United States Travel Blogs

We are headed home
Mar 7, 2006 (2 photos)

4 am came early. Really early. We tried to be as quiet as possible. Well everyone but Christina. Heather took the key to the room when she headed down with her luggage. The lights were on a timer connected to key so when the lights went out, Christina at ...

Day 3 -- Pancakes, Magic, and Martians
Jun 15, 2004 (18 photos)

Last evening we decided that we could wait no longer. We would have to go to the REAL attractions (the ones that made us come to Lake George) the night of Day 3 (Tuesday). No more fooling around! But first, some fooling around. The day started out ...

Day 16: Under the Sea and We're Crash Test Dummies
Jul 24, 2005 (94 photos)

I was up really early this morning considering I went to sleep at 2:00 the night before.  5:30 to be exact, thanks to a very loud garbage truck driving around the resort.  I eventually fell back asleep and woke up at what I thought was 9:00.& ...

Visiting friends in Salt Lake City
Aug 14, 2008 (104 photos)

We left Yellowstone early in the morning to head out to Salt Lake City. We planned on visiting with a few of Brent's friends including Barb who very kindly offered her drive way as a campground. We headed south on route 89 out of Yellowstone and ...

Fenway Park and the Red Sox game
Jun 21, 2008 (4 photos)

        So I was hoping to come back to the hostel and go to bed cause I'm exhausted, but I have three new roommates who seem to have taken over the room. I figure I'll come write this and then I'm going to bed whether ...

Space Shuttle Launch
Jun 2, 2008 (15 photos)

We were lucky enough to be back in Cocoa Beach when a Space Shuttle was launched from Cape Canaveral a few miles away. This was the first time Toby had seen a Shuttle Launch, we went to the beach with some friends. 

Heading Home at last (leg injury pictures)
May 26, 2009 (2 photos)

Anyone who has spent time wandering around airports knows, there is only so much you can do before you go stir crazy.For me its about 14 minutes...  Anyway, the flight from Lima to Houston was full and I got to sit in the aisle seat, so I could put ...

Back Home
May 24, 2009

Home sweet home ......Here comes Jasmine my dog

Home - YAY!!!
May 26, 2009 (2 photos)

I just love to come home from any trip, but this one was exhausting.  I think we saw enough of Peru & Bolivia to make the trip eventful.  Certainly would change a few things if wew did it next time time make our lives a little easier, and ...

Seattle
Dec 15, 2002 (2 photos)

Ahhhh... ...a computer that works. I'm back safely in the states now. Oddly enough, NOW I'm facing culture shock! After a week, I can finally keep down American food without getting nauseous. Time is a funny thing to me. A few of my friends may ...

450 miles of interstate, SLC to Denver
Aug 20, 2008 (111 photos)

We left SLC and decided that the most sensible route back across the rockies to Denver was to use I-70. 400miles of interstate, the only non interstate route is route 40 which has many high passes and would have taken us at least 2 days to get across, it ...

Cochiti Lake, Santa Fe, Albuquerque & Roswell NM
Jun 28, 2008 (78 photos)

We left Red River http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_River%2C_New_Mexico to find a Federal Park as they are much cheaper....  after checking around and calling a few places we decided on Cochiti Lake as it was close to Santa Fe and not far from ...

Provincetown weekend, Key West of the North
Sep 11, 2008 (26 photos)

We headed out of Vermont to Provincetown which is the small town at the tip of Cape Cod in Massachusetts., a busy summer retreat. It is very much like Key West, a small community that has a huge influx of tourists. It is historically famous as it is where ...

Day 17: An African Safari in the Middle of Florida
Jul 25, 2005 (141 photos)

I was up at 10:00 this monring and mom was in my room within five minutes asking me what I wanted to do today.  We could either go to MGM, which was originally planned, or go to Animal Kingdom.  I had originally not wanted to waste any time at ...

Transitions
May 20, 2008

I write now after a long hiatus, not because there was nothing to write, but because sometimes just living is a big job in itself. The last months in Costa Rica were a whirlwind of school projects, class trips, preformances, reunions, final exams, new ...

