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... as he shook his head and looked of into the distance  he said fine and returned our passports. As border crossings go these days that was relatively easy.
We then headed for Olympia, where our good friends Sam and Sig are storing our rig for us. It takes a fair bit of time to put the RV and truck to bed, so after three days it was successfully cleaned, polished and winterized, and parked in Sam's vacant lot along with two other RV ...

... I feel like I'm broadening my horizons, and I feel like I'm holding my breath. I've got no grand ideas really about what Cuba will be like, but I'm looking forward to seeing the Cuba for myself. Making up my own mind, about a country that has been so demonized though-out my lifetime. So ttfn Oly life, it's been a great first year, and hello open road, and uncharted adventure, it's been awhile.

... up later and stay up later. At least I'm liking having a bedtime later than that of second graders. It's fun, but confusing at the same time. We humans get used to routines, I realize I'm a little strange but I kinda like the feeling of having the carpet pulled out from under me. I look forward to working with this travel blog and practicing my writing. I am optimistic that I'll keep this going so stay tuned.

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... visiting friends and family, we are asked for our digits. Well, here they are! Total miles: 3101 miles (5000 km on the nose!) Total days: 125 days Days on bike: 55 days Countries: 8 (and languages and cultures) Maps: 14 Flat tires: Bill 5 Steph 0

C`est donc moi, Sihame, 22 ans. C`est avec grand plaisir que je veux vous faire partage mon retour aux Etats-Unis Apres 3 ans d`absence. Pour ceux qui ne me connaissent pas, j`ai eu la chance d`etre une etudiante echange en 2004-2005 a Olympia, la capitale de l`Etat de Washington. Cette ville se trouve au Nord-Ouest des Etats-Unis sur la cote Pacifique et a 4 heures du Canada. Je vais essayer d`etre breve pour les ...

... and nervous. Excited for what I believe will be an amazing adventure. Nervous about the unknown, the length of my trip and my language skills. I hope I can summon enough high school Spanish to communicate effectively. Thank goodness for the Hispanic laundromat ladies and Luis, the custodian at my old office, who have helped me intermittently practice my Spanish over the past few years. Hasta manana amigos! Tad

... kjer je bilo mozno spati v skednju, indijanskem sotoru ali pa v kociji (izbarala sva skedenj). Po vseh teh velikih mestih si je kar pasalo nekoliko umakniti v naravo, kjer smo lahko ob vecerih posedeli ob taborniskem ognju. Nasledjni dan sva rentala kolesa in cel otok prekolesarila. Zapeljala sva se na par tock, kjer se videva kite, vendar nisva imela srece, tako da nisva videla nobenega. Ribici tu polovija prevec lososov, tako da se orke ...

... Park, where I was told you coudl walk to the lighthouse, but I couldnt find it, btut hen in my lostness I found the Fort Lawson cemetary and rode around there a bit and then out to the Chittenden Locks. That's where all the salmon swim up, and I guess its spawning time ebcause they were there. They have the fish ladder so you can go down and look at them through windows, and the locks are well-used, so I saw a bunch ...

... to stay in Philly. Coupled with my lack of enthusiasm for the actual job, it was a recipe for us to cook up a new option. After several back and forth, via e-mail, with my advisor, it became clear that there was not going to be further negotiation, the job offer and salary stood. There are further details there, but I'll save them for conversation over a beer. In conclusion, when I met with my advisor Monday morning in Seattle, he told me to utilize this conference to find ...

... Christmas and wedding presents. A tourist shuttle bus took us to the airport for our 3 hour flight to Dallas Fort Worth airport. After being grilled by the customs officer and having the hardest time getting into any country so far, we tried to reassure ourselves that people were no longer trying to steal the rucksacks from our back and Sian tried to stop twitching as she learnt the shadows on the floor were not cockroaches scuttling over her feet but simply reflections in the ...