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Home - Monroe, WA
I'm back home from Australia, I'm hoping to go back very soon though, I'm just awaiting a spousal visa to be approved. Which hopefully will be soon, I miss my ...
hiking up and sliding down
Today deciding that we'd had enough laziness (not really) we went for a hike. Nice enough until I made the decision to go up this huge steep hill. We walked along while I wondered how I'd get back down that huge hill. After another series of small hills ...
Cramming In
... I'm beaming, my grandkids all are really SMART. Oops, now we're hungry. Did I build lunchtime into our schedule? The traffic in Monroe isn't moving. Good grief please show us a sign. Ah, there it is, the golden arches of Mickey D's. It feels good ...
And we're off...our rockers
On Monday I called Grandma to see how the packing was going...Here's an excerpt... Me: Grandma, I'll come by later and go through some things with you. We need to check that you pack any liquids that you want to take with you correctly. ...
Friends and Family
Well we had an absolutely wonderful weekend! Like I mentioned earlier, we stayed in a Candlewood Inn and Suites over the weekend--by far the best lodging accommodations we've experienced. Saturday morning, we woke up and received a phone call from my mom ...
Back in the room with two tiers
**This is not a public diary. I just don't want to pay the money to make it private** Yes I haven't written in a while. There was too much going on. I don't think anyone really reads this anyway. A therapist I saw twice suggested I have Seasonal ...
Gone to say c-ya to my family!
Im off to say goodbye to my family and Im off for South American. As they say "you aint got ta go home but you gotta da hell outta ...
Off and running
Day 2 of riding. Stopping at Best Buy. Going to see if I can find a camera mount for my bike to try and record my ride through deals gap later today. Getting a later start than I wanted but I still should be able to stay on ...
Afterthoughts On West Africa
The day before I left Africa to fly back to the U.S., I was watching CNN News in my room. The results of the Iowa Presidential Caucuses were being reported and analyzed to death by every talking head able to run his mouth. Iowa and the other ...
Introduction - Why West Africa?
Now you might be wondering, of all the places in the world to go, why West Africa? "Isn't it an especially poor and dangerous place?" you might be wondering. "I've never heard of anything there to see," you might be thinking. "So, ...
Monroe LA
... nbsp; Monroe, Louisiana Resting along the Ouachita River an hour drive West of Vicksburg. MS and two hours East of Shreveport, LA, ...
A long drive
Today was a a long day, 775 miles from Abingdon, Virginia to Monroe, Louisiana. I touched 6 states - Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana on I-81 to Knoxville, I-75 to Chattanooga, I-59 to Birmingham and I-20 to Monroe. I got ...
heading west
where was i went last I wrote? who the hell knows! I think it was miami. Lots of miles have gone by since then. Total miles to date: 4,200. I left Miami bound for Key West FL, which is 120 away. After talking to some dudes at a 'cycle shop I found out ...
Organizing, Packing, Laundry, Facebook
Preparing for the big trip..still finishing up some work-related activities. Never easy to fit in time off around your work ...
Delta Dawn (and Gail)
... we have ever been on. Miles and miles of straight, flat road. This is such different landscape then in the north-eastern states. Crossed over into Mississippi after awhile. Same landscape there. We stopped in Vicksburg. What a neat city. It is ...
Toledo Zoological Gardens
I went to the A&P in Bowling green to stock up on food supplies, then the KMartfor film and van stuff. The I headed north and stopped at the Open Book in Maumee and bought two books for .32. My first big stop for ...
International Drivers License
Today, I will travel to Monroe, MI to get my international drivers license after receiving an email from Al ...
The Drive North to the Adirondacks
... ; I don't really get the concept of tolls. Why create a big time consuming nuisance on a handful of roads when states could raise the same amount of revenue more fairly and efficiently through a slightly higher gasoline tax? Actually I do get ...
Day 5 - Kalamazoo to Monroe - 200 mi
Its Wed morning and we are in Monroe Michigan. We traveled from Kalamazoo to Detroit yesterday for the Cardinals vs. Tigers at Comerica Park and after the game drove 40 miles to Monroe Michigan for the night. The day started out kind of ...
Down East
... one little section of the Smithsonian Museum of Art; unfortunately, I had a train to catch! From Monroe, I migrated to S. Thomaston Maine. It is a small coastal town 7 miles from my old stommping grounds of ...
Sunshine near Seattle!
We moved to our Thousand Trails Park in Monroe, Washington on Tuesday, and have been thoroughly enjoying the only completely sunny, beautiful days we've had in what seems like months! Our plan was to go sightseeing in Seattle today (it's about 50 ...
Day 1 - Getting to Virginia
Still packing and organizing..for both me and my son. Why both? Well, I guess that's just something a Mom would do. Hopefully on the road by noon and it's a 6 hour drive to Winchester. But of course there is at least one stop ...
Very scenic views
I knew very little of this hike when we set out. I did know that it was about 5.5 miles round trip, had about 1200 feet of elevation gain and had lot of scenic views on the way. Starting from Seattle, we drive on I 405 N to get to route 522 and then only ...
Preplanning the Vacation of a Lifetime
Vacation Prelude To start with our family is not rich neither are we poor for that matter. I am a Skilled Tradesman and teach part time as an adjunct at a local college. Cheryl, my wife works for the township. Zachary, our son, completed his Bachelor's ...
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