Super 8 Motel - Oshkosh/Airport

I am very fortunate to have been selected to travel to India as part of Rotary Foundation's Group Study Exchange.

The program is summarized at www.rotary.org: "The Rotary Foundation's Group Study Exchange (GSE) program is a unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunity for businesspeople and professionals between the ages of 25 and 40 who are in the ...

... area and seeing some of the local Native American history.

Its really back on the road for us and only a quick stop here before we head onto our next pit-stop here in Wisconsin, we are also moving fast to see if we can escape the weather, it is starting to get chilly! We hope all is well and are thinking of everyone.

Lots of Love, the feeling colder, Bek and Jesse Train.

... that NFA 2009 was one of the best fireworks conventions I have ever attended, with exceptional fireworks every night . . .

Each product demo ended with a reasonable finale and each night ended with a 1.3 show that was exceptional every evening.

Saturday night there was a 1.4 fireworks show competition that was almost hard ...

I always pay attention to the wild flowers wherever I go . . . these were the ones in the field around our hotel.























Seems like every ditch and bog in the state was filled with cat tails . . . as well as any low area that was not being cultivated for ...

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 . . .

... Paris was glad to see us and the garden was overflowing and not to badly destroyed by those Japanese beetles.

Note: I just want to say that I would highly recommend Rita and Lino's farmhouse and cooking lessons!! They were wonderful hosts! I think that you can find their website under Tartaruga Tours. They are also the ones who recommended our fantastic trip planner and guides, Jim, Tony and Jane.

... else do you do after applying too much makeup but take too many photos! (refer to moriah smith's facebook photo albums). If New York is the city that never sleeps, Boston makes up for it. 10pm, walking the empty streets that were just bustling. Everything closes so early. We trained to Moriahs house. Moriah's mother Carmen, was very hospitible. She has cards pinned up in her study of spiritual instruction. Everyday she randomly picks one with her eyes closed and ...

... 21.00/night. Because we are EAA members we get a good discount on the daily entry to the Airfield and we enjoyed a free concert by the Dobbie Bros on the first evening.

The air show lasts for 7 days but after two days for me (I went to the Outlet Mall on the third day) and 3 days for Brent that was more than enough. So if you have any interest in planes and that includes flying on Air New Zealand, this show gets a big recommendation from us.

Once again our trusty ...

... for 2 years we realized that we needed to visit all the relatives one last time before we set out on our journey. The first stop on what we have deemed the "Farewell Tour" was Oshkosh, Wisconsin to see her Grandma, Grandpa, and Aunt, and also attended her cousin's graduation party. Well let me ask you- what comes to mind when you think about visiting Wisconsin? Yep, you likely nailed it right on the head. Lots of farms, cows, and a strikingly large number of bars. I think ...

... who has racked-up over 350,000 frequent flyer miles with various airlines, said "Enough is enough". She goes on to say "Whether my bags arrive an hour late or a day late, either way I have a problem because of my tight schedule, and now the airlines want to start charging for checked bags."; referring to Spirit Airlines' recent announcement, come June, to begin charging $5 each for one or two checked bags if the ticket was ...