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... flights require a two hour check-in)?<br><br>Well David is a trooper. He provides balance in these situations. I remembered that breathing is always beneficial. Consequently the deep inhaling/exhaling exercises began as we deplaned. Without much fanfare the boarding passes were timely acquired and we boarded without incident. Another opportunity to exercise some form of equanimity. <br><br>The flight ...

... The kids saw a truck in the parking lot that looked like Uncle Rick's truck and we told him he wasn't here with us on this trip but maybe the next one.... (hint hint :-) Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for all of the prayers. We know Jesus heard your prayers, we're still not sure about Grandpa's though. Our next stop is a hotel in Orlando FL. We'll be back then!!<br><br>Love,<br><br>Wendell, Kiesha, Aliyah, Jada, Frank, &amp; Chris (

... to see Seth after a week of sleeping alone and missing him. <br> Millen is a very, very small town situated in the eastern part of Georgia. Over the last year the small town has experienced tremendous amounts of economic tragedy. Several factories and buisnesses that were helped to keep Millen going have been closed. You can see the seriousness of the situation in so many of the resident's faces. Because of these struggles crime ...

... today is the demise of the merchant bank Lehman Brothers, stock brokers Merrill Lynch being bought out by Bank Of America, and the world's largest insurance company, AIG have announced that they are in trouble. All good stuff! On a slightly selfish note though, the dollar moved quite significantly in our favour today. <br><br>Miles travelled: 166 <br><br>Total miles travelled: 11195 <br><br>Days on road: 100 <br><br>States visited: 19 <br><br>National Parks visited: 11

... Olympic park again before heading back to the car and off into the sunset. Our accommodation for the night was in a very pleasant Colonial-looking place in Thomson where, as you may have guessed, the Meal of the Day was served - a piece of white fish, stuffed with crabmeat and shrimp, accompanied by steamed vegetables. I am beginning to think that I am eating too healthily. More burgers next week I think. We joined a few of the locals in the ...

... THAT long. we ate dinner at the Cracker Barrel. i sat at a big round table with 6 or 7 other guys. that was quite interesting... jeez. boys are strange. i ordered a 10oz ribeye steak, two sides of macaroni & cheese, and applesauce (each dinner comes with three sides automatically). top that with a rootbeer AND some of a guy's apple cobbler, and i was STUFFED. the guys were all impressed that the smallest person at the ...

woke up at 5:00AM and i was so excited to leave that i got ready too fast.. i ended up sitting around waiting for my ride for 20 minutes. oops, hehe. the carpool i was in had to wait for a guy to wake up (10 mins).. and then the whole group (17 people) had to wait for our TA to wake up & drive over to the bus station for 30 minutes... lol. we left west lafayette an hour later than hoped.

... Georgia & its Sunday. So the majority of the Georgia is dry on Sunday,yep bars are closed, the beer on the shelves in the gas stations are decorative. The woman behind the counter suggested helpfully I could drive to South Carolina for a beer or I could go to a restaurant and get a beer with my meal but it will cost ya,she smiled :-) When I was in New York people were saying "You're going to Georgia, Jeeze Buddy watcha yerslef, its ...

... there is a kinder and gentler life in the smaller towns in America. Small towns seem somewhat insulated from the negative aspects of life in big cities. The Daily Journal of Round America: Each day, we collect our thoughts on a web page just like this. We drop in some of the photos from the day. Our goal with the Daily Journal is to write about the ...

... photos along the way. We saw some expressions of patriotism, but nowhere near what we all saw after 9/11. Dacula and Madison showed the greatest patriotism. (Round America Photos from Dacula Georgia) We briefly visited the towns of Auburn, Barrow City, Winder, and Statesboro. Copyright 2003-2008, Round America and William M. Windsor