Travel Adventures

ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtDAY 26 MAY 17 2013 Bloody Hell. A calamity has occurred. My little laptop has imploded right here in Petersburg VA and it has brought a sudden and unexpected end to the Hysterical Journey to Historic Places. I was having difficulty connecting with the personal wifi device I use for internet connection. I ran diagnostics on it to see what the

After breakfast this morning I made my way to my last Spanish classed at Mester. I have had so much fun in my classes that I am really sad about ending them. Although I did find out that I passed my exam today with a 90. After class we went home to eat lunch with our host families for the last time. I took some time to pack up all of my things pick up some last minute things and look over how

I got up and gathered my things packed my bike and had a nice continental breakfast at the hotel and I was off on another day of my adventure around 9. I decided to take the back roads again because it is so much better riding and the weather was just cloudy and not supposed to rain. The day went pretty smooth nothing really significant. I mean there was a ton of cool stuff to see as I passed by

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On Thursday 16th Di and I flew to Christchurch met Amy and Jeremyno kids rented a car and drove to Hanmer Springs to celebrate nephew Pauls wedding to Kelly. I hadn39t been to Hanmer for a long time so was surprised to see how it has grown. Beautiful area and surroundings. As usual a large contingent of the Phillips family arrived and the greetings eating and drinking the telling of tales

Comme promis pour la fte des mres je mets quelques photos en ligne et promets d39essayer d39en mettre plus rgulirement.Bonne fte Maman.Gros bisous de toute la famille.

Today we are traveling to Buffalo Wy via Rt 16 East Rt 90 then Rt 16 South Dakota to Mt. Rushmore. After reaching Buffalo heading toward Rt. 90 we came upon Bighorn National Forest. What a wonderful surprise it was. We traveled the canyon floor up the canyon walls and across the rim of the canyon. All offering incredible scenery. At the top of the rim we went across a 10000 foot mountain p

Did you know that the cure for trans Atlantic jetlag is to do everything in Paris in one day I exaggerate of course in true Kimberly style but we seriously did a crazy amount of things on precious little sleep. Arrived in Paris at 8am local tone 2am eastern standard time. Immediately enjoyed an airport cappuccino which was quite nice actually. Was ready to prefer my usual Americano coffee but

We parked at the end of The Strand just a mile from the house and hiked through the Land Trust's Waddell Ranch Preserve to get to the Martis Creek Wildlife Area. While we ate some great sandwiches, we were able to watch white pelicans, and Osprey fishing in the lake. Next time I'll need to bring the long lens Across the lake you can see mountain bikers below the still snowy Sierra crest. The white bird flying low across the water on the left is a white pelican.We hiked with Jim, Don and Margaret. Here everyone was involved to try to photograph the snow flowers that were blooming in dappled light. Jim held the reflector to fill the shadows, while Margaret and I snapped a few exposers.Lake Ella Shoreline. The lake is teeming with birdlife now. While we stood and watched, two families of canadian geese swam by with chicks in tow.

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