Ramada Limited Lansing

The English Inn in Eaton Rapids (outside of Lansing Mi) is where we got married one year ago October 4, we went back to celebrate our anniversary and recall that "day of days". It was a little warmer this year but still a nice cool misty October afternoon / evening. Here are a few photos from this year, we will post some photos from the wedding in a few days.

Love to All, Tom & Donna

... over a year (almost). I am bummed that I didn't blog last winter break when I was in Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala. I think I may go back and fill in what I wrote in my journal, or just reflect on that experience. Maybe I could do that for my Co-Curricular for the Bailey Scholars....oooOOoooh :). I will look into that...post my pictures :).

Well the reason for this blog, I'm going to Spain and I am estatic! I am planning to write to some friends who've traveled/lived in ...

We're heading west to go home after a fantastic summer.

It feels so right to be back on my bike again, it's like we never parted.

Was on the road by noon. A good, albeit wet, ride today. A bit of delay at the Sarnia/Port Huron border for Matt to renew his visa waiver form but no complaints ...

... thought.

I had envisioned creating the entries on the laptop while Jim drove – but that assumes that there is nothing better to do and, believe me, the scenery is too gorgeous here to not be viewing. So, then, the next best option is to do it in the campground at night. But that doesn’t account for a full day of sightseeing, supper and planning for the next day – with playing games or sitting by the ...

After a hectic weekend with graduation and parties, it's finally time to head overseas. I've been planning this trip for almost a year now, hard to believe it has finaly arrived. We depart DTW at 3 PM, make a couple stops on the east coast in Baltimore and Philly before we fly into Dublin. We will be there Tuesday morning. We are staying at the Ashfield House, located in the city centre. More info to come later.

Well, we did it!! Other than what we brought on the road with us, our worldly goods are in storage and we have started our "excellent adventure." Unfortunately, excellence is eluding us right now since we arrived yesterday at our campground in the Wisconsin Dells in the rain and cold and the engine light in our Tahoe came on at the start of the trip. So our first order of business this morning was to find a GM dealership and take the car ...

... methods that Europeans have at their disposal and once again ran into many people who laugh at Americans getting upset at $4.00 a gallon of gas. The price in Europe is around $8.50 to $9.00 a gallon, so they have no sympathy for our outcries of the injustice of $4.00 gas. The public transit system throughout Europe is superb and unfortunately in my lifetime the US cannot catch up and ...

... I haven't even started packing my own stuff yet. I may have to leave the family-size bag of red licorice behind - darn! Tina and I arrive in Guatemala City around 12:30 p.m. (CST) on January 31st and Bella will be brought to our hotel around 4:30 p.m. by the foster mother and a translator. She'll stay with us until Monday afternoon. I know it will be so hard to give her back at the end of ...

... made his way t* the stage with a w*man wearing a black fl*wing g*wn with a t*w**ing green headdress. She was t* sing backup. My hands w**e sweating, while Sinclair dictated t* the band the style *f blues he wanted. Guitar play** Jeff Grand inf*rmed the band in which key they w*uld be playing, and *ff they went. N*teb**k in hand, Sinclair's raspy v*ice beautifully deliv**ed p*etic st*ry aft** bluesy tale with unrivaled wit and hum*r. B*b Bald*ri was ...

I got my tickets today! I'm leaving Detroit on February 4 and coming back July 12! Actually, I'm coming back 14 minutes before July 13th, so we'll just say that's when I'll be back. I don't have the visa yet, but the travel advisor at STA Travel says they can do ...