Best Western Executive Inn Florence

(20) TRIP TAKEN DECEMBER 31, 2004 FRIDAY HAPPY NEW YEAR, 2005!! WE BOOKED FOR THE NEW YEAR'S EVE PACKAGE OFFERED BY THE LODGE. WHAT A WONDERFUL TIME WE HAD! EXCITEMENT WAS IN THE AIR. WE CHECKED IN: WENT TO THE LOBBY, DECIDED TO WALK THE TRAIL FIRST, THEN WE WENT TO DINNER. THE WEATHER WAS JUST COOL ENOUGH TO TAKE THE TRAIL AND REMAIN COOL. WE DID NOT EVEN NEED JACKETS JUST WORE LONG SLEEVE SHIRTS. WE DID NOT WORRY ABOUT SNAKES THIS TIME OF THE YEAR ...

... hematology, two women who are transplamt coordinators, a man who has given his bone marrow to a nurse in Sydney, Australia, a woman whose son had many transfusions and a bone marrow transplant, a man who got a stem cell transplant, a man from Canada whose father had kidney cancer, a man whose has given 50 gallons of blood, a man whose given 45 gallons, a man who is advocating for minorities to sign up to be bone marrow donors, and a man who has donated for over 20 years. It is a ...

We set out for Memphis at 9.00am and immediately had a hell of a shock as a head on collision occurred about 40 metres in front of us - in our lane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There was only a few cuts and bruises to the occupants and so we left quickly before we were called upon to ...

Okay, so Sunday Morning we said our good-byes to Debbie, Tyler, and took my mom back to the airport. I know she was sad not to continue with us on our journey(ha ha). Who wouldn't want to drive another 40 hours? It took us about 14 hours to get to Alabama. We stayed there from Sunday evening until Tuesday. It was a perfect place to get a rest from the hectic pace of Disney World ...

... cos all other bourbons bar one are made differently. Then it was onto the spring, was a cave where all the water for all the JD ever came from. After that a brief look at the old office buildings including the safe that had killed Jack himself. we then got taken around the actually distillery.... spelt the fumes of the liquer bubbling with its newly added yeast and then got wafts of the pure 140 proof spirit. It so wouldnt be allowed in the UK. Turned ...

... is the most orderly thing I have every seen. They didn't even talk!! Tomorrow I go to a public school, then a low socio economic school which I am looking forward to as I have only seen blue ribbon public school and very elite private schools. These county are about 5th or 6th richest county in the states. It will interesting to see the difference in resources and Behaviour Management as there are no behaviour management issues in the schools I have seen so ...

... civil war. This was in the later part of the war, 30th November 1864. There was over 8000 causality's (1000 northerners died, 5500 hundred southerners died) happened in a four hour period from approx 4pm to 8pm. Then after the battle there was a lady who dug up 1500 confederate soldiers, identified them and then made a special cemetery to honour them. Amazing stuff. I have a nice dinner tonight at home with my host people. Looking forward to a small dinner party with home cookin'.

... between the bottom of the stove and the floor. It filled up the whole dustpan! Gross, I know I am going to be cleaning the floor more often in the future. We're going to a Christmas party tonight, school tomorrow, and then... oh God... getting on a plane!! What if I forget my passport?! What if I get so nervous I slip and say something stupid to airport ...

How can you be in Tennessee and not go to Nashville? Quite apart from anything else, they have the Country Music Hall of Fame, which should be good for a giggle. Elvis accompanied us across from Memphis, rocking, shuffling, crooning, lonesome and heart sore. Like Memphis, they take their music seriously here. Texas has the Trail of Painted Ponies, Auckland had the Queen Street of Painted Cows and Nashville has ... guitars. On every street corner and other ...

... a historic corridor. In October 1995, over 2,500 motorcyclists converged in Waterloo to witness the unveiling of the first historic marker. The second Trail of Tears marker will be dedicated on Highway 72 in Jackson County as the ride passes by on Saturday. The goal for this year's ride is to have 4,000 motorcyclists gather in Waterloo. The ride is free, and all bikes are welcome along the way. If you don't ride, stand ...