Park Plaza Hotel & Convention Center Oshkosh

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In India we will visit the cities of Nellore; Gudur; Gulbarga; Bellary (and the nearby UNESCO world heritage site Hampi); Davanagere; Chitradurga; and Anantapur in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. We will fly into Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

... My Sisters Keeper based on the Jodi Piccoult book, all she has to say is READ THE BOOK! Ha, ha. We both enjoyed heading off and doing our own thing but we are never disappointed to meet up again.

We stayed in High Cliff State park, on another gigantic lake (Lake Winnebago!) with big gigantic beautiful limestone cliffs that you can walk along and even through. We enjoyed walking through ...

On the way to the shoot site we stopped at the nest park to the East where the light house is . . .probably the most notable landmark in Fond Du Lack














Near the shoot site was a bog that was exceptionally pretty at sun set.











I have to ...

... of Toby Keith's "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" (angry American) . .. . this show gave new meaning to the term "Raining Fire" . .. as the gorgeous willow's never ended . . . and the use of salutes made your chest swell with pride in America instead of your ears hurting with pain.

It made you want to go find a Marine to hug.

I got some halfway decent photos tonight . .. . thought I would share . . .

While most of the demo's were 1.4 all but one of these were 1.3 product . . .

... one with us that had a least three generations of their family traveling together. They were constantly changing their seats and talking w/one another. It was really nice to see. They really give you a lot of food on our airline - Aliltalia (sp?). It was a breeze to get through customs in the Ohare airport. We were pretty tired once we got in Oshkosh though, it was 7:30 that eve. Traveled for 21 hours ...

... tower to the top viewing deck and followed the audio guide. (included int he 12dollar entry price). In the shops are the bottom of the tower was the cheesecake factory! we were all sufficiently full and shared an oreo cheesecake slice for dessert (i don't know how anyone gets through on of those on thier own), we stopped into sephora for a second which turned into alot longer. The girls went a little crazy on the makeup, trying out red lipstick and smokey eyes ...

... most are here in their RV’s or have flown in and are sleeping under the wings of their planes.

What a set up these guys from EAA (Experimental Aviation Association) have provided for air enthusiasts. The show has been going for 35 years and you can see why they come here year after year.

You can camp at EAA if you are a member, so we joined for the year at $40.00 and camping per night (no site facilities but toilets showers water and dump station is not far away ...

Sorry it has been so long since the last entry but it is due to some sad news. When we returned from this trip, our dog Rascal appeared to be in very poor physical condition. We learned that he had a number of cancerous tumors. Unfortunately we made the decision to put him down. He was the best dog in the world and brought us so much joy and happiness. He was the best travel companion we could have ever asked for.

Moving on......As Lauren and I will be living in ...

The airlines have a big problem, the problem is transporting luggage. According to a report just issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation, the answer is "yes" and it is expected get worse before it gets better. It was reported that last year, for every 1,000 airline passengers, 6.50 bags were lost, stolen or damaged, compared with 6.06 bags in 2005; an increase of 7.3%. Frequent travelers such as Julie Smerling, a consultant from ...