THE BASICS Sault Ste Marie to Duluth July 29 to August 3...to Grand Forks ND August 6... We spent a sunny touristfilled Thursday on Mackinac Island pronounced Mackinaw which is possibly the most famous attraction in Michigan. We then drove across the Upper Peninsula which has a rich ironmining history and a busy fishingcanoeinghunting present. We spent a few hours in Marquett
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We have driven extra miles the past two days. Guess we are anxious to get to Alaska as we will arrive a day earlier than planned Tok Alaska here we come. The last 128 miles the road from Canada was worst than a road in a third world country. The dips and numerous potholes were unavoidable so we felt as if we were on a roller coaster. Our wildlife sightings for the day were a bald eagle a
Tarija
When we left for Tarija my cousin joked that his brother would head to the airport when he saw the plane flying over the town...well it was no joke..he did wait to see the plane before heading over to pick us up. Tarija is a small town..with two plazas and a handful of restaurants that served good Argentinean beef. It was small but in a nice safe way. The first couple of days there we had great
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On our way to North Pole a town that celebrates Christmas all year we stopped by the Delta Meat Sausage Plant. We ate samples of reindeer elk and bison. We made our purchases and moved on to the Delta Junction where we saw the last mile marker of the Alcan Highway. We arrived at Santaland Campground home of the World's Tallest Santa on Thursday. The street names are named after Santa
Homecoming…the final blog
It had to happen Someday our tour would have to endhellipand that was February. The determination of when the tour would end was budget based. When the money runs out the tour would end. So we are back in Canada and settled in our new home city of Ottawa. So while the tour around the world has to endhellipour adventure continueshellipjust in a different form The budget we created f
Alyeska
There's no way we could top yesterday but we did have a great day We started out by going to a great used bookstore called the Title Wave to get Aunt Jean a gift certificate so she could buy Uncle Dick some large print books. O course we had to buy other books while we were there. We drove down the Turnagain Arm again to ride the tramway to the top of Alyeska Ski Resort. On the way we stopp
Inside the Confucian Temple and The World Expo
Hello.Yesterday a few fellow teachers and I went into explore the Confucian Temple in Jiading and then spent the rest of the afternoonevening at the World Expo in Shanghai. It was the most beautiful day I've seen in China so far.Before going into the Confucian Temple we sat down for some lunch right across the street and had a very good conversation with a Chinese Engineer. The conversation swa
Aloe anyone
I hit the beach for 4 hours this morning. Whoops. My go hard or go home attitude is sending me home with a smidge of a sunburn. Just a few select areas. I put my lotion in the mini fridge to chill. Hopefully it will brown nicely and Irsquoll look like all the Italians who are staying here.After my overzealous tanning I went for a walk along the main road trying to get some decent photos f
Garden City with AJ
We spent the day with AJ shopping and then we drove to Bear Lake in garden City Utah. The raspberry shakes are the best Then we went back to AJ's house and cooked dinner and AJ made us the best cosmos. It was a great day now we are getting packed up and will head to Nevada tomorrow.
31st July to 3rd August Slow slow here we go…
31st July to 3rd August 2010 Slow slow here we go...Rest day on the 31st watched TV washed clothes then took a trip out before tea to Cedarwood Drive wow views and a half. Unbelievable drive glad we had the 4x4 just don't look down didn't find the Geocache at the top. Then we eat at a nice Italian called Adriatco on Sheridan Drive.On the 1st of August we went to Buffalo Bill Dam over
4th August 2010 Wild Horses
4th August 2010 Wild HorsesEasy day today got up and sorted out a couple of extra days in Cody we won't leave here until Sunday now and then we are heading towards BillingsLittle Big Horn via Yellowstone. We've decided not to book anything and just take whatever we can get.We then booked a tour out to the Wild Horses today and White water rafting for tomorrow. We thought we'd go swimming
5th to 7th August Cody
5th6th7th August 2010 Lily Lake MosquitosOn the 5th we got up early and went White Water rafting for a couple of hours then we went for a car ride out on the Chief Josepth Scenic Highway which peaked at about 8500 ft. Picked up 3 Geocaches on the way.On the 6th we shopped around town KMart hired a bike I went for a cycle up Skyline Drive and walked around scenic Cody shopped.... We al
Paris is nice but it’s NOTHING compared to Madrid
Saturday August 7 2010I woke up before my alarm and took my time getting ready. I figured it was going to be a looonog day with waayyyy too much Katie time. I waited for the bus for what seemed like FOREVER. I switched lines to the Paris Grand Tour line. I would get to see the Notre Dame the Eiffel Tower the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe among the most noatable sights although I took pic
Budapest to ClujNapoca Romania 490Km
Budapest to ClujNapoca Romania 490KmWell today had it all. Spotted hookers in the layby adds some meaning to the term layby that is not hooker then wanting to give up and go home then an hour later elation riding through Zaleu amid rolling hills and singing ldquoThe Hills are Alighthelliprdquo and then being exposed on the top of a bare hill with cell towers in a lightening storm.
20100807 Canada Digby and Digby Neck
We woke up early to drive way out onto Digby Neck to hop into a zodiac going out in the Bay of Fundy in search of whales We found them See video. The tides are amazing 30 feet We also went to Digby home of world famous scallops pronounced skulup. Today was part of their Scallop Festival parade and all. Yes the scallops were deliciousSadly Margaret did not win the Miss S
Loosing ourselves in Amsterdam
Woke up quite early went out for an English Breakfast and then took a train from Earlsfield to London Gatwick to take another Easyjet flight abroad but this time to Amsterdam.Upon arrival we asked locals to guide us on how to get out of Central Station and literally across the canal and getting run over by millions of cyclists we found our hotel Bellvue Hotel a great 3 star hotel close to ever
Hutong Area and Silk Factory and Bird’s Nest Stadium
The Hutong area of Beijing represents the old residential district. The houses are hundreds of years old and are designed in a grid pattern with 9 houses three across and three down forming the basis of the grid. Each set of nine houses shares a well. There are very few of these houses left. Although the structures are extremely simple and ten families must share a bathroom yikes they repre
France is a load of Bull
Crazy Day. 400 pound bulls running towards you with only a gate between you and the horns. It was so exciting that Jeff had to be part of it. The bulls charged down the street about 6 times with men on horses directing them away from the spectators. The girls and boys loved it. Jeff was brave and jumped in on the action. He escaped the bulls's horn by climbing up a french balcony with a came
Miami and the Marlins
To Miami and the Stadium of many names to see the Marlins beat the Braves
Climbing The Great Wall Or "Bao Bao Dooed It"
The Great Wall of China is an incredible piece of architecture running the length of 5000 miles and built entirely without modern machinery and can actually be seen from space. It was built more than 2000 years ago. You can read more about it on Wikipedia. I had heard that there is part of it where you can take a cable car up and a slide back down. I was quite disappointed when George told us th