Holiday Inn Charlotte Airport

The journey home began at 6AM Venice time and even with only a one hour layover in Munich we arrived in Charlotte at 6PM est time (midnight Venice time!) a very long day. We had a trendous trip and Aunt Sue and Guido were the perfect hosts and tour guides. I almost feel like going right back but that will have to wait for now probably June 2011. The weather was cold and at times rainy so some of the things you would routinely do were just not possible.

Excited and ready to leave. The forecast does not seem very promising but it will be great to see Sue &amp; Guido again. We leave Charlotte at 5:30 PM and should be in Venice at Noon (Italian time) Wednesday. I will try to send photo's as we take them as well as update this blog. I loved this when Chris and Liana used it . <br>

After a long and hectic tech week in the not so glamorous land of Roxbury Community College, we finally hit the road on Saturday. Our first day was quite long. Anyone who's ever driven the I-95 route up and down the east coast knows that the triumverate of driving nuisances are Boston, NYC, and DC... and yes we were passing through all 3 in our first day of driving. Needless to say, 12 hours later we were VERY thankful to reach the hotel. <br><br>Sunday, we ...

I thought that I would post this picture of me and La Poderosa just before I left for the west coast a couple month's ago. She had to be sold in LA:( What an amazing bike for 700 bucks. She got me through one of the most amazing adventures that I've had to date. As soon as I can get my computer that has all the pics on it online I will have a boat load of stuff to post from this trip.<br><br>

... the eastern boarder of Iraq while I am there. Future travels with continue to take me across I believe. I am bringing the tent and sleeping bag for my days on the road so that I can stay cheap while i'm in transit. Though I have hostel reservations for the beginning and end of my trip in Istanbul.

... spots is very puzzling to my mind. You think "I KNOW you! I really KNOW you. And here you are. And here we are... and we're not in Kansas anymore, Toto!"<br><br>We have about a 2 hour wait before our evening flight across the pond. So, let's have a beer!

... out into the little town, which was flooded with bikes. It was a little too much for me so i went back to the room and went to sleep. I guess i'm officially old now. The next morn i woek up and went straight to the bar. To my surprise, people were drinking beer at 9am heheh. I had a virgin Daq and got the heck out of there. The ride back to Miami only took 4.5 hours. wow. Anyway, i decided to ride to Jacsonville FL that nigth. There was some rain but nothign ...

WW and I drove across western NC. Got to a town called Statesville and went into J&amp;R Cigars, billed as the World's largest cigar store. They ain't lying. BIg ol' CHurchills for $3 (or less).<br><br>We camped at Lake Norman, land donated to the State of NC by the Duke Power company as long as the state let them leave their nuke there. No pics. Suprisingly nice campground.

... as we all know, we normally wear the same clothes most of the time.<br>Im going to start putting some stuff together this weekend. I did get Shawna's boots in the mail the other day, so will be taking those down to her, but my bag is going to be much lighter than last year. Ok will start with a few surfing lingo terms to get back into the swing of things. I know I need to be very familiar with ...

... through security as they held the plane for me. Some people were upset with me, but I made it!!! There was no time for a goodbye with my mother--just a yell down the terminal. At least she didn't have time to cry, ha ha. Ok, not bad for starters. I take this tiny "crop-duster" plane to Charlotte, NC. It was the most beautiful plane ride I had ever been on. It was truly God's country with the beauty I saw. I would love to tell you more ...