Clarion Hotel Kalamazoo

... comfy. Then, as an added bonus, there was a Schlotzsky's! I haven't eaten there since Gainesville, and I part of the fun was knowing how jealous Barbara would be ;). I enjoyed a lovely little pizza and cookie (no I didn't get the amazing kids meal, b/c there wasn't a drive-thru, but it was great none-the-less). I went to bed early, and then we ...

... corn late. Because of wet weather in the fall, the corn still have<br>a high moisture content. Anything above 15% and the farmer pays 4 cents per bushel<br>for each percent moisture. So, they let in stand until it dries to less then<br>15%. Most of the corn has been harvested in the last two weeks.<br><br><br><br>

... as possible. . . <br><br> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br ><br> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br >Notice how long it takes to carry the fireworks out onto the ice, turn on the Firelinx moduels and get off the ice<br><br> <br>

On the way back to the airport the traffic on the freeway was slow enough to take decent photo's of downtown, except the haze downtown looked more like an industrial district and required severe photoshoping to get the buildings to stand out.<br><br>

... it;<br>May we see stress<br>And embrace it;<br>May we see edges,<br>And enfold them in<br>With truthful acknowledging<br>And caring resourcefulness.<br><br>When it its time<br>May we gracefully depart,<br>Knowing we have left the world<br>A better place<br>Because of us.<br>May we individually bring<br>Hope to new ventures<br>To new relationships<br>Built on graceful memories<br>Of what is now.<br>

... time we pulled into a Country Inn and Suites we had racked up 625 miles for the day. We are both pretty tired but again, the weather was great, the roads were very good and we had a fun day. Tomorrow we will have a short ride into Niagara Falls (the Canadian side) and we have booked a great room as a treat for getting this far in the trip. Our good friends Nita and Cactus ...

... pointed our agent to the Mediterranean, Adriatic & Aegean trip with Voyages of Discovery, with shore excursions in Portugal, Gibraltar, Spain, France, Italy, Sicily, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece, and Turkey. Prior to boarding ship, we leave for two nights in London on August 31st and return October 2nd. Truly a trip of a life time!

... street.<br><br>"Not even if I buy something in the store?"<br><br>"Nope, sorry."<br><br>"Ohhhhkay."<br><br>Off I go into the abandoned laundromat, afraid that someone will lock me in there while I'm peeing. <br><br>Anywho, I need to call Suzanne to let her know that I definitely won't be getting into Chicago before midnight, so don't bother waiting up for me. I head over to the Hardings grocery store and ask to use the phone. The lady in the ...

... tour of the city. The boys got off on Michigan avenue and went around the Magnificent Mile. They like Nike Town best . Hannah and I went to the Water Tower , one of the few buildings to survie the Chicago fire and then to the American Girl Store and the the ...

Once we'd finished our Utah National Parks trip, we knew it was time to put in some long hours on the road. But first we had to make a stop in Denver for about a day and a half to visit with our friend Lora, who we'd met a few different times while traveling in India. Lora had just gotten back to the US a few weeks before (and had gotten married since we had last seen her!) so we all had lots to catch up on. We also had a ...