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Gilbert Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Gilbert, United States
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Scenic beauty on a budget
EXPLORING HIDDEN TREASURES CLOSER TO HOME... Traveling to Central and South America over the last few months provided me with indescribable adventures and self-discovery. I will now have to seek those on a much tighter budget by exploring the ...
TESOL Certification
In addition to the associates degree, I need to get my TESOL certification (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.) I've found a place to do this online and just found out today that they are running a 15% off special. This class is hundreds ...
I'm taking my cat with me - oh yeah!
I had to decided if I wanted to go to Asia now or wait a few more years. A big factor was the desire to not leave my cat behind again. Not only do I miss her, but she really misses me even when I'm just gone housesitting for a week. So ...
Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's off to Taiwan I go ...
... there is done, I'll be darn right excited to be coming back to a Sovereign Grace church! Q. Will you come back to Gilbert when you are done? A. Yes. Q. What does your pastor think about this? A. Hahaha - good question. At this point, ...
Church Search
As I mentioned before, one of the most important things for me to do is find a good church home in Taiwan. In light of the fact that we are currently going through the series on the importance of the local church, I get a lot of questions about what I'm ...
Cruisin' the Classics
... 'l Raceway Nascar weekends for many years), had told us that a car club he belongs to, Copper State Cruisers, has a show in Gilbert the first Saturday of every month. A little online research, and we determined that the show was, indeed, being held ...
Transcripts and Transfers and Credits, oh my!
Okay, so in this backwards world that I live in, I have to transfer my credits from the university to a community college. The reason being that I need to get an associates degree to go along with my TESOL certification. I was within a year ...
Nandita's Birthday
This entry is not really 'worthy' of a travel blog as it pretty much consisted of us spending Nandita's birthday together in and around our home, but there is again some preparation for our trip taking place that we cannot keep from humanity with a clean ...
Ready, Set, Go!
OK, we are almost ready to go. Some last minute cleaning and prep work and then we are on our way in the morning. Fortunately we have wonderful friends who are not that bright - they agreed to watch the dog for us while we're gone! Thanks Koehnemanns, ...
Soggy Work Day
Thursday March 25th: South Maumee Weather: Rainy Afternoon: We are on the other side of South Maumee building trail. It rained last night (right as we zipped into our tent!). I stayed dry and slept well. I woke up coughing which ...
Planning Phase
Welp, the planning in detail has begun. We tried to decide between Denver or not Denver. Want to see cousin Dave, but can't do that and get to Yellowstone. We may swing through Grand Junction CO and see if he can drive 2-3 hours and meet us for a night. ...
Finally home
2273 miles in 3 days - express back home! The kids were great doing such a long trip in such a short time. We were supposed to go through Chicago, Denver, Zion, and Las Vegas on the way back, seeing some friends and having some fun, but we got the call - ...
Packing and packing and packing and packing
Each team member has fifty pounds of medical equipment and medicines, including some over the counter meds, to take along with personal belongings to work in clinic each day and deal with the very cool temperatures (at least for zonies). I've ...
We made it!
... Uncles, even more cousins, countless friends, 2 football games, and bucketloads of laughs and arguments, our Chevy Impala finally rolled into Gilbert, Arizona, its new home for 3 weeks. The good news is that we love each other even more than ever ...
Getting set
Picked up the trailer today, Cath is packing as a form of relaxing after a stressful day. She is doing great though! Me, I am at Starbucks setting up the travel blog, I got the hard end of the deal ;) ...
The Beginning
This is where it all starts. After moving to Gilbert, AZ at the very end of December, we decided to travel for Adams Job. I put in my notices at work, we rented out the house, and got all prepared to leave. It is only Texas, but I've ...
Cath and the kids heading out
Cath and the kids heading to the airport to fly to Grandma JoJo's in upstate NY. I follow by car on Thursday, stopping in Louisville to present at ASEE. We drive back 2nd week of July. We're tracking the trip on TravelPod ...
Goodbye South Maumee!
Bands/songs to take note of: Thunder Road - Bruce Gomez (See the World, Find an Old Fashioned Girl) Casey Jones - Grateful Dead Wagon Wheel ...
Happy Trails
Saturday March 20th: South Maumee Weather: Rainy and cold We left at 6:45 this morning and arrived at our site at about 7:10 pm. Long day in the car! We went to Einstein bagels and took 55 from Chciago to Saint Louis then 65 to Springfield ...
Disaster In Duluth
Well, it was bound to happen. The trip so far has been without problems. All that changed yesterday when I tried to traverse the city of Duluth on my way to Virginia, Mn.. Got caught in high water and believe my engine is hydrolocked. Will find out ...
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