Holiday Inn Express Suites Walker Grand Rapids

Molly is the newest addition to the family - a chocolate lab and springer spaniel mix - she was a rescue from a local shelter. She is about 1 1/2 years old and has been a real joy. Like all labs she loves to carry things around the house in her mouth, she's very friendly, loves to cuddle ...

Grand Rapids, MI... I have nothing to say really. It decided to start raining like crazy the minute we crossed the Michigan border. Needless to say, I didn't feel like exploring much in the rain. But, our show went well, we had an excellent crew in a great space, so I can't really complain. I just hope Michigan gets a bit better.<br>

... little town. I reckon postcards wouldn&#8217;t do it justice. Trace and I spent many hours walking the lovely tree-lined streets marvelling at perfect little houses and their perfect little lawns, which were a shade of green not of this earth I tell you. Everybody we passed on the street gave us a massive smile and a greeting, and smelled of apple pie......I swear I heard the cogs whirring inside one of them when he turned, smiled like a mass murdering ...

So I head off today on this big adventure! I will be in Amsterdam for 3 days and then I head off to Arusha on Sunday with my group. I am full of excitement and nerves and I can't wait to learn and experience everything this semester will offer. There will be many stories and photos (if I can find somewhere to upload them) to follow. <br>Love and peace to everyone I will miss you!<br><br>-Molly

Well, this is just a welcome to my newly-formed travel blog. I've been in Holland for most of the summer, and I am going home in a day and a half to spend the next two weeks with my family. Holland has been good for me... I don't think I could have spent another summer working at my high school job in Red Wing. But hey, who says you can't go home?<br>

Where has the time gone? There are only six weeks until we leave! We bought our plane tickets, found someone to watch the dogs/house, and booked a couple of day tours and a hotel in London (for 6 days). With everything we wanted to do, it made far more sense to stay in London for the first few days rather than to try to come in from Billericay each day. It just wasn't practical to commute like that. The hotel we found (Millennium Gloucester) was no ...

We woke to a great breakfast homemade by Mary, Dave again played pool with the kids. We washed 3 loads of dirty clothes and packed up again. We drove east to Grand Rapids to see Debbie and Don Brezinski my 2nd cousin and Mary and Dave's daughter. I have not seen Debbie and Don for at least 25 ...

... spread, to the Steak´n´Shake where I waited tables late-night. My favorite customers, a group of age-twentyish boys and girls, asked one night which Acts I´d done. When I said, "chased animals and climbed a tree," they surprisedly hurrayed. For an activity to make my list, it has to always make me feel good while I´m doing it, and always make me feel better for having done it. As of today, here´s the growing list of my A.S.E.´s: "dance ...

... fell from the sky. The poor guy chasing down my dad's all-over rebounds got quite a work-out. My dad could sink shots all day from fifteen feet, but he missiled ten more airballs from forty-two feet and gave up. Chris and I took turns trying to top the newest pumpkin placement, in six-shot sets. Chris cocked his right arm back like a catapult, one-arming it to the hoop. I continued my bouncing-the-ball-ahead, two-hand approach. Over an hour ...

... direct me into a tree, or even a high schooler, but I laid back in it and let the slick snow glide me down. I bounced down, building up speed, and cold air pushed against my face. All of the sudden, a snowy mound shot me five feet into the air. I lost my sled and soared like a bird. By chance, I came down on my sled again and rode out the hill. The high schoolers cheered. "Woohoo! He landed the jump!" Tracy went down after me, and I'm happy to say she didn't ...