Columbus, United States Travel Blogs

Fools, clowns, madmen & wandering mystics
Jan 28, 2008 (5 photos)

Dinner in Columbus, NM.  A potluck with a new community there--members of The Fourth Order, an interfaith non-order of "fools, clowns, madmen, troubadours and wandering mystics" they described themselves, "inspired by the life and teachings of ...

Poncho Villa State Park
Mar 10, 2007 (6 photos)

... at the Migrant Resource Center, we ran smack into the Pancho Villa Celebration at Pancho Villa State Park in Columbus. When the United States grabbed Texas away from Mexico, Pancho thought he'd take it back and organized a counterattack. U.S. forces ...

What's in the desert? Life in a bordertown
Feb 2, 2007 (6 photos)

... 72 degrees this week.) Not much traffic on Highway 9. A couple of cattle crossings lend a "washboard effect" to the concrete. Columbus, NM taught me that "border town" connotes "fringe" or "margin" or the opposite of "mainstream." People choose to ...

Making friends and Influencing Border Patrol
Apr 10, 2007

When I arrived in Palomas on Holy Saturday, first thing I noticed was that the Border Patrol property's flood lights were still on at 10AM. So after hauling our donated food to the Migrant Resource Center (MRC), I double-backed to talk to the guy in ...

Houseguests
Apr 7, 2007 (16 photos)

Helena, a new artist-friend, invited us to overnight at her house for Easter weekend. It was the most unique and wonderful place I've ever slept. I'm entranced by the desert, and her home begs for a magazine shoot, because it is charming and beautiful no ...

Mountain Climbing in Las Tres Hermanas
Apr 9, 2007 (16 photos)

Fortunately for us, some Desert Humanitarians invited us to join them for a hike in the Tres Hermanas mountains near Columbus. We took along some water and a lunch to enjoy at the top, and we left water along the way for other hikers who may follow us. ...

Jesus!
Oct 16, 2006 (4 photos)

Mon, 16th Four wheels good, two legs bad. Started the day by trying to catch up blog after the weekend. Went to the bank to cash more traveller's cheques. Britney who advised the ill-informed teller the other day seemed to forget how to cash the ...

Test
Feb 24, 2005

This is a test to see if this will work while I am in Europe.

about to depart
Sep 4, 2008 (1 photos)

So I'm sitting at the Max & Erama's in the Columbus Airport with my family... about to head through the security check point and take off on my 31 hour journey from first take-off to last landing. I want to thank all of you who came by to say goodbye, it ...

Thanksgiving
Nov 23, 2006

Thurs, 23rd Nov Thanksgiving. First job of the day involved preparation for the Thanksgiving's meal. This basically involved Laura sweating over a hot cooker and me sitting around like a bump on a log....I DID offer to help. Honestly! The lady of the ...

Working again . . .
Oct 19, 2009 (15 photos)

So yep I am out of money and back to work . . . Been in Columbus now for about a month, got a job as soon as I got here which was pretty cool.  Working in an asset recovery firm doing some admin work and some sales, pretty laid back so it's pretty ...

my travels
May 17, 2008

Still struggling to make a living. Got a line number for my 3rd stripe. Gonna be a real NCO.

Oooooh, Betty....!
Nov 25, 2006

Sat, 25th Nov In the evening, we looked around a couple of stores in the Short North and ate at Betty's. The meal was made more interesting when a guy walked in muttering, "I don't wanna hurt no-one in here" with a coat draped over his right arm. My ...

Here comes winter!
Oct 12, 2006 (5 photos)

Thurs, 12th Late morning I was collected by Laura who took me to her place of work at the Ohio Arts Council. The place was pretty empty as various members of staff were away at a work-related something-or-other. Lunchtime I headed off down the road and ...

Noo Yawk
Nov 1, 2006

Weds, 1st Nov. Called Jenn who said she'd help with flying to NY and so will be heading there on Friday. Laura will be coming for the weekend and I'm rather glad of that as I will probably make seeing Far Rockaway my first job and as I haven't seen the ...

Southern charm...
Feb 28, 2008 (37 photos)

... been found in it in its heyday. It has indeed been a labour of love!   We had a great camp site just outside Columbus, another of those State parks we love so much - almost on our own (maybe we're not really sociable people after all!) Malc found ...

De-stress
Oct 10, 2006

Tues, 10th Another quiet sort of day today. I'll have no guilt about this however. I am here to get rested and I seem to be doing it very well. I can't believe I am the same person pent-up ball of stress I was just a couple of weeks ago.While Laura was ...

The big move.
Oct 27, 2006

Fri, 27th Today should be the day of the big move so I may not be able to add to this blog for a few days. If that's the case, have fun and I'll be back soon.

Columbus, OH
Jan 16, 2008

Columbus, Ohio

Thet all want their pound of flesh!
Nov 2, 2006

Thurs, 2nd Nov. Email from Jenn asking if I have received a receipt for my air eticket. Nothing so far but I shouldn't panic too soon. Left messages for Jenn on her phone and via email. Went for a walk through at Laura's old place with the maintenance ...

Tickets to NJ.
Nov 3, 2006

... this morning followed by a third email from Da Joizy Goyl which informed me that Laura wouldn't be able to get back on Sunday to Columbus as all flights are overbooked! To cut a long story short, I'll be travelling alone to NY but on Sunday as Jenn was ...

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The Pick of Destiny
Nov 24, 2006

Fri, 24th Nov. Ryan went to his dad's for the weekend so we took Taylor to the cinema at Hilliard where the Tenacious D movie ("The Pick of Destiny") was showing, stopping to see the famous John Egg at his place of work. Laura decided to write a note ...

Unneccesary reveille
Oct 23, 2006 (1 photos)

Sat, 21st Ryan to football today so we got up nice and early, got to the park, hung around for a while and then found out Ryan's team had a 'by' to the next round and his services weren't required until next week. We headed off to North Market and had a ...

I've seen the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!
Oct 22, 2006 (7 photos)

Fri, 20th "Oh my good gourd!" Today it has been decided that we will visit the 100th Circleville Pumpkin Show. Wasn't sure what to expect here. Successfully managed to avoid the North Devon show all the years I have lived there despite the lure of ...

C.O.S.I.
Apr 26, 1994

C.O.S.I. The Center of Science and Industry in Columbus, Ohio was a great place for class trips. They did all sorts of experiments and cool stuff like that. They had a pendulum clock that knocked over little domino-like things to mark the hours. There was ...

countdown!! 2d 18h!
Jun 28, 2007

ohhh myyyy gooodnesssss i think i might just explode with excitement!!! things are crazy with life lately.. i've been really stressed about work and haven't had much time away from it to pack and get myself ready for my trip. luckily, it's like a ying- ...

Leavin' the cube behind!
Nov 23, 2005 (1 photos)

16:00... zero hour! For it is at this time that I am pulling the ejection handle on the pilot's seat of this sleek, cube shaped craft careening out of control on it's way to a crash landing in the middle of another mind-numbing week of white collar hell ...

Back home!
Aug 7, 2006 (5 photos)

Unfortunately, I was forced to cut my trip a few weeks short and am back home safe and sound in the states now. During our "friendly" soccer game I took a nasty spill early on in the game. I thought I just had a scratch on my shin and played the whole ...

Light at the end of the tunnel
Oct 30, 2006

Mon, 30th Back online again after a long weekend. After a contractual screw-up which meant Laura couldn't close last Friday and has been renting the new place for three days, she is now officially the new owner. The closing seemed to take hours and in ...