The Plaza Hotel Cleveland Airport Middleburg Heights

... Put up the tree. Watch movies. It's going to be a good month back. Looking forward to it.

The past week I've been in Panama visiting the family that hosted me two summers ago. They changed my life. It was amazing seeing them again. Definitely the highlight of my past few months, out of everything I've done. Nothing can top the relationship I have with them. I got to go to a "Panamanian Fair ...

... fender, more for the benefit of my riding buddies - to keep the gravel spits from hitting their bike(s) when they are riding behind me.

This trip is already costing me a small fortune! I might have to start selling my body... LOL!

Retirement is looming - only 20 work days to go! Excited and nervous at the same time ...

For those of you who haven't heard yet, I am going back to Mexico for a week in December. Rather than staying in Irapuato, I will be staying with two missionaries in Leon. I'll visit with them and their friends for most of the time, however I will head to Irapuato for a day or two to visit my friends there as well!

This is such a great opportunity. I've really missed so many of these wonderful people, and so decided it would be great to ...

... mee te doen aan de lotterij voor de pit (voorste gedeelte van de staanplaatsen), dan ergens wat eten en dan uiteindelijk meedoen aan de daadwerkelijke lotterij. Zou ik niet in de pit terecht komen, zou ik terug gaan naar het hotel, nog wat slapen en dan pas later terug naar het stadion.

De nachtbus en het hotel
Van te voren dacht ik in de bus niet te kunnen slapen, maar dat viel ontzettend mee. Mijn vader had voordat ik vertrok nog - door de ...

Day 1 of the great trekkkkkk west and all I can think of is the sad state of American drivers. The majority of the people on the road need to re-learn, or learn, how to drive (please!). There is no need to pull in front of a solitary approaching car when there is ample space to get into the left lane afterward, especially when you're an 18-wheeler. How trucks can continually pull in front of cars when there is no traffic ...

I took a trip to the Iron Pony Motorcycle Accessories store in Westerville, Ohio (shameless plug for store inserted here!), where they absolutely EVERYTHING imaginable for a bike rider.

I spent way too much but got new Harley cycle boots, Gerbing heated jacket liner and glove liners. LOVE the heated gear ...

A week in Cleveland and Ohio showed a quite beautiful area. While the city is not planned, there is a good road system, with lots of freeways, and quite easy to get around. Downtown Cleveland is not huge, but there are some skycrapers and an arena, and two huge stadiums as well as a Science Centre and the ...

When the thought of travel to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in winter comes to mind it is usually accompanied by mental visions of a frozen tundra with little to do except to huddle around a fire until spring. In fact, the only limitations of entertaining activities in Pittsburgh during winter are self-imposed by those individuals who like to be bored and complain. Pittsburgh is a ...

... they ate very early and never had to wait. They also said that they did not have to sit with anyone if they did not want to. The other plus was you didn't sit with the same peole each night, unless you arranged to. We had the late seating on the upper level, but Michael and I both like that and would arrive around 8:10 for dinner, after the rush and line to be seated was over. The dining rooms taff was wonderful, from Agus at the ...

... floor of the temple including the four choir lofts that occupy each corner of the building. At the conclusion of a historical presentation about the building, Choir Director Craig Jessop led all of the singers in associate conductor Mack Wilberg’s glorious setting of “The Spirit of God Like a Fire is Burning,” a hymn written for—and first performed at—the dedication of the Kirtland Temple.
The hymn carries deep meaning and significance to ...