Hampton Inn Appleton-Fox River Mall Area

I am very fortunate to have been selected to travel to India as part of Rotary Foundation's Group Study Exchange.

The program is summarized at www.rotary.org: "The Rotary Foundation's Group Study Exchange (GSE) program is a unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunity for businesspeople and professionals between the ages of 25 and 40 who are in the ...

... I'm not sure why, but that whole process doesn't seem as scary anymore.

I was VERY close to signing up for a volunteer trip to Costa Rica when the Morocco opportunity came my way. After I got back from Morocco, I wanted to make this a reality, so I signed up to volunteer for one week in an orphanage in Costa Rica at the end of February. The program is through (IVHQ) International Volunteer HeadQuarters, and I have heard nothing but positive ...

... My Sisters Keeper based on the Jodi Piccoult book, all she has to say is READ THE BOOK! Ha, ha. We both enjoyed heading off and doing our own thing but we are never disappointed to meet up again.

We stayed in High Cliff State park, on another gigantic lake (Lake Winnebago!) with big gigantic beautiful limestone cliffs that you can walk along and even through. We enjoyed walking through ...

... one with us that had a least three generations of their family traveling together. They were constantly changing their seats and talking w/one another. It was really nice to see. They really give you a lot of food on our airline - Aliltalia (sp?). It was a breeze to get through customs in the Ohare airport. We were pretty tired once we got in Oshkosh though, it was 7:30 that eve. Traveled for 21 hours ...

... it is mostly industrial but has a certain charm especially with the river. It is also the home of the Green Bay Packers and the locals are very proud of their team. Unfortunately we ran out of time so didn't get to go and look at the stadium (they had their training camp on which would have been interesting to watch.

The next day we were up and off to Grand Rapids / Duluth.

... else do you do after applying too much makeup but take too many photos! (refer to moriah smith's facebook photo albums). If New York is the city that never sleeps, Boston makes up for it. 10pm, walking the empty streets that were just bustling. Everything closes so early. We trained to Moriahs house. Moriah's mother Carmen, was very hospitible. She has cards pinned up in her study of spiritual instruction. Everyday she randomly picks one with her eyes closed and ...

... most are here in their RV’s or have flown in and are sleeping under the wings of their planes.

What a set up these guys from EAA (Experimental Aviation Association) have provided for air enthusiasts. The show has been going for 35 years and you can see why they come here year after year.

You can camp at EAA if you are a member, so we joined for the year at $40.00 and camping per night (no site facilities but toilets showers water and dump station is not far away ...

... remained soaked through out the rest of the day. After ten hours of riding and finally arriving at Mrs. Haines house, I was able to take my boots off and take a hot shower...Thanks Mrs Haines!!!

After the rained stopped it was a very long but for the most part a pleasent ride. 577 miles today. I was pretty tired after the 400th mile.

It was gloomy all day through out the entire rid, but enjoyed it ...

Well, I've started this travel blog a little prematurely, but I'm too excited to keep everything quiet. Trisha and I have officially started saving for our world travel adventure which will begin on the 6th of April 2010. Still deciding exactly where to start our trip and how it's all going to work out. All I know is that it WILL happen. 9 months to go. Until then this blog will help me organize my thoughts, ideas and potential travel destinations. Can't wait to get started.

Today is the crazy long day of travel. Right now I'm sitting at the Detroit airport, for the last how many hours. The group seems super nice so far. We'll see after 2 weeks. Actually I think it will go really well. I'm so excited. The first flight was on a tine ...