Holiday Inn Fayetteville-Bordeaux, Nc

... resting andejoying my last few days at home before I fly off on the 6th. I will try to keep it updated as much as I possilby can (once a week is my goal...). I am going to miss y'all terribly and I hope that everyone has safe travels this new year.

After a wonderful breakfast prepared by our hosts Tom took us to visit the local air-force museum via some of the more historic parts of town. Unfortunately the museum was closed (although Tom had been told that it was open every day). We continued our narrated tour of the town before heading off to the local mall for some shopping. Tom and Ethan took Rebecca and Andrew for some target practice at the local gun pawn shop. A common practice In America but very ...

We attended church with Tom and Teresa and it was lovely to meet some of their friends and to see their church. It is a beautiful building and the service was very enjoyable. In the afternoon Tom showed us around Fort Bragg. It was enormous and is like a city of it's own within a city ...

... monastery that I have stayed at before. I will stop briefly at Ft Irwin, to visit a friend, then head to Vegas where I will stay for a day or two. I had hoped to be there on a weekend, so I could make use of my free massage card, but I am sure I will be able to do a trade with Brit. Heading out from Vegas, I will be passing through northern AZ, via I-40, en ...

... I wrote down the directions from Yahoo Map...the hotel charged for anything printed from their computers. We started a little late, not leaving until 9:30 and could not find the first bar; however we did find the second bar. Unfortunately since we did not show up until 2pm, all the tables were occupied by ...

... and feeling great to essentially be back home. After a nap and a quick supper, we drove to Fayetteville to see my parents. It was good to see Dad doing better and on the road to recovery!! He had been through a battle while we were away with an infection that could have killed him, but God is truly good!! So, we leave this entry in the warmth of our Fayetteville family looking forward to a belated birthday celebration with our two 5-year old nephews!! Steve for SnL

... trip's first leg took us to the Cape Fear Valley Hospital! Steve's dad Gerald was having chest pains, but he was released just before midnight after extensive tests that confirmed an upper respiratory infection and a kidney stone. We're hoping he feels much better before we leave the country! For fear of starting long-winded, I'll close now. Steve says he wants to ride an elephant and I'm dreaming of the bungalow by the sea! Latuh from Raleigh or San Fran! Steve and Laura ("S 'n' L")

... Pulitzer prize winner, but I didn't think it was that good. I guess you were suppose to take some higher meaning of it, but I couldn't get past the author's use of no punctuation and the abrupt ending. "Lovely Bones" was interesting because it tells of a little girl's rape and murder from her view in heaven. It was good, but I don't want to ever read it again. So now I am on to my next book. It was written by the woman who wrote ...

Homeward Bound! We left this morning with intensions of staying in Richmond, VA. Jessica asked Steve to hook us up with a room and of course he did. When we got to Maryland both of us realized we were ready to be home (Thomas more than I). So we decided to drive (well T drove) as far ...

What is the US's fascination with Lafayette? Why are so many communities named for this man? I found the area around Fayetteville less interesting: very sandy soil, very flat. And it was hot and beginning to be humid down here. The schools were also less interesting -- good schools, but not as much fun as Appalachia...