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Travel Blogs from Troy, United States
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Jonabagina has a kid
This is a top pick! On our way to Montana, we stopped in Spokane to vist my friends Jon and Trish. Trish had just pooped out a baby boy and we were able to see Porter for the first time. We spent that night eating pizza and catching up with each others lives. That night ...
Cuivres River State park
We planed to travel the Great River Road up the Mississippi River on the Ill. side but the fuel was 4.99 per gal. so we moved over to the Mo. side because the fuel was 4.49 gal. I filled up the truck and aux tank the bill was over 200.00 I just love ...
tv and radio!
I really like this little town, Troy. Some how when I was having coffee the news called the cafe to speak with me. They came down and did a clip. It's great to have positive news. Then I was off to the radio, WEXT, 97.7. Fun ...
The Newest Members of Our Family
... over the years, has the way of being that I formerly associated with travel integrated itself into my daily life in the States? And conversely, have I begun to think of travel as less of a once in a lifetime experience and therefore been more willing ...
Cincinnati Pictures
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Shifting Gears
We had a hectic month. We sold our house and put the belongings that we wanted to keep in a POD (container). The POD is just 8x8x16 feet. The rest of our stuff was sold (Craigslist and Ebay worked great), donated or just given away. The ...
just made this journal and don't want to disappoin
Okay, so nothing exciting yet, just packing really. Picking up Gina Caviale, my travelling companion, at the airport and heading down to Cincinnatti for training. That's right all you Bennington folks (funniest part about this is that I don't know if ...
The Journey to Get to the Journey
... come from, that the extra money for the round trip tix (vs. the cost of changing our original ticket to stay in the states longer) seemed worthwhile. This was affirmed time and again by other friends who studied with the "impish" monk. One friend who we ...
MP 22 & back to Troy, MT
... to Wikipedia, "The Habitat Bicycle Challenge (HBC) is the largest annual fundraiser for any Habitat for Humanity affiliate in the United States. Led by Yale University students, HBC is a 4,000 mile cross-country bicycle ride that raises money and ...
all good things must come to an end
so what can i add about this trip that would be of any interest to to my reading public? the two days of music at alpine was pretty awesome since the energy is just off the charts with the 40,000 people packed in on an extremely steep hill and are ...
bravely into the land of the cheeseheads i venture
The last you heard from me oh intrepid reader, I was just surviving the end of the phish show at deer creek ( I still refuse to call it the god damn Verizon wireless center) and was leaving the show in a deluge of rain that felt as if someone was just ...
Unofficial Facts & Figures
... ; dollar deposit back or keep the car. I chose the money. 43 - The number of American states that I have visited. 2 - The number of friends that came out to visit me. 1 - ...
This sweet baby was made in Grand Rapids, Michigan
... me'. i say simply, it nearly didn't make it from brain to speech. and then it began..... "have you been to the states before?" "when was the last time?" "were genesis ever the same after peter gabriel left?" "how did you get here from vegas?" ...
Children. They stole their children.
After the wedding, I spent a few days down in Michigan. This was great for two main reasons. One, I got to spend time with my friend and two, I got to spend time away from my nephew. Now, I know I don't come out well from that statement but a break from, ...
L'arrosage du Voyage
Tonight we had a celebration with our spouses as we prepare for the final week before our departure. We toasted with a "kir" - cherry schnapps with sparkling wine, and ate French goodies from Trader Joe's; (fromage) cheeses - gruyere, St. Andre, ...
Inspiration Shots
We have all come home with about 600 - 1000 photos each, more or less, and probably more! One fun thing about this trip was that we all understood one another. No one begrudged anyone photo time. If someone handed their camera to someone who ...
Erie Canal Here We Come!
Just a quick note to let you know we are safe and sound but the WiFi capability has been very poor - to the point where we thought our computer was broken! This is the jumping off point for the Erie Canal and I've lots to tell about our trips up the New ...
Larry & Deb painting in class
Here are some photos of Larry painting one of his fabulous old car paintings and Deb working on pansies from some fresh plants that are now in my garden. I told Larry that he'll for sure have to paint a Deux Cheveaux - kind of the French equivalent of ...
Trawling up to Troy
... (where Rambler stays) was right next to the Port of Albany and there didn’t seem to be anything else. Further up river was Troy where the first buildings we saw reminded me of the New York City tenements. We pulled into the Town Dock and there was ...
Wonderful Winter Camp Week
... nbsp; We had a couple of errands to run, lunch to eat, and then a drive of 30 minutes over to Camp Timber-Lee in East Troy, WI. We arrived there at 1 PM. We got unloaded and unpacked. At 3 PM, the other staff members began ...
mini camp
I've waited 2 years and now I finally am able to go to my interview for cisv village. For all who don't know, village is were you do energisers ( to make you energised), do fun stuff, and MOSTLY to make new friends and new expriences. 12 nations of ...
Tribute to "Sugarbaker"
If you've read the entry about where the name for my blog came from, our wonderful border collie mix friend and faithful companion for 12 1/2 years, "Sugarbaker", I wanted to let you know that she is no longer with us. Two weeks ago yesterday it ...
Home from France
Well, here I am sitting at my HP laptop, where it is easy to type after trying to update you all during our trip from a French computer, with French keyboard. The Demeures were generous to let us use their computer while we were at Chezemma, but in ...
Bon Appetit - for the "Foodies" - a Food Odyssey
Considering France is known for it's great cuisine, and it was a part of our enjoyment of French culture, it needs it's own blog entry. If you remember from the send off party ' Chezartz" - I tried to serve apperatifs similar (but a little ...
hello and goodbye to michigan
... area, and bumper stickers on huge SUVs that say "Viva Bush." One of the ways that I was best able to reassess the states right now is by television. I put myself through a rigorous program of studying and examining everything that is on. I have to ...
"Irises from my Garden"
One of my students surprised me when she e-mailed that one of my paintings was on the front page of "The Edge" - the entertainment paper for Edwardsville, Il. It's a donation for the Southern Illinois Univeristy Edwardsville Art department annual ...
On our way Home! Day 6
... the statdium and we saw the St Louis Arch. I did get some great pictures. We finally got out of traffic and stopped in Troy, IL around 5:45 after going 500 miles. We pullled off at a Holiday Inn Express, took a shower and got some dinner. We ...
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