Fort Collins Plaza Inn

... sea and on the other side is a private kiddie water park. We visited for about 20 minutes then moved back to the big pools so my son could swim. I would reccomend this hotel to people traveling with children. The food wasn't bad and the rooms are comfortable. However, if only adults are taking this trip, don't bother.

Another thing we did was visit the Isla Mejeures were we swam with dolphins. That was my son's favorite part of the ...

We pulled out of Hart Ranch in South Dakota a couple of days early because of an anticipated cold front. We also changed the route we had planned on taking. Rather than going to Scotts Bluff, Nebraska we headed to Colorado. Strange as it may seem the weather promised to be better in the Denver area....

After about 400 miles, which is a ...

I'm not complaining...but 17 hours on a plane, even a very nice Thai Airways plane is a LONG time. Thank God, Buddha and my lucky stars that they had those tv screens on the seatbacks. Free new movies, (choice of 10), TV shows, 1 or 2 player video games, language lessons in any language, travel shows on Asian countries...I don't know if I would have made it without distraction. The first class section had these really cool egg ...

... wel as the Rocky Mountain National Park around 6:45 this evening. We thought about camping, but decided that staying in a hotel would be more convenient since we have to get Janis to the airport around 11. We decides to stay the Quality Inn, which has complimentary wi-fi, continental breakfast, and a indoor pool. It is comfortable here and it's nice to be on a real bed. Goodnight! Hope to give you another update soon!

... We even got to try Fat Tire out of the bottle that had been bottled less than an hour before we tasted it. It was awesome. They also have this postcard center set up to where you can write as many postcards as you want on free postcards and they will mail them for freel. After leaving very happy, we started towards Cheyenne, Wyoming. We had spent a good few days in Colorado.

... my guard, seeing through my defenses. I don't know where it comes from or even where it exists. Is it a deeply rooted ego device or is it something greater? The fact that I know about it gives me the opportunity to not react blindly when it comes to the surface. The urge to travel or remain uprooted is possibly associated with that restlessness. I can't say for certain. It's more like a restless night of sleep than a need to drastically alter my surroundings. I get the sense ...

... patient and empathic me; A me that I can see all at once, love and be proud of. Our reality, our sanity, is a fragile thing supported by a web of connections, people to people. One misguided mindless step can destroy what years took to create. One rejection one instance of anger or inability to forgive can put us into darkness. I want to learn to appreciate the people I chose to bring into my world. To see them for whom they are beyond merely the ...

... enjoy these activities. But I now understand that I only enjoy them when I choose to do in them. When I have to I don't like it anymore.

Anyway, since graduating I've been suffering from a sort of intellectual hangover. Towards the end of school, I was thinking so hard that it actually hurt sometimes. They made me read and write a lot. So the idea of writing in my travel blog seemed more chore, less happy hobby. And that's why I'm starting the stupid thing four months late ...

... What do you want to accomplish?" I really hate those stupid questions. Yes, I know how to play along and provide an elegant and mature answer, but I know it's ****. Something to make you more comfortable, like a thought-blankie. Nobody ever really knows where they will end up or what they will really accomplish, so why not just let it happen? Cultivation, not choice.

So, that's sort of the spirit with which I've approached the ...

... skiing accomplishment: Skied Prima (think moguls) top to bottom at Vail without stopping in February 2007. Kristin born: Greeley CO greatest skiing acomplishment: Completed skiing every month of the year in 2006, on rainy 40 degree day in Rocky Mountain National Park in Sundance Bowl. Renee born: Maine greatest skiing accomplishment: