Royale Inn Stevens Point

The Prohibition and the Great Depression of the 1920s and '30s were lucrative times for outlaws like Al Capone and John Dillinger. Charismatic and successful, they were polarizing figures unpopular with the FBI and local police-the honest ones, anyway.

The usual suspects were often on the run. And that usually meant Wisconsin.

Wooded and rural ...

... suitcases of about 50 pounds each. I have successfully packed my meds, teaching supplies, winter, summer and professional clothes with a limited amount of shoes and clutches. (1 clutch and 4 pairs shoes to be exact - which for all who know me well, know how this has broken my heart - please take a moment to remember all those beautiful color heels that are going to be neglected and miss out on walking the streets of CHINA!)

So now it is all said and done. I'm back in the states and situated accordingly. Overall, my abroad experience was amazing. I'd say beyond words can explain but come on I'm a talker. Unfortunately, a large portion of the remainder of my trip was not noted, but not lost in translation... Early April, my computer crashed, I lost my cell phone and I lost any formal communication I had with the good old United States. Things were happening, I was finally ...

Hey Y'all Sorry its taken me so long to do this, everything is going well here - the area that i'm living in is really beautiful although its in the middle of nowhere! There is acres of woodland and countryside surrounding us so wildlife is abundant - deers, turkeys, racoons, porcupines and even the occasional bear! The local town is about a 20 minute drive away and ...

... us directions to a actual golf course....then we would explain that we were looking for FRISBEE GOLF...... they would then give us directions to a patch of grass where we could throw a frisbee....... THIS HAPPENED ALL THE TIME! Turns out that we were in the right place. We followed the bartenders directions and found our self on a little 9 hole course. Still ...

Hello everyone, I will be on my way to Korea today! I left from Mosinee central airport and will have two lay overs in Minneapolis and Tokyo Japan. I left this morning at 8am and will arrive tomorrow at 9pm. I wanted to thank everyone for their support ...

... had left everything looking like it was sprinkled with casting sugar. We went outside to help Mak fill up the 2315 bird feeders she has in her garden and felt the -12 degree weather for the first time. It was so cold your words froze on the way out of your mouth! After being tortured for a while, we packed the car and our tour guides began our tour of Steven's Point. We had another great morning with the highlight being Archies! Archies is ...

Monday August 27, 2007, Travel Day. Leaving the Badlands behind we crossed South Dakota and Minnesota. Not much to see from the highway. Crossing the Missouri River we stopped to take in the view. More farms and giant windmill turbines dotted the scenery, quite a sight there must have been at least one hundred of them. That night we found the Dalles House Motel on Highway 8, it had everything we needed a clean bed, restaurant next door and a laundry room.

... to see our new apartment for the first time, which I am a bit anxious about, since I simply havent seen it. I think everything will be okay though. Ben is coming down to start applying for jobs and interviewing for some too. I am hoping our trip will be very productive indeed!

Tody we went into the woods . There was a forest fire. But our friends Noelle and Madison helped us get out with our wagon unharmed.So the rest of the way we are planning to stick together. Our wagon would have probably burnt if they didn't help us get out. We were so thankful that they helped us get out that we offered them food. But they said no we don