Cherry Creek Hotel Denver

... so in years that we don't requal until December, it literally takes every flight to get over the hurdle.) To maximize our time in country, and minimize vacation time consumed, we put the trip over Thanksgiving. But this imposed one additional scheduling constraint -- as huge Air Force
football fans, we didn't want to miss any games during this trip! The solution was therefore to include Salt Lake City (SLC) as a stop-over on the trip, just long ...

... Singapore, Seoul
Most intimidating public transit: Tokyo
Best food: Bun Cha, Street Vendor near Lenin Park, Hanoi
Honorable mention: Thai beef stew in Sukhumvit Road Soi 32(?)
Best dressed locals: Seoul
Cheapest eats: Hanoi
Best sightseeing: Grand Palace and Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Bangkok

Min skola

Vi går I en skola som heter University-park Elimentery skol. Har gar ungefar 500 elever I klasser fran kindergarten upp till femte klass. De fins barn från alla lender exempel mexiko, spinjen, libyen, kina, indien, maroko och japan. Spesielt med usa e, var vi en ska I skolan moste vi gå på led.

I min klass har vi science, matte, social science, art, English, music ...

... suppose the crew was cranky about the delay too. But beauty often rises out of chaos for us, and I'm sure there will be apologetic compensation in our future.

On the happy side of things, we met a very nice guy named Randy in the delay chaos (hi Randy), and invited him to wait in the Red Carpet Club with us during the delay. He ended up giving us a lift from DIA out to the RTD park and ride where we were ...

Wow, slept in, drove up to Golden and walked leisurely through the town, viewed an arts festival, had breakfast out, played with the dogs, enjoyed a great dinner and wine, and went to a carnival--the 40th annual Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival, with rides and fireworks! It is great being in an actual home with wonderful people taking care of us. On Sunday we went out on Jesse's speedboat all day on the lake. The kids ...

... turned into a little mini blizzard with high winds, and heavy snow and inside the cloud. Waited this out for about an hour (because I am in a Miata) in the café drinking hot chocolate and then the sun came back out. I wasn’t as bad off as the group of motorcyclist that were also making the drive though. Continued to the top at an elevation of 11,796 feet, where I crossed the divide for the 3rd time today ...

... täglich 11 Stunden auf Kinder aufzupassen und diese auch zu beschäftigen - vor allem bei so einer Hitze - die wir ja nicht gewöhnt sind. Dauert aber leider noch 1 gutes Monate bis sie endlich wieder ausm Haus sind :( Vorgestern war ich ja in Commerce City, ca. 15 Min. von Denver entfernt auf einem riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiesen Festival mit ca. 70 000 Menschen um mir meine einzig wahr Liebe "John Mayer" live anzusehen und er hat mich wiedermal alles andere als enttäuscht ...

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Another day we went for a day drive in the rocky Mountain foothills west of Castle Rock through small towns. Found a little river for Bear to swim in & had lunch at a traditional American BBQ type place.

This was my first day of the mission trip. From what I remember, it was mostly worship and hanging out for the night and getting ready for our assignments for the week. Since I don't remember much from it, I won't go into to daily detail. Every day though I went to a boys and girls club and hung out with kids all day. It was an amazing experience and helped fuel me to go on more mission trips.

... Madison walked to the stream with the clothes. She stuck the clothes in the water and started washing. Then, something nibbled on her finger. CHOMP!!! A fish bit her finger. "AHHHHH!" Madison screamed. When she lifted her hand out of the water the fish was hanging there. "OF course." Madison said.