Algonquin Motel Wells

We finally got an offer in on the house!! We had two showings this weekend and one of them put in an offer! We counteroffered today. Now we'll see if they accept! And if so, we'll be on our way to selling the house! And this person already has sold their house and is planning to close on Tuesday. So we don't even have a contingent offer on him selling his house. Man oh man oh man I hope that this works!

Just a quick note...

Jacqui and I made it back home from our awesome 16 day cruise. I'm gonna work on posting up all of the days' entries and pictures.

We still haven't sold our house yet... But on a good note, the house wasn't buried in snow when we got home either! I'm heading out to Brazil on Saturday, so we've got a lot to finish up before then.

... about $700, and FLL-ALB for $152. So I'm figuring we could do this trip for about $3000 out of pocket. That's less than $50/day/person!! Hopefully Jacqui's bosses will not have a problem with it and the cruise line will agree to let me board in Florence if I have problems making the Rome departure.

Then in November it'll be back to Russia for a month or two!

... they lead. One in particular turned out to be really good until it ended at a dirt road with a hand-painted "No trespassing" sign. It was one of those signs that I figured had an old guy with a gun who would back it up so ...

A couple days ago I found out that the Lake George Triathlon was looking for motorcycle volunteers to help patrol the bike course. Seemed like a good excuse to shiny up the bike and get to ride in places I'm not normally allowed to...like on the bike paths! I did have to wake up at the ********** of dawn to get to enjoy this though.

So when I arrived at the volunteer tent, I was told that they needed me to ...

I did finally get to come back home....left Porto Seguro at about noon on Friday, and got back to my house about 1pm on Saturday....another day in the life....

When I got home, I decided to take a nap and then go out for the cruise night ...

... south down the woodsy east side of the lake. To get to the western shore of Lake George, I had to tackle the biggest climb of the trip up CR 11 - not recommended at the end of a long day - but spectacular views down across the lake at the summit. That night, I camped at a fantastic state campground right on the banks of the lake.

Someone up there must like us - it rained all day Saturday, but we had booked Friday and Saturday nights at the Glen Lodge so we didn't need to bike. Although, since we didn't have a car, we were getting cabin fever by evening, and biked down to Warrensburg to get some dinner. Otherwise, I got a lot of reading done.

The morning was chilly and overcast, but dry as we headed north. Hills increased as we approached the southern border of Adirondack Park, roads became more quiet, and the scenery more striking. This strenuous day which ended with a climb of over a mile and then a fast descent into the Warrensburg area.

My family has a summer house in New York, I try to go there every summer. Last summer I was there for the forth of July. It was great, my family started everyday some sort of outdoor activity like jumping off of a water fall, or swiming in the lake. Then we would meet up at 4:00 for happy hour (for 2 hours). The drink of ...