DAY 4 -- Goony Golf, Natural Stone Bridge and more
Jun 16, 2004 (26 photos)

Breakfast was a home-grown affair, with toast and cereal out of the cupboard. While munching we watched some local television, and were sent into a fit of giggles by a commercial for a local Easy Rock station whose motto pledged that their station would ...

We finally got out of Orlando
Mar 10, 2005

We finally made it to JFK. We tried to use the voucher that the airport had given us but the Taxi driver refused to take it. I guess we were supposed to give it to the booth at the airport and they would give it to the driver. So we are already out the ...

A few more than six feet under
Mar 27, 2006 (14 photos)

Where to begin? I guess that when you don't update weekly, too many experiences accumulate and you have to pick and choose. By the way, photos are up on the earlier entries. The weekend, perhaps, is the best place to start. On Saturday, CIEE took us to ...

Boat, sweet Boat
Aug 16, 2007 (14 photos)

... away. Some of her answers amaze me, others just seem funny. And, as always when coming back to the United States from abroad, there's that funny reverse culture shock: Souvenir shopping for Alaskan prices on Chinese salaries was a bit depressing ...

One year after landing in Panama, last entry
Feb 5, 2007

    It has been a year since we landed in Panama City, more than six months since our return to McCall, over a month since our blog was featured by travelpod, and now, finally, we are ready to do our final entry.  Lists, observations, ...

Grand Canyon Helicopter Ride! Hell Yeah!
Jul 5, 2008 (108 photos)

We finally reached the Grand Canyon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon and our first major park! After and overnight stop in Clay Springs AZ, we arrived at the Grand Canyon state park just in time for sunset on Thurs, 3 July. We didn't ...

Another Journey in the Books...
Mar 21, 2005

Stop by Klenske, Ink. After a very long day of traveling, we are home. Going home is never fun. I think we got a bit use to the European way of life, and being back here in Dubuque, Iowa, where everything is a dull brown and big, makes us wish we were ...

Mobing the boat
Dec 3, 2008 (10 photos)

Seattle is where this journey begins. This job is also for Williamson and Associates, our company has been doing a lot of work with them lately. Donny is up in Seattle as well doing a NOAA survey in Oak Harbor for these guys at the same time as a matter ...

Back home to Chicago...and the Snow!
Feb 27, 2008 (2 photos)

So two weeks is really a great amount of vacation time...long enough to really relax, but not long enough that you get homesick, and your plants don't need watering in that amount of time. We made it back to Singapore after leaving our "interesting" guest ...

Seattle
May 19, 2005 (1 photos)

Hello again. I'm back home now. The first five days I woke up, I thought I was still in Asia. It's surreal for me making the transition between two very different continents. Thank you for coming along on this trip. I hope you enjoyed my attempt ...

SoCal for five days
Jun 20, 2006 (4 photos)

After leaving Sayulita, it was about eight hours by bus to Mazatlan. We arrived in Mazatlan about 10 pm, and had to leave the next morning for the airport at 5:30 am, so we decided to just crash at one of the hotels surrounding the bus station. We ...

Day 9: Taking It Easy
Jul 17, 2005

Our plans for today were to just relax, and that's exactly what we did.  I woke up at 11:30 after having weird dreams about people from school all night.  Mom and dad were already gone and a quick call to mom's cellphone told me that they were ...

1, 2, 3 and we're off!
Mar 10, 2005 (1 photos)

Visit Klenske, Ink. Soon Kara will be out of class and it will be spring break (our last one as students). The plan is to go to Europe for a bit more than a week, splitting our time between London and Paris. Not exactly a warm destination, but since we ...

West Virginia & the Sky Line Drive
Sep 15, 2008 (58 photos)

We left Provincetown Sunday morning, later than hoped due to a late night! We were headed for the Skyline Drive in Virginia. We are trying to follow the Appalachian trail as close as we can using a car. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_trail  ...

Crossing the Line
Dec 27, 2008 (12 photos)

We have been approaching the IDL now for two weeks, held back by route development and storms. Finally we slid across the line without event. I'm not sure if there is any procedure about crossing the IDL like there is crossing the date line but either way ...