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Packing List
Tomorrow I will be off to the Middle East on an 18 day trip that covers Athens, Greece; Egypt; Jordan; and New York City. As a result of the extreme temperatures in August at these places, my packing was pretty simple to accommodate. Temperatures in ...
3 Weeks to go!
Ni Hao everyone, Well I officially leave in three weeks for Shanghai. I'm learning some basic Chinese phrases and symbols (like the one for the ladies restroom!) and finishing up with my schoolwork for the semester. Other than that I'm working on the ...
Final Comments and Tally
After I came home I had quite a job on my hand, organizing pictures, showing everything to the family, and working on the blogs. Here is a final tally of everything: Total Planned Budget [Tour, Airfare, Spending $]: $4083 Total Actually Spent: ...
Ohio Friends:0)
On Tuesday morning Karla, Austin, Jerod and I said farewell to Toni. People are dropping like flies on this trip. It was a wonderful time but Steve Sr. was very sick and we thought it was time to keep the party rolling. It took us ...
Day Five
The Daytons are in Dayton! Ohio, that is. We were blessed with partly sunny skies and 70 degree temps. A little rain this morning on the ride in from Warren, Mi, but no big deal. There was one big deal I should mention ...
Still here!
Today we spent much of the day at the expo center checking out the car show and vendors. Hopefully, there will be more people tomorrow. Later in the day we drove over to Kil Kare Dragstrip to see a pontiac race day and Arnie Beswick make a final ...
Last day of co-vention
well, today was the last day of the GTOAA POCI Co-Vention. It started out fantasically, but then rain rolled in about noon and, of course, a bunch of folks high-tailed it out of there. Fortunately we got a lot of good footage before then. The ...
Dimond back.
... till klockan åtta på kvällen sedan åkte vi hem, bytte om och åkte till TGI för att äta middag. Självklart var Tim och Dea med. I morgon lämnar vi Dayton och som vanligt är det alltid tråkigt att lämna goa vänner, men resan fortsätter. ...
The Trial
Dayton, Tennessee, population 5,671. Probably most famous as the site of the Scopes Evolution Trial, sometimes called the "Monkey Trial," the courtroom in the Rhea County Courthouse has been restored and retains its 1925 authenticity. Pop in for a ...
Booking a trip with GAP? Read Here First!
If you are booking a trip with GAP Adventures, I would like to help you out by providing as much information to you about this tour and the company as possible. Like most companies, they have an affiliate program for travel bloggers to advertise ...
We made it!!
Ok, so here are the pictures: Technical problems with video. I'll work on it tomorrow. ...
Itinerary: Egypt and Jordan Adventure '09
... will be leaving at about 1am on the 22nd flying directly to New York City where I will have an 11 hour layover before returning to Dayton late in the evening on the 22nd. Day 1: August 4th, 2009: Dayton, Ohio Depart Dayton, Ohio at about 1pm with layover ...
Leaving Home
... :) I will update this blog as soon as I can when I arrive in China! I will leave you with my flight itenerary. Depart 6:35AM - Dayton, OH Airport to Arrive 8:10AM - Dallas/Ft Worth, TX Airport Depart 9:05AM - Dallas/Ft Worth, TX Airport to Arrive 11:15AM ...
Gap Adventures Offered Excursions
The following is a brief list of the excursions offered by Gap Adventures on the Egypt and Jordan adventure. The items that are bolded are the ones that I intend to do. Camel rides at the Pyramids $15 Unfinished Obelisk, high dam and a boat ride to the ...
Leaving for the trip
43 minutes and counting....then I'm off! I'll be heading to Bedford Indiana to pick up my little bro ...
And the Routines Unfold
... advantage of the mild weather and avoid the potential of mid-west winter storms. We bypassed Columbus and travelled on to Dayton OH, driving until we ran out of daylight - 672 kms under mostly sunny skies today and a fairly consistent temperature ...
Day 42: Mon, Aug 20, 1962: Abe Lincoln country
... headed to the mighty Mississippi. After crossing the now demolished Mark Twain Memorial Bridge, we were officially back in the eastern United States for the first time since July 12th! We also now have our 17th new state, Illinois. Our destination ...
Niagara Tour
Well, what a day! Me and Fed woke up early and went to the Holiday Inn where we were picked up by this impatient Hindu dude that turned out to also be a freakin crazy driver! We met this lovely French couple in the car but the conversation waned as we ...
Day 65 - On Top Of The World
... , like a light bulb flickering, and the sky was really, really black all around us from the storm clouds and the rain. Miles travelled: 132 Total miles travelled: 4859 Days on road: 45 States visited: 9 National Parks visited: ...
Snowing Still
Groundhog Day 2009 predicted 6 more weeks of winter and it sure felt like it today. We left Mississauga at 9 am in a snowstorm - big fluffy flakes of snow - that snarled traffic beyond Hamilton. In our first 40 minutes on the road we lost 20 minutes in ...
They don't eat people out here, do they?
On the way out here, I kept thinking that Wyoming looks familiar. I can't be certain but I seriously think that every scary movie that has people hunting and eating people was probably filmed here. Doug keeps assuring me that people in ...
No people eaters....OR Fish!
To be fair to the people in Dayton, WY, everyone is very nice and waves at you when they drive by you...reminds me of growing up in Oklahoma...but so far, no evidence of people eating people. What we have witnessed are tall tales of trout fish ...
Beautiful people, Beautiful sites
April 27, 2010 Woke up at 0600 too late for 0530 early morning prayer. The kind Sisters knowing how tired I was from yesterday's long drive and scary start told me to please sleep in. I really thought I would wake up in time to attend but I again ...
Scarry start ends in great day
April 26, 2010 woke up at 0450 this am had a nice warm cup of coffee and got dressed to go to morning prayer and Mass then looked out the window and saw that it had snowed. My car was covered as were all the other cars in the parking lot. I walked ...
The End
... . We should be back home in State College by dinnertime tonight. In 43 days we have traveled over 9000 miles through 19 states. We have slept in 11 different cabins, 8 tent sites, 6 hotels, one family home, and one tepee. We have ...
Itinerary: European Whirl '08
... descriptions there. The contiki tour ends in Paris, France on May 26th, and I am staying three additional nights, returning to Dayton on May 29th, 2008. Day 1: May 5th, 2008 Depart Dayton, Ohio with layover in Chicago, Illinois, and arrive in ...
Rough Itinerary
... Laos - 2 weeks Thailand - 6 weeks Malaysia - 2 weeks Singapore - 1 week Indonesia - 3 weeks India - 4 weeks Nepal - 4 weeks United Arab Emirates - 1 week pending money Brazil - 2.5 weeks Argentina - 2 weeks Bolivia - 2.5 weeks Peru - 2.5 weeks Ecuador - ...
2009 Summary
This entry is a summary of all the events that are taking place in 2009 outside of my hometown but are too small to warrant their own blog entirely [otherwise noted]. The plans for the year so far include: April 4-9: Scuba Certification in ...
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