection of items: roast beef, chicken, chirizo sausage, russet potatoes, sweet potatoes, vegetables and fiddle heads -- yum. We retired to the living room for carrot cake and amaretto flavored coffee. ...Esther and Joan gave me two books from the family library. One of the volumes was compiled and edited by Raymond Simpson -- Esther's husband. From the diary of Annie Rogers Butler and the letters of John Kendrick Butler, Ray weaves together a telling account of life on the sea in the late 19th century. The title is, If we are spared each Other. The other book is a secondary source, which ... read more