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... that I broke a front turn signal lens in our gracious entrance to the hotel the night before, so a stop at a Harley Dealer for the new part and to hopefully exchange the gloves was going to be necessary. We decided to program the GPS to avoid freeways, as they are very boring and tiresome when on a motorcyvle.  Its actually easier to have some stoplights once in a while to get a rest from riding and ...

In 2.5 hours we leave for the airport. Bags were finally packed last night and luckily everything fit. Hopefully we won't have any arguments along the way about checked vs carry-on luggage. The goal is to avoid checking anything--less likely for stuff to get lost that way. So, the larger bags in the picture have our clothes for 6 weeks, as well as toiletries and a few other random ...

... two weekends in a row. Well the short story is that I was trying to arrange a weekend gathering of friends from high school and exchanged my timeshare week for a week in Williamsburg Plantation for the week of the 4th. Williamsburg is somewhat centrally located. Unfortunately, my friends could not make it on the 4th weekend but possibly could get together the weekend before, so I started to make arrangements for the last weekend in June ...

1st - 2nd June Washington DC, what a beautiful clean, well cared for, city. Again so much to see and so little time They certainly show great respect for their servicemen and past leaders. Memorials abound, large imposing structures commemorating past presidents, and war memorials are so respectfully done. We stayed at a lovely hotel in Alexandria, Virginia just across the Potomac ...

... up date number two's bill. But that came later, for in those first moments, when she walked in the bar, obviously out of sorts... perhaps a little nervous... it was then that I should have just said, "Listen, we, and by 'we' I mean me, know this isn't going to work, so can I go home now?" The reason for my initial dismay was simple, her clothing choice. She dressed like a seventy year old woman. She wasn't bad looking, rather just a little bit fashion challenged ...

... Passport off to Johnathan so he could send it as an entire package and we wouldn't go through last year's debacle. Smooth sailing from here... or so we thought. May 8, 2007: Driving to JMU from NC... it was 3-4 EXTRA hours of driving to go through JMU to pick up my Passport [with Visa] and plane tix from Johnathan, and my car was running in a very uncomfortable way. I called Johnathan on my way out of town and we both agreed it was in my best interest ...

Well, we are on the final countown to our trip to Washington DC. Tim was there as a child, and I have only passed through, so we not only are anxious to visit our friends, Lauren and Corey, but are excited to see this most historic city! We start our whirlwind tour of DC with a Capitol tour on Friday morning..... Jennifer

... leaving Carl at the Portland airport in the beginning of August. Surrounded by the loving arms of my parents and my two terrific younger sisters, I was truly home. Three Weeks Later... Considering the fact that I've been working on this blog post for a couple weeks now, I've had sufficient time to recover from my jet-lag and the emotions of leaving Norway and coming home. Christmastime this year was particularly sweet- my wonderful boyfriend Carl flew out just three days after I did ...

... to George, the word according to Paul but the word according to Gringo was a little left field. Proclaiming how he was a Veteran of the Vietnam War I wondered how much napalm he'd enhaled while in Vietnam. But I was sure there was more of that madness to come my way over the next few months. That brings me to today the 24th of Sept. I moved into Sandee's accom. sharing a house with 9 random American lads, sharin room with 2. In a lovely leafy suberb between ...

... ended, but I am glad that I got to share our adventures with so many of you. I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I first began writing these travelogues. Thank you for the times you would let me know when I was slacking and not updating the website fast enough; it helped make me feel like I was doing something worthwhile. Many of you have told me that I should show it to a publisher, and I will some day. Even if I am a bit skeptical as to who else besides our ...