Houghton, United States Travel Blogs

2 months to go

A travel blog entry by jennipost

2 months to go, until I'm on my way to Uzbekistan. I have been doing some research when I have time between classes and homework. I have ready about the country from other PCVs that have travel blogs through Travel Pod. Reading about their experiences ...

First Entry

A travel blog entry by jennipost

... live in a very different place than what I'm used to. I am originally from Green Bay, Wisconsin. Go Packers. Many people in the United States have no idea where Uzbekistan is, well it's in Central Asia and formerly part of the Soviet Union. It's located ...

Alaska Bound

A travel blog entry by chris_sayward

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... Chris' research. He will be making a presentation and defending his work on Friday at 9AM in DOW 875 (for those in the Houghton area). For anyone who may be interested in some technical reading the Final Draft is available as ...

First Day - Dead falls and Portages

A travel blog entry by linusvpelt

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... pulled in it was over. We had prayer and Pastor Joe had a verse for us. We set of across the North end of Houghton Lake – there was a slight wind and about a 1' chop (I saw some whitecaps even) it was good to make the relative calm of ...

Senatus Consultum Ultimatum

A travel blog entry by casval

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dive bombing seagull

A travel blog entry by bonaventure

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Tuesday August 10, Ruth Island in Thomas Bay to Sandborn Canal in Port Houghton. 50 nm in 8.3 hours partly cloudy and 57. This morning on our way out of Thomas Bay, we cruise to the inside of Spray Island to see an old cabin, a beached boat, many crab ...

The Upper Pennensula

A travel blog entry by buteng1

We went on a family vacation up here to watch my cousin play women's college basketball. The basketball watching wasn't my favorite thing but the weather was certinaly a site to see. The snow up here was so deep that you couldn't tell cars from ...

Last Day in Houghton

A travel blog entry by k-bear

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... easy life). But the satisfaction of completing it was indescribable. We built the majority of the components OUTSIDE and in Houghton in May, that means cold, wind, rain, and even snow. Our last snowfall was actually May 17th. We ...

prelude

A travel blog entry by jackc

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I am waiting for my assignment for Peace Corp so when my brother mentioned some tropical island trip I quickly made the trip a priority item on my schedule. I consider this my pre service trip.... We decided to go to Manila, Boracay, Singapore, and ...