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ACTS OF SPONTANEOUS ECSTASY, Grand Rapids, United States travel blog

ACTS OF SPONTANEOUS ECSTASY

A travel blog entry by modernoddyseus

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... kisser: with long, straight brown hair, and yellow! eyes that became burnt-yellow on their circumferences. peace, Grand Rapids. - Modern Oddyseus P.S. - Thanks to the Steak´n´Shake employees and customers for a lot of laughing and joking!  ...

REVOLUTION, Grand Rapids, United States travel blog

REVOLUTION

A travel blog entry by modernoddyseus

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... , deep, fluffy, white snow covered all the green areas of my city. (And there are a lot of those, because people in Grand Rapids, Michigan - in comparison to foreign cities - live very, very, very spread out. Even poor families live in houses with yards.) ...

PANCHO AND CORINNE TIE THE KNOT!, Grand Rapids, United States travel blog

PANCHO AND CORINNE TIE THE KNOT!

A travel blog entry by modernoddyseus

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... other's bodies and licking it off. On May 31, 2002, my dear buddy, Bill "Pancho" Wolbrink and Corinne got married, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Corinne recounted to us how, when she'd first met "Pancho" seven years ago, she'd thought to herself: ...

To the exotic Grand Rapids, Michigan........., Grand Rapids, United States travel blog

To the exotic Grand Rapids, Michigan.........

A travel blog entry by romero

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My luck or lack of...., Grand Rapids, United States travel blog

My luck or lack of....

A travel blog entry by larinda

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On Tuesday night I met with my favorite exercise group to work out.  As we were running up and down hills, I made the comment "I don't want to fall and break anything because I'm leaving in a week".  (I had a vision in my mind of me rolling, ...

Why we do what we do..., Grand Rapids, United States travel blog

Why we do what we do...

A travel blog entry by larinda

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... does not say, help those “when you can” or “once a year“, or “in your own country“. Instead it states; Mt. 5:42. Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you. I choose to give ...

Mission Prayer, Grand Rapids, United States travel blog

Mission Prayer

A travel blog entry by larinda

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My time in Haiti was so special.  The best part of all was spending it with a wonderful group of people!  The laughter we shared and the deeds we did will be with me forever. Make us the hands and feet of Jesus bringing God's love to others; ...

Day17 Wed, Aug 15-Grand Forks,SD to Grand RapidsMN, Grand Rapids, United States travel blog

Day17 Wed, Aug 15-Grand Forks,SD to Grand RapidsMN

A travel blog entry by chere

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... . :)   Scenic Roads Add Time but Add Enjoyment The scenic route from Bemidji into Grand Rapids adds about 25 miles to the 70 miles between the two cities.  The ...

Back Home, Grand Rapids, United States travel blog

Back Home

A travel blog entry by dabrander

The flights were fine until the landings.  We had gusty winds, and Denise didn't feel very well after the first landing in Cleveland. Regardless, we made it back to home see our family and our cat. We had a great trip, saw much of the ...

Final days in Michigan before the big trip!, Grand Rapids, United States travel blog

Final days in Michigan before the big trip!

A travel blog entry by southernxposure

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Ahhh, all the creature comforts I'll do without for awhile - swimming in Lake Michigan, sleeping in, BBQing with friends and enjoying perfect summer weather in Michigan. Not that I'm not excited about the trip, of course, but suddenly the idea of ...

Hermit's Trail to Hermit's Rapids, Hermit's Rapids, United States travel blog

Hermit's Trail to Hermit's Rapids

A travel blog entry by chrismyers

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... dropped down into Hermits Creek and followed it down stream until we heard the ever-growing roar of the mighty Colorado River at Hermits Rapids.  We dropped our backpacks under a nice shady tree a few feet from the creek and just laid there, our bare ...

Our new pen pals., Grand Rapids, United States travel blog

Our new pen pals.

A travel blog entry by mercro1983

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Hi Planeteers, What up? This installment comes straight outta Grand Rapids, Michigan... Day 24 - June 29 2011: Mikes So after leaving Chicago we drove up to Wyoming (not the state) which is just outside of Grand Rapids. We took a drive around Mike's ...

SWEETCHUM TRADITION, Grand Rapids, United States travel blog

SWEETCHUM TRADITION

A travel blog entry by modernoddyseus

... have Grand Rapids, Michigan to thank for lowering your immune system to the potency of the Kuwaiti border patrol. Also, Grand Rapids, Michigan has been progressive and cocky enough to call itself "The Furniture Capital of the World." Thousands ...

We are home!, Grand Rapids, United States travel blog

We are home!

A travel blog entry by larinda

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I'm awakened at 8AM by Will's sweet voice screaming "mommy, mommy".  Will and Sam climb into bed with me and it is bliss!  Nate comes up later and it feels so good to hug all of them.  I spend this day in a fog, tired but happy to be ...

Travel Day..., Grand Rapids to Detroit, United States travel blog

Travel Day...

