The tour of Monument Valley a seventeen mile loop over ungraded gravel roads took about 2 hours. The monuments are great too look at and if you have ever watched a western The Eiger Sanction Back to the Future 3 or even Forrest Gump you have seen a part of Monument Valley. We did take a short round trip back to Four Corners 200 miles as we were told that it was open Friday through Sunday.

Day 7 SaturdayEstoy Enfermahellipmeaning I am sick. Guess I get a little too worried about Mattrsquos hydration levels that I sort of forgot about myself. I woke up this morning around 530am with the worst headache Irsquove ever had and the most dehydrated Irsquove ever been. I downed some aspirin drank an entire bottle of water and went back to sleep. But to no availhellip.My hea

Finalement nous partons aujourd'hui jeudi le 17 plutt que demain. Patrick avait pris cong aujourd'hui et nous sommes arrivs au bateau vers 14h00. Comme j'avais dj paquet le bateau mardi il ne reste quelques trucs faire soit ranger la bouffe dans la glacire rcuprer le pneumatique de Patrick et prendre de l'eau pour le rservoir.Vers 17h00 nous partons avec le faible espoir d'arri

Aujourd'hui c'est la journe des cluses... D'abord SteAnne de Bellevue qui depuis l'an dernier n'ouvre qu' 9h00. Pas grave... nous avons le temps de prendre notre caf plus tranquillement. Premier clusage vers 9h20...Nous effectuons ensuite la traverse du lac SaintLouis au moteur parce qu'il y a trs peu de vent et que le trajet ne s'y prte pas. Nous entrons dans le chenal de la rive sud

La mto maritime met depuis hier soir un avertissement aux petites embarcations pour aujourd'hui avec des vents de 25 35 noeuds pour le secteur que nous sommes supposer traverser aujourd'hui. Nous avons donc dcid de ne pas essayer de passer le lac SaintPierre et notre destination est donc Sorel un petit 37 milles nautiques environ 69 km que nous allons essayer de faire ce matin pour

On Thursday we left Kunnurra and drove off to Lake Argyle. Dad and I went out to the deep very very deep water with our goggles and flippers. We saw heaps of different kinds of fish. Some looked like sword fish they were gar fish and some looked like sharks catfish . They were amongst an underwater forest of water weeds. When daddy dived down it was really deep except I could still se him

so lets see...the second day in paris we went for the louve...awesome..and we took the subway..quicker.....afterwards a little shopping at the stalls they have along the banks of the river...got some nice postcards and smallish pictures of paintings of all over paris...will make a nice collage on the wall. we were going to go see the orsay for free the last hour its open....and then the cluny mu

Em Ma took us to the Summer Palace the residence of the emperors during the hot Beijing summers. The most interesting part of the Summer Palace history is the story of the Dragon Lady. After her husband died she ruled through her young son and when he died through her nephew. She wasn't a very nice lady but she did have a lot of power.The Summer Palace is located around a lake shaped like

Itrsquos been a long time coming but summer has finally arrived in Chinarsquos northeast with a bang. Within the space of four weeks the snow covered streets have been replaced with hot glorious sun temperatures exceeding thirty degrees Celsius and inhabitants hell bent on eating the worldrsquos supply of ice cream. While market sellers and barbecued kebab stalls line the roads lsquot

View from National Monument in Colorado tour Aspen Shuttles

Letzte Woche Mittwoch waren wir mal wieder im Coles einkaufen. Ihr erinnert euch noch an Coles dort wurde uns der Einkauf mal von einem Wildfremden bezahlthellip Also wir stehen wieder an der Kasse noch in der Arbeitsuniform sind gerade am bezahlen da fngt die Dame hinter uns an uns ber den Cable Beach Club auszufragen und wo wir herkommen und und und. Nach ein paar Minuten Small Talk fr

Wow if you ever have an opportunity to travel to the Grand Canyon take it. It lives up to all they hype. As soon as you step to the edge the canyon just opens up. It is hard to take it all in and the pictures are always different because the light changes.The train trip was great. We arrived at the depot and were entertained by a group of wildwest cowboys. The interesting part is that these

Howdy folks............I mean good morning. I guess I've been in Oklahoma too long cause their lingo is wearing off on me We had another good nights sleep and this time there was actually no water involved so that was nice. We were up pretty early and excited to get started on our adventures for the day. I made us some mcmuffins for breakfast paid a few bills online checked emails and then of

Blogging For Becky Becky thought she might provide an entry explaining why she is carrying around a cardboard cutout that resembles her grandson and is in a number of our photos. Becky... Alas it has not manifested. So here i am then trying to explain what i am not entirely clear about myself. Those of you with children undoubtedly know what i don't. But my understanding is that there is

We woke to a mostly clear but chilly morning about 37 degrees. Bob went out to take pictures got a really good one of two Loons paddling by. After breakfast we got ready to leave but had to wait while Bob installed limiting blocks on the supports he had installed on the camper top last night. Norm Vig owner of Norseman RV park came over to supervise. Norm was a friend of Dadrsquos. O

So after 120 days i have left india.There were few highlights of my final few days in delhi i revisited India gate with Ali and got my fill of Masala Dosa brain curry and other favourites including plenty of sweets. Pahar Ganj still looks like a bomb has hit it its still hideously polluted and the temperature is in the high 40's. So after jumping in a taxi to IGI airport i finally got some e

So I awake and it is a cloudy day not good for my drying clothes. I sit on my balcony and at 9am I see the explore walkers leaving behind the Elly Beach Hotel for their walk to Ag Georgios NW. I go down to breakfast and see the lovely German ladies preparing to leave and wish them happy walking. Usual breakfast there are probably a dozen non walkers staying here also. I chat with the man waiting

Weds 9th June.Woke up to thunder and it was chucking it down So I did all my coaching indoors with the lil kids. In the afternoon me and my family and some of the other coaches all went to the Pro American Football Hall of Fame. It was really good and made me want to go and watch a live game My family are Pitsburg steelers fans so I am now The rain had finally stopped for my evening sessi

As Tim is studying in a classroom right now diving stuff I thought i'd give a little update as to our whereabouts over the last few weeks...Following on from our little island in south Vietnam we took a bus to Cambodia to Phnom Penh and then headed 6 hours north to Siem Reep to see one of the wonders of the world apparently i'll admit I had never heard of Ankor Wat.....but I have now and it was

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