Destination: USA

Photos: Providence

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 | By sharonleigh | Photo Gallery

Photos: East Coast 3

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 | By joliver4567 | Photo Gallery

East Coast - part 3

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 | By joliver4567 | Views [346]

    Hello from Orlando Florida! It's been a little while since my last blog, I left y'all off at Virginia Beach. VB as the locals call, it was a little cold but had beautiful sun and blue skies with friendly locals and fighter jets.... Read more >

Taking Care of Business

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [600]

We’re back in Colorado, a state we once called home.  Our mission is to take care of essential business and catch up with some old friends.  After seven years, as many continents and fifty countries, the wheels, quite literally, fell ... Read more >

Boston

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 | By sharonleigh | Views [940] | Comments [1]

I'm having breakfast at a wonderful bed and breakfast in Providence with a view of a recent snowfall outside and having just eaten the lightest fluffiest pancakes I have ever had and I am trying my best to recall Boston to tell you about . Those who ... Read more >

Tags: barney fannings, boston, fenway park, red sox, st patricks day

Photos: Boston

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 | By sharonleigh | Photo Gallery

Photos: California

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 | By jimandmary | Photo Gallery

Big fluffy snowflakes

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 | By sharonleigh | Views [452]

After the dog sled tour I went to watch a junior ice hockey game with a great couple I met on the tour (Elaina and John) . Their son was playing in the tournament which is what bought them to Anchorage. I tell you, those kids may have only been 15 and ... Read more >

Tags: alaska, anchorage, snow

Arrival in Huntington Beach

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 | By jimandmary | Views [440] | Comments [1]

Or I have got myself a chevy but I can't find a levy. This is the first trip to the USA for both Mar.y and I  We had ordered a Toyata Corrola but ended up with a Cheverolet Cruze. I was quite worried about this but was reassured by  the ... Read more >

Photos: Bali

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 | By jericafromamerica | Flickr Photo Gallery

A Local Encounter that Changed my Perspective - The Moment when All Balls Dropped

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 | By heidisiefkas | Views [351] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry

A Local Encounter that Changed my Perspective By: Heidi N. Siefkas On September 27, 2009, my life abruptly changed with a local encounter in Poughkeepsie, New York. A nearly thousand pound tree limb feel and broke my neck causing my life as I knew it ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013

Arizona

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [528]

It isn’t too difficult to see America as if through the eyes of a foreign tourist.  In a way, I am a stranger here myself.  And I can’t imagine why any sane tourist would drive across Texas.  Even at 85 mph (140 km/hr) it took ... Read more >

Photos: East Coast 2

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 | By joliver4567 | Photo Gallery

East Coast - part 2

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 | By joliver4567 | Views [362]

Hello from Virginia Beach.   Since our last entry we have travelled across 8 states and racked up about 1300 miles (2080km's) in our KIA Soul. I'm writing from the lovely Virginia Beach or should I say, American Gold Coast where is is bucketing ... Read more >

Catching a Moment - Just Watch The Sky

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 | By tayyllor_ | Views [147] | Scholarship Entry

Catching a Moment: Just Watch The Sky Valentines day was almost over and we still weren’t on the road, we began to wonder if we would even get to go at all. My friend Rachel and I were supposed to leave for New Smyrna, Florida the day before. Around ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013