Comfort Inn Gettysburg

... I'm committed to going to China. There is absolutely no backing out now! I also booked my hotel room in Hong Kong. I was originally going to try to stay at the Peninsula or the JW Marriott. I also looked into the InterContinental. All of them were a bit outside of what I'm able to save for the trip. Then I looked into the two Langham hotels: the Langham and the Langham Place. The Langham is in Tsim ...

... and embarrassed, aside from the headache... but what Arn said afterward made me feel better: "Hey, Mike, I really appreciate how you played so enthusaistically. It really means a lot to these guys. Seeing you have fun helps them to have fun. Because these guys don't get to play with people like you. Usually they're just on their own, mindlessly shooting the ball one after the other. So playing around with a guy who plays with energy and enthusiasm is refreshing. So, thanks."<br><br>Cool ...

... and family situations. Thankfully, our show's has some content that is geared toward them. Maybe something sunk in.<br><br>In the afternoon, we put on our video for Maryland School for the Deaf. Interesting, huh? So we put on subtitles (you might have guessed), and you'd think we wouldn't need speakers or sound at all, huh? Well actually, it was quite the opposite. The principal asked us to put the speakers ...

Today we just had one school, but three shows throughout the day. Between shows, Kelsey and I had a nice talk with Arn (our host). We talked about life, finances, marriage, careers...<br>I realized that we're rarely in one place long enough to be able to sit and talk with someone for so long. Ordinarily, we come into a school, do our thing, and leave. But lately, we've established some ...

Today was our first day with YFC in Frederick, Maryland. We're staying with the Bjorndals--a nice long stretch of a homestay. Their daughter is getting married within the year, so we've been able to share some of our recent experience with that process.<br><br>We're sticking to our standard busy schedule--about two schools a day this week, and we're doing the same sort of thing as we did in Scranton ...

Today, Florence and I had the opportunity to visit Gettysburg National Park, and given that we started the day with very limited knowledge of Gettysburg or the Civil War for that matter, we didn't exactly know what we were going to see and learn. What we saw and learned was so much more than I can ever put on this blog, but overall it was a very good day.....incredibly interesting, awe inspiring in it's scope, and very sad at the ...

... battle for the regiment, others in spots that were just convenient. <br><br>We traveled up to the Peace Light Memorial, which stands on the site of the first day of battle. President F.D. Roosevelt dedicated this memorial on the 75th anniversary of the battle. At the top of the monument is a perpetual flame. While at this site, lightning began to strike and we retreated into our cars. A large storm passed overhead, and we ...

... happened en route I was to pull the reins up sharply in order to deter her - there had been no mention of her aversion to air brakes! However I held on and despite her alarm and somewhat erratic behavior, managed to stay in the saddle! Feeling quite pleased with my 'horsemanship' I guided her back to the stable and my adventure was over. Malc said he was surprised with how comfortable the ride had ...

... Lincoln said his famous Gettysburg Address. The spot is not exactly marked, but they know it is somewhere close to the top. In this area, dead soldiers buried on the battlefields were removed from the field and reburied in the cemetery. Not all bodies were removed from the field, or once removed placed in that cemetery. It is still a somber place to be. Being an original cemetery, there are others not connected ...

... the Contitution were signed! We saw the chair where George Washington ran the country for the first eight years. We end the evening by eating at a yummy italian restaurant and then drive home. Day 5 We drive to Hershey and tour the factory and the boys package kisses and become factory workers. The whole place smells like chocolate! MMMMM!! Parker and Preston are in heaven. The boys ...