Travel Adventures

Here are just some recent photos that I promised some of you.

May 18 Saturday I overnighted last night at the SuperWalmart in Fredericksburg after eating a very good catfish dinner at the Catfish Haven caf in Fredericksburg. The catfish dinner was very good and came with a full salad bar as well for under about 10 plus tip. I got up early this morning and drove NW on Hwy 87 to Mason.When I came into Mason I checked out the city park which had camp

7 months ago a friend asked me if I would like to visit India with her I said yes and here we are. the flights were fairly decent and I was not sad to say goodbye to the self induced stress sickness I had fallen prey to the day before I left fyi malaria pills major stress a previously empty stomach filled with dill pickle chips will give you one of the worst nights of your life. Amsterda

Loved loved loved Sucre The white city really is beautiful with gorgeous buildings and suspiciously well kept gardens everywhere The 5 nights we spent there flew by arriving at the hostel at around 6.30am on Monday only to be told that reception doesn39t open until 8 and there might be beds for us right away. Luckily we were able to crawl into bed by 9 oh after climbing a ladder up to t

This trip I am starting out by taking a meandering trip to Denver a distance of about 1000 miles. By the time I finish meandering my way there I am sure it will be much more.May 17 Friday I left this morning around 10 as planned. I had pretty good trip today although fighting my way through Austin was a pain as usual. Austin has one of the most inadequate road systems of just about anywhe

We got a slow start this morning but we enjoyed the easy pace. We ate a light breakfast and headed out for Bryce Canyon Nationl Park. To get there we had to drive through Zion NP and got to enjoy the the views again. We were not sure we wanted to go to another canyon park since we had seen so many and Bryce is only 90 miles from Zion. But we didn39t have anything else on the schedule so we pa

I am writing this in a bus around an hours drive east of Santa Cruz. It is 9am 12 hours after we left the city. We were due in Quijarro on the Brazilian border at 6am. Instead we are in the middle of a blockade that stretches for kilometres on either side for us. There are hundreds of buses and many more trucks parked at various angles on the side and across the road with most of the occupant

Saturday May 18th 926omMiddle of the AtlanticToday was the busiest day I have had yet. It started at 10am at the desk with a couple move rescheduling phone calls to guests and answering some questions. I had a little break before my first golf clinic. I was looking forward to my first golf clinic as I thought I could generate some excitement around the golf program given the right stage. I w

May 19 2013 Hong Kong All checked in and ready to board at the HKG Airport. Built on the island of Chek Lap Kok an island largely reclaimed specifically for the construction of the airport itself. We have a 3 hour flight to Chengdu and are all looking forward to meeting up with the SPPH ophthalmology team there. The airport is an impressive layout one of the largest and busiest passenger and c

We left California bright and early this morning heading up the coast into Oregon. Most of the day it was overcast and drizzling. Typical northwest weather. I think the high got up to 57 Tomorrow we head inland for awhile.