Quality Inn & Suites Evergreen Augusta

... call it desert mountain. You stand on a table top of pink granite and see 360 water views includinig Bar Harbor. Randi loved shopping at the LL Bean Outlet in Ellsworth. Then we made it to the capital, Augusta for the night. Tomarrow we start our journey home. No more stops except to rest. We hope to make it back to Lafayette (3500 miles) by Thursday. Wish us luck. Nels

... line. Nothing cute here. Highway 2 is terrible. We decided to look for a place to stay. No camping in this weather. No B and B's, very few motels. I checked the GPS and “Judy” (our personal GPS guide) directed up to a great little motel on Lake Wilson. There is a beautiful lawn going down to the lake. Adirondack chairs to sit in and kayaks to use-if the rain lets up we could stay here a week.---Nels

... know some, but not too much

Enjoy the walk, you don't have to keep up with your tour group

Before crossing a busy street, watch for awhile

When crossing a busy street, join a group of locals

For the emergency cash stash, take larger bills, use banks

Check pockets again before sending to the laundry

... pills sunglasses some clif bars? light towel Other odds and ends that I can think of. All of this will not take up much room at all. Other than these items I am bringing my imagination and wanderlust. I hope to have a safe trip and thanks to all of you who have wished me luck. Even if I do get robbed or beat up or lost on this trip...that was supposed to happen, right? No surprises. It will all be part of the experience. Adios.

This was a fairly unexciting trip...at least in the sense of stuff I can write about on this blog that pertains to traveling. I came up here to help test some of our equipment so that it can be redesigned. Can't say too much else on here. I do have to say, if going to Waterville, the Hampton Inn is much nicer and more up to date than the Holiday Inn. But the Holiday Inn does have a bar and a full restaurant downstairs, the Hampton doesn't.

... that wasn't nearly adequate.  Well we had no choice. We took off on a freeway doing about 150 mph to keep from being run over by traffic, in the general direction we needed to go and I pulled up the maps but it was impossible. Boston traffic (even on a Saturday afternoon) is so crazy that you have to drive fast just to get out of the way. Thanks to Cal's innate sense of direction (his words, not mine, but true) we actually got to where we needed to go and ended up ...

... pleasant and there was little wind. I made the trail in 1.5 hours and took a break at the Ranger's hut. As the sun was setting and the scenery was changing from the monochromatic gray to a soft rust color I started my descent of the Sherburn Trail. It was a pleasant descent through 10" of fresh powder. I got to the trail head and my car just as the light was giving way to the night. This time I'll get an early start. I am taking Christine on her first foray ...

... located in Bath and has been in business for over 100 years. Originally named the Bath Iron Foundry, the BIW has a proud history of making seaworthy vessels for the U.S. Navy. During WW-II, the BIW built more ships than the entire Japanese Navy had, launching a new ship every 17 days. The BIW is currently constructing the Arleigh Burke Class Aegis Destroyers for the U.S. Navy.

... are which means that i can introduce myself and make sure that i know everyone. it also means that the directors all know who i am and so i can get on better with them. the stable director now knows me as well and i have been with the horses from the start which means that i will hopefully be higher up in the ranking for horseriding responsibility. so settled into the rountine already and getting on so well with everyone its ...

I guess I should start with where I left off in April. I was in Sweden still traveling. Well in June the EU kicked me out (according to the rules I could only be there three months) so I returned to the US intending to return to work (yes, go ahead and laugh ... again). Instead Tommy came to the US in July and we took a road trip out west. We covered Columbus, Indianapolis, Chicago, the Badlands, Devil's Tower ...