Microtel Inn & Suites - Lodi / N. Stockton

Der letzte National Park auf unserer US Tournee ist der Yosemite. Hier gibt es Fluesse, Seen, Berge und Tausende von Baeumen...ein wahrer Wanderer-Traum! Leider hatten wir kaum Zeit zu wandern, muessen dies aber irgendwann noch nachholen :-)<br><br>An unseren letzten zwei Tagen in den USA werden wir nochmals die ganze Fast Food Palette durchlaufen und uns im Wal-Mart Superstore am Groessenwahnsinn ergoetzen :-)<br>

... night on the road at a red roof inn. yeee-haw. early next morning, we unloaded the truck into a 10 x 20 foot storage locker. 200 sq feet of ****. we don't really need any of it. and that's a nice new feeling.<br><br>after returning the monster of a truck back to Boo-jay, we celebrated with a steak lunch. at Outback Steakhouse--hey it's all stockton had to offer.

Dropped Bert and Ace off for their "vacation" with Kim. They were happy, I was sad. Glenn, sensing the fact I was missing the dogs already treated me to a frozen yogurt on the way home-Yum, Yum, it helped me get over the separation :)<br><br>One more day and were off across the pond!

... in Corning in record time for us - 3.5 hours. We stop at the Rolling Hills Casino because we very much enjoy their buffet. We don't see this as a "regular" buffet at all. The food is delicious, well prepared and presented. We especially like coming here on Tuesday and Thursdays because it is "buy one - get one free" for seniors. But, alas, it was Friday for us and the most expensive night of the ...

... being hard working folk, speak a kind of farmers language. For instance, most do not use the proper "seen" and "saw," you know, "I seen this the other day." It drives me nuts but I shut up about it except to Don, who I ententionally correct, as I am messing with him as I get to know him better. I don't mean to criticise the staff, as they know tons about boats, they just never needed to focus on language. I also think it is an American thing as I would guess about 30% use those words ...

... harder and is the main reason that the old salts were shaking their heads. As the useless old caulking pulled out, in addition to the river muck deeply embedded, and instead of finding cotton, beneath the Sikaflex, I found, in every seam exposed, what appears to be window putty? Putty as everyone has told me, (and I ask everyone) is an inappropriate substance to be used in caulking. The putty has made the job of cleaning the seams a gooey mess and has work ...

... the Salmon was a sustainable harvest before Pre-European contact and things began changing with mass fishing and canning on the Delta. The most critical change was damming the Delta area for agriculture, which made it impossible for the Salmon to go up river, which was now a lake, for Spawning. Things continue to go well on the boat, and I like the fact that it rains more here. I hope to take some photos of the surrounding area, and upload them tonight. Thanks for reading, Steve

... John, will be in Philadelphia then upstate NY, and Kristina will be in DC. We will meet up in NY city and head out of the country together on the 6th for Shamrockland to dance with the leprechauns in Ireland. Check back often, we will update this travel blog as much as third world technology allows us to. Upward and Onward!!

... and people were often friendly, but most of them are unable to talk to you. but some of them ramble on to you in chinese, smiling the whole time. they want to talk to you, but you just don't know what they're saying. they're very curious about foreigners and want to know more. sometimes it's a blessing though that they can't talk to you, because otherwise i think people would be talking to you all the time, non stop! how does china compare to other places i've been? i must ...

Well, our flight back to the States from Taipei was about three hours shorter than going the other direction. The food was good, I felt more comfortable than the first trans-Pacific flight. I think I was just anxious to get home. In getting back to America, I realized so many different things about what we expect in our lives. How things are ...