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Travel Blogs from Newton, United States
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Tolls 'R Us
Thursday morning we headed out towards Newton, Massachusetts. We left at 10:30 with a 6 hour 20 minute drive ahead of us. …………. The day was spent paying ridiculous quantities of money on tolls (including $8 on a highway in New ...
TransAm day #41
The current issue with us has been the weather. It has been somewhat threatening since riding into Kansas. In Pittsburg, for example, we encountered 7" of rain overnight. It flooded a major portion of our campsite (a reclaimed strip mine) forcing ...
Great First Day!
... Power Tour staff. Made a bunch of new connections as well. The turnout was incredible. The venue was great, the Newton Speedway which is a NASCAR track. People got to race around the track as well as do some drag racing. We ...
Let's get rid of the sofa (Russ)
So everyone is gone and you're left to finish up everything else yourself. The list doesn't seem to be getting any shorter even though you feel like you're day and night. You still have the washer/dryer, refridgerator, and sectional sofa to ...
Cat's leave (Russ)
The cat's are picked up today and sent to JFK for their flight to Jane. Surprised at how much I'll be missing them although it's still one more step in the process and one more step in getting closer to when I can leave. They're out the ...
Jane Leaves (Russ)
Jane's limo has just left the house and I'm standing on the deck when I realize that this is really happening; she's heading to the Philippines and I'm not exactly sure when I'll be heading over. At first it's "alright! the bachelor life for ...
The Date of Departure
Leaving with April and Jusy to NYC to see Ground Zero and head to JFK Wednesday morning for 10 am flight to ...
Other items (Russ)
I took the cats for their final check-up and paperwork for USDA approval on the 30th of June and everything is in order for their trip. The fourth of July weekend I head over to Nancy's to lounge around and take a break from the ...
Catching Up (Jane)
Our blog got derailed when we were in Manila and found out our domain name had been hijacked. Apparently we weren't aware it was up for renewal and it quietly expired and was grabbed up someone who is hoping we will pay a pretty penny to get it ...
packing for England
Chuck busily packing for England. Does he have enough room in his bag?? Only time will ...
Testing 1 2 3...
Hello from exotic Newton, MA. I'm just trying this out to make sure it works. Next stop, ...
test
It is getting closer to time of departure. Just a little over one week and we will be on our ...
Ready, set, GO!
... with her tomorrow, which is probably actually right now. This whole time change thing is going to be confusing. The plan is to leave Newton around 8 am. We'll take off from Wichita at 10:40 for Atlanta. We leave Atlanta at 4:30ish and then arrive in ...
Newton
LOCATION: Community Concert- Benefit for Hospice: Community Alliance Church – 2500 S. 13th Ave. E. | 7pm | $7 adults, $5 ...
Medicines, medicine, and more medicine...
So today marked the first day in our "10-DAY-COUNTDOWN" to our departure. Being procrastinators to some extent, we have anticipated these days to be a bit on the hectic side, while we try to get our lives in order before our departure. There ...
The Beginning
It is done. The decision has been made, my current school notified, tickets booked, backpacks and gear purchased. And once you get the magic liquid that is toothpaste, shampoo, and soap all in one (courtesy of my ...
Heat, storms and mosquitos
... have been possible. We are infinitely spoiled by your friendship and hope we can do the same for you on your next trip to the States. Thanks also to everyone for reading and not leaving me hate messages, even when I put up a not-so-good picture of you ...
What to do, what to do!!!
Jamie--Well, we didn't get as far as we hoped because I'm having a problem with my battery not re-charging. Sorry, Barb, that we had to cancel our overnight with you. So here we are in a small town in Iowa trying to figure out how best to ...
Pre-trip medical torture....yikes!
Ok, we spent the last week or two preparing for our trip. Thats means vaccines for Japanese Encephalitis, tetanus, yellow fever, polio, and typhoid. Unfortunately, we could not get the recommended rabies vaccines because we simply don't have the ...
Will we ever leave.....??????
So....cleaning, packing, and putting things into boxes sucks!!!!!!!!!!!! There is no way to make such activities fun. I feel like this will never end. Each day is just a series of endless chores. And then there are the bumps along the way. ...
We're leaving today!
Last night was the last night that I knew where I would be sleeping....here come ten months of uncertainty. Our bags are packed, tickets printed, and we have given up on all of the things we could not finish before leaving. (Sending out emails, storing ...
Now in New Hampshire - just barely!
It started misting as soon as we crossed into Massachusetts, but we got to our RV Resort, which is just barely over the Massachusetts line, in good time. This looks like a lovely park, lots of tall trees all around - a small pond just across ...
No sleep
We rode a short, windy 40 miles into Newton. The days are getting hotter and more humid as we push along. We arrived just in time to grab a quick shower at the local rec, and then headed to the coffee shop ( we believe the name is Norm's). ...
Flying out to Boston
It's been a while -- but I'm on my way back to Boston. A full flight; I read. We landed about 8:30pm, but it was still fairly warm out. I hear the weather will be changing -- it's been hot but will grow much cooler tomorrow. I finally feel that I can ...
Valentine's Day at the Langham Hotel
... "best breakfast" and such in the Hartford area. Then, we left to go back to Owen's place. By the time we got back to Newton, it was time to go to dinner downtown. We got all dressed up and went to various Irish themed pubs around the back bay area. ...
Preparation for River Boat Cruise
Currently getting ready for this trip. Bought a keyboard for my iPad, bought some new clothes, counted all the medications and found a purse that is light weight with a pocket just the right size for my ipad. Have all the clothes ready and will ...
Home, sweet home
We are home again safe and sound. We feel as if we have just returned from another world. Our trip home was a typical winter Delhi flight experience. After arriving at the airport for our 2 a.nm. flight, we sat on the plane for 4 hours in ...
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