Blogs from North America - page 9473

Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico 21:00 Today was the day when I should meet with Tomi, the guy who promised me to make me a video. I was waiting for him in the center of the city for about an hour and a half, but he didn't come. I saw him in the evening and figured out I had a wrong time. He promised me once again to do the presentational video of the journey. Later in the evening also came Nahum and I hope we will work on the webpage. Today just nothing goes right. But it's perfect like this. It's perfect for me to learn to accept the life in all its colors. Matej - Danes nic ne gre tako kot bi moralo. Cakal sem tipa, ki bo naredil film v centru mesta in ni prisel, ... read more

We have enjoyed poking around Prince Rupert today. It’s a town of about 15,000, reminds both of us of small towns we have lived in. We were able to find a shoe repair place very quickly, and get my broken belly bag repaired. We were also able, finally, to replace that fresh crab dinner we had been looking forward to in Ucluelet - a nice seafood place in Cow Bay had half crab dinners for $13.95. Also had excellent chowder there! We’re catching up with our email at a nice little internet café called Java Dot Cup, and they charge only $3.50 an hour, the cheapest we’ve found so far. After posting this, we’ll head out for more exploration, and hopefully make it an early night tonight in preparation for another voyage tomorrow. It takes about ... read more

Another day off - Now we're in Hinton - Getting better at planting - P.B. = Personal Best = 1620 trees in a day - Making $100 per day regularily - I'm on the steep part of the learning curve - much less PAIN! - less than an hour drive to Jasper National Park now - just got back from Miette Hot Springs - Much Needed Ree Lacks Eh Shun - Gotta buy a shovel in P.G. - pick up laundry - I'll shave one of these days - 5 days on - 1 day off - 5 days on - 1 day off - then to B.C. west of Prince George - In the mountains... A typical day planting? Up at 5:15 - coffee + smoke at 5:30 - make lunch, pack water, etc. - ... read more

Everything is pulled together. Paul, my son called from Berlin very early this AM wondering if we'd left for London and informed me there had been a t. bombing in Central London! I've gotten this far, so how can I let this incident stop us? Today, I set about copying documents I've been collecting over the years. Our time in Paris and french countryside seems almost Da Vinci code-ish! Before we trek into the french countryside to explore an ancestoral village/s and possibly see if there is a shrine been built for a recently canonized family member (Augustus Schoeffler) I want to track down two paintings supposedly housed in an obscure museum in Paris of Augustus S-- "The Seminary Museum." There's even a Society involved....."Society Of Foreign Missions of Paris." We'll see.... (at least we aren't ... read more

Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico 20:00 Today I spent all afternoon in internet cafe working with Nahum on the homepage. We went to meet someone who wants to make a video presentation of my journey. I am happy. One of my dreams is coming true. Yupi. - Hoy gaste toda la tarde en cafe de internet con Nahum, trabajando en la página. Fuimos tambien a conocer a alguien que me ará la presentacion de video de mi viaje. Me siento muy feliz. Uno de mis sueños se vuelve en la realidad. Yupi. - Danes sem cel popoldan prezivel v internet kafeju z Nahumom. Srecala sva se z nekom, ki mi je prepravljen narediti video predstavitev poti. Navdusen sem! Izpolnjujejo se mi sanje. Koncno bom imel vse urejeno in en bom vec prezivljal dolgih ur pred racualnikom. Odslej bom ... read more