Golden Lighthouse Hotel Patara

... book but they didn't say Appalachian."   The town looked like no more than a small collection of rag tag buildings  although all the signs said "pension" this or that.  Alas, the bus ground to a halt and we were in front of the Golden Pension.  We wrestled our bags off the bus and said goodbye to a busload of people who could not understand why any tourist would be going to Patara at this time of year. Convention be damned!    The Golden Pension is ...

... to Portland, OR, riding bikes from Columbia, SC to the SC coast, discovering new people and places (and laughing with old friends) from Georgia all the way to Vermont and New Hampshire, even managing to suffer through a couple of endurance mtn bike races. hard work and even harder play seemed to usher the time quickly by. january 2007 somehow finds me, and two crazy travel partners, unemployed and on the cusp ...

... eating and sleeping for free and we destroyed the very house I grew up in. Fun times...well most of the time, except the ceiling scraping and the ***** and damns from Dave's mouth (on occasion).... It is done now and it looks awesome!!! During all of this fun, my brother and his wife decided to pop out a baby boy, Ethan Cole Shumate. The little man gave us a scare but everything is great now and he is by far the cutest kid ever! Thanks for giving us a nephew Eric and Emily! Super ...

... around we kept - you can barely see the house beside or behind :) It was kindve nice, almost like being in the forest in the city :) After visiting Duke, we went to Greensboro to meet my mom's friend for supper. We got there early, so we went to visit the National Science Center. It was ok, but their zoo was closed for renovation, and so there were only a few exhibits inside on ...

... telling me to "have more than what I got for next time". Gah... at least I'm here :) I'm not looking super forward to boarding and all though... I hate flying to start with for a myriad of reasons (lightheadedness and well, being up there... but that's really nothing new if you know me just a little or have been reading my travel blogs!), and the London incident isn't doing nada to make me feel more ...

... his manager) - that he would collect my information and take it to his managers, who would decide what the best course of action would be. "You know what the best course of action would be?" I asked Jason, "Accepting responsibility for the screw-up of a staff person and asking me what you can do to help me out." Riiiiiight. I went over the situation 50 times and Jason was still "not getting it." I finally handed the phone to Chris in exasperation ...

... up with horse trailers my whole life. Bumper hitches, goosenecks, you name it. I have, on purpose, chosen to never drive a truck hauling horses because I saw my sister and friends who could haul always being asked if they could haul someone's horse. However, I have done quite a bit of backing trailers into parking spots, moving trailers around in tight spaces, etc. Chris on the ...

... got about 4,200 miles left to travel in 11 or 12 days. I may or may not make it. I'm already sunburned (including the top of my head), mosquito bitten, and sore. My next posting may turn into a solicitation of donations to sustain me in the South so that I can convalesce before resuming travel. If I don't make it to San Antonio, someone please call Clint and tell him to come rescue me. He knows the area. Next stop, Great Smoky Mountains, TN...

... High, in Chapel Hill NC. I decided i wanted to do a study abroad program, and well here i am. I am studying in a Spanish public high school, IES Perez de Guzman, and living with a spanish host family. UP till now, things havent been going that great with my family, but i still concider this to be the best experience of my life. ok well we will see how this goes

So we returned to port after 4 days of surveying a proposed marine protected area off the coast of Savannah, Georgia. We came into the port that was the home of the boat, so the crew got to go home and see their families, Jere and I were jelous. But Amanda showed the four of us a good time again! She really did play host well. We saw all the best brew pubs and late night ...