A travel blog entry by page1nl

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Leg one of many...Grand Rapids to Detroit. In Detroit I'm meeting up with my college roommate Katie. From there we fly to Los Angeles for a 6 hour lay over, then it's to Sydney! Total travel time is about 36 hours. I sure hope I can ...

One Week Until Take Off, Grand Rapids, United States travel blog

One Week Until Take Off

A travel blog entry by elsat

The trip is finally coming up faster than I can believe, one week and I will be back in the Philippines.  It seems the Michigan weather is aware of this and trying to prepare me somewhat for the heat, but I am trying to hide out in the AC as long as ...

Give Me 5!, Grand Rapids, United States travel blog

Give Me 5!

A travel blog entry by rachelniewiada

Five days until my flight!!!!! Phew! I have been running around like crazy purchasing all of these last minute items for my trip! It is becoming more and more palpable that I am actually doing this. I feel like screaming like a little girl just because ...

almost time, Grand Rapids, MI, United States travel blog

almost time

A travel blog entry by padil1jt

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I officially leave in 38 hours 55 minutes. I am so excited. Tomorrow night is my going away dinner, for all my friends and family. I am going to try and update this as often as possible, and I also available for contact if anyone wishes through email, ...

Final Preparations, Grand Rapids, United States travel blog

Final Preparations

A travel blog entry by larinda

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... Fewer than 75% of children attend school. 40% of the Haitian population does not have access to primary health care. The United Nations estimates 6% of Haitians are infected with HIV/AIDS. The highest rate in the Western Hemisphere. An estimated 30,000 ...

Last Day!, Grand Rapids, United States travel blog

Last Day!

A travel blog entry by larinda

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Today, I'm putting together the final preparations for my trip.  The Haiti Delegates met one last time this morning to load the bus we are taking to the airport.  Let's just say the bags are really full!  I'm double, triple checking all my ...

The Need Never Ends, grand rapids, United States travel blog

The Need Never Ends

A travel blog entry by elsat

Hello everyone, I really can't believe it has been 1 full month since I arrived home. I have completed my first week of classes and no I am finally realizing life is going to go back to normal, at least as normal as it can be after living,in the ...

Chillin Out in Minnesota, Grand Rapids, United States travel blog

Chillin Out in Minnesota

A travel blog entry by usa2009aswm

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After a really stunning but long drive to Grand Rapids (which ended up being about 70 miles away from Duluth) we went next door to the Forest Lake Restaurant and had a great meal. If you ever end up there have the Chicken and Wild Rice soup. Yum! Since we ...

Bye Chicago, Hi Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, United States travel blog

Bye Chicago, Hi Grand Rapids

A travel blog entry by hendrika

... cities that are on my route will get the same short-visit treatment. The character is more in the smaller cities and towns. So we're in Grand Rapids now and we'll camp out here for 2 or 3 nights. I feel a lazy day coming up with no driving and just ...

Getting Started, Grand Rapids, United States travel blog

Getting Started

A travel blog entry by dabrander

... We rented a car so we could fly back, otherwise this would be a VERY long vacation. The car we got was a brand new Pontiac Grand Prix.  The best thing is we were able to get XM Satellite radio.  So we were able to listen to Tigers baseball ...

Flight Itinerary, Grand Rapids, United States travel blog

Flight Itinerary

A travel blog entry by larinda

... are my mom)!  There is a phone chain in place so when we arrive in Port-Au-Prince Monday, Ben will receive a call. June 18: Grand Rapids-(AA-American Airline) 7:05 AM to Chicago, 7:00 AM arrival Chicago-(AA) 8:10 AM to Miami, 12:10 PM ...

PSYCHO'S DATE, Grand Rapids, United States travel blog

PSYCHO'S DATE

A travel blog entry by modernoddyseus

An hour before midnight on Christmas Eve, Tracy answered the door to her house. "Hey, how's it going, Psycho?" She greeted me with my high school nickname, which I'd laboriously earned after four straight years of goofing-off. I'll admit that ...

Dresses, Dresses, and more Dresses!, Grand Rapids, United States travel blog

Dresses, Dresses, and more Dresses!

A travel blog entry by larinda

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The Haiti group is one of the most fun-loving, passionate, and dedicated group of volunteers you could meet.  Our meetings could probably be shortened by an hour each time but suffice it to say we all love to talk!  (We have some volunteers ...

Just the beginning..., Grand Rapids, United States travel blog

Just the beginning...

A travel blog entry by larinda

"When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me.”  Erma Bombeck Welcome to my Haiti blog for Trip 2009!  The above quote is one ...

"DATE OF THE WEEK" IN MICHIGAN

A travel blog entry by modernoddyseus

... I was 105 (you never know), "Date of the Week" CMCCCXXXIXQVCHBOWWF. It wasn't gonna be easy, though. Because, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, I don't know of any females who can really tolerate me. There's a good reason for this. Between the ...

MP 220 and back to Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, United States travel blog

MP 220 and back to Grand Rapids

A travel blog entry by donstevenson

On Wednesday, June 25, Don walked to MP 220 and  drove back to Grand Rapids. TOTAL MILES ...

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