Andover
Travel Blogs from Andover, United States
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A new meaning to "all but the kitchen sink"
My bags are officially packed. And for this trip, that's saying something. For those of you who are a bit outside the Butts family loop, my family is moving out of the house we've lived in for 25+ years. I graduated from Ithaca College in ...
Pymatuning Spillway.
... our first road trip with our "blessed little" brand new grandson. We took off for Pymatuning State Park in Andover, Ohio. Pymatuning has all the usual state park trappings; fishing boating, hiking, swimming, camping hunting and all the winter ...
Plymouth: Wo die Pilgerväter ankamen
... geht es wieder an die Küste Richtung Maine. Priceline hat uns das Eastland Park Hotel in Downtown Portland für die nächsten beiden Nächte zugeteilt. Wir sind gespannt. Übernachtung: Marriott Courtyard Andover, 73$ via Priceline Gefahrene Meilen: ...
Lowell: Wiege der Industrialisierung Amerikas
... Poets als Prüfungsthema an der Uni hatte. Aber genug der Bildung für heute. Ein paar Meilen den Merrimack entlang liegt Andover, hier ist unser Hotel, das La Quinta Inn & Suites. Übrigens genau an der gleichen Autobahn-Ausfahrt wie das Marriott ...
Departing
... For the first half of our semester, we will be taking classes. These classes will include many briefings at the United Nations, the International Red Cross, the International Labour Organization, the World Trade Organization, and so on. We ...
Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane...
... , this shouldn't come as too much of a surprise (my last flying experience took me 26 hours to get from Louisiana to Andover). My newly modified itinerary takes me from Rochester to Dallas-Fort Worth to Los Angeles, where I meet up with the rest of the ...
Witches, Ship and shooting
This is our second night staying at a state forest in Andover Mass. We are close to Boston but on the north side. We decided to stay here and extra night as we had a very long day driving from Rhode Island (which is the smallest of the US states) The ...
Last minute preparations...
I am leaving for my month-long backpacking excursion in less than 48 hours and will be traveling with two friends from college, Liz and Audrey. About a year ago, Liz and I made a pact that we would travel through Europe together after we finished our ...
Day 117: Baldpate to Andover, ME
... a lazy stream crossed easily by a rock hop. This is along the South Arm Rd, which oddly enough also leads in to Andover. However these rugged backcountry roads don't exactly see a lot of traffic. I decide that I'll try hitch hiking for ...
Camp Times...
We departed the hotel at 10am this morning and drove through New York to Andover which took 4 hours rather than the 2 we had been told it would take. Upon our arrival we were greeted by the camp Director Dave who took us to our temporary accomodation ...
Good Fortune
Two recent fortune cookies: Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. and Let the spirit of adventure set the tone. What more can we ask for?? China is but days away. Time to start packing. ...
The Mouse
So today we moved out of the main lodge and into our cabins. The first task of the day was to take all 40 of the bunk beds out of the staff lodge and carry them out to a truck which drove them to the cabins where another group had to carry them into the ...
Last entry and thanks!
Thanks everyone following our wonderful trip. It was nice to know people were reading and it helped us at least try to find internet and keep everyone updated. We were all up until late last night and Ann, Carter and I were up at about 5:30 this ...
Home Again, Home Again.....
We're finally home. We got home at 9:30 pm. We left Rome at 11:30 am. In case you are wondering that is 16 hours of travel time. The flight from Rome to Chicago was LONG. I think Rome was my favorite. Everything was ...
Learning The Ropes
ACFEA Tour Consultant's travel agent Amanda visited campus to give the group and interested parents a pre-departure briefing. We received an updated travel Itinerary that filled in remaining times on the daily schedules. There's going to ...
Special Event Sunday
So today was Special Event Sunday - a welcome break from Performing Arts for the day!! Today was themed around time travel with 10 different activities around the camp with each themed in a different time period. In front of Tern Lodge Jess had ...
Group Bonding, Silly Sunday and Midnight Guitars
So todays task was group bonding activities. We all split into small groups and went around camp doing various activities that needed us all to work together to complete them. We did an obstacle course whilst balancing cones on our head (if your cone ...
Chop Sticks Practice
Our Saturday dinner featured 'Chinese' food, which gave us a chance to practice our chop sticks skills. We figured that Megan and Alan better get some quality time in this week before our welfare depended on them. We completed the meal with no cheating ...
Christmas Vacation
Merry Christmas from New Mexico! We wanted to get as far across the country as we could today, with still stopping to see a couple things. There's not a whole lot to see driving through New Mexico, especially since we've driven that road more times then ...
Early morning hikes and the banquet
So today I was woken up at 7am by Monster dropping the shelter tarp from above onto my face which was nice, only to find a slug on my face (not the best wake up ever to be fair). We began the treck back to camp at 7:15am and by 8:15am I was in the ...
Traditional area
... and went to a 'Peewee ice hockey match, which his son Thomas was playing in. We went to see 'art in the park' in Andover and then went to the local Catholic church for mass. We had the most delicious meal of our trip so far - 'steak tips ...
Last Minute Things
Getting the last-minute things done. Last load of clothes in the dryer. Snacks, book and Motrin in the carry-on. Where's my socks? Oh, yea! Passports! What can go wrong? Don't forget to turn the clocks ahead or we'll miss the bus, that's what. In six ...
Staff Camp Out
So today we went on our Staff Camp Out which was meant to be a big bonding experience for all of the counsellors to get to know each other better. Basically the idea was to hike into the forrest surrounding the camp and sleep on the groung under the ...
China's Bathrooms
Have I mentioned anything about the bathrooms? Probably so. I don't want to sound like I’m making fun of the Chinese custom or way of life, but it is a fact that China chose a different path in respect to the design of toilets. Different form, same ...
First Day
So today the campers finally arrived!! And after being told that I wouldn't be having a cabin with kids this week, guess what? I have a cabin with kids!! And OH.MY.GOD they are a nightmare!! I have 2 of the most troublesome girls I have ever met in my ...
off to visit friends:)
Today we spent some time on the road.... we traveled to Andover to see one of my best friends Lora:) I have been so excited to see her, Scott and Virginia..it has been over a year! We met up with them and drove to Mt. Washington, only to get ...
On This Very Christmas Night
This morning we got up, packed up the car, and drove to Kansas City, Missouri. We had been to Kansas City two years ago, and at that time we went to the Truman Home National Park. However, we were unable to tour the house because there were no tickets ...
Stress and On Duty
Happy Birthday Mum!! So this morning I managed to find the time to steal a laptop and skype my Mum to wish her a happy birthday which meant that I started my day in a really good mood :) if not a little bit homesick. Normally I would have Saturday off ...
Getting to know you...
So today was my first full day at camp and I have to say everyone seems to be enthusiastic and sweet (suprisingly). Today started at 7am with breakfast at 8am (cerial and french toast yum) followed by the announcement of the day's activities...getting ...
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