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Wed, 21 Sep 2011 | By jamag | Views [437]
Went for a walk this morning to visit three car rental places and see if we could finalise a deal. We'll need a car over the period 4-12 Oct. The first was to Budget at the Comfort Inn, near Home Depot. The young fellow there gave me a price ... Read more >
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 | By imatravelin | Views [246]
After being in my apartment for 6 months already (Ah, I cannot believe it myself!) I have decided to finally get serious about organizing. Afterall, I am an adult now, right? P came over to help me hang my awesome yellow curtains and some pictures ... Read more >
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 | By julie_bien | Views [522]
Very soon we should know what the UN General Assembly has decided as far as Palestinian State recognition is concerned. Among people I've spoken with, there seems to be a fear that no matter what, there will be violence in the West Bank. The optimist ... Read more >
Tue, 20 Sep 2011 | By jamag | Views [425]
Foraged at Lowes and Home Depot for reticulation bits and pieces, ie pop up sprinklers, hose and fittings. These fittings and all the gubbins, have been extremely difficult to locate, but we finally succeeded at Lowes in Woodbridge, about 13 miles ... Read more >
Mon, 19 Sep 2011 | By mdcamps | Views [427]
We made it to HOMER! This is doubly exciting because that means Shannon's VW is fixed up and rolling along again. No longer are we stuck in Soldotna waiting for an axle, finally we are back on the road; waiting to uncover the next mini-adventure. Unfortunately, ... Read more >
Tags: bees, fish, homer, kachemak bay
Mon, 19 Sep 2011 | By jamag | Views [422]
Journeyed into Old Town with Leanne thius morning. She was off to work while we were intent on further exploration. We first called in on the AAA (US equivalent of our RAC of WA), to get some maps of the areas we will be travelling through next ... Read more >
Sun, 18 Sep 2011 | By jamag | Views [197]
We spent a little time around the house today, doing a spot of maintenance and then walked down to the Brookfield Mall, to collect a few US Post Office packing boxes. These are provided free by the PO and charged for international postage at ... Read more >
Sun, 18 Sep 2011 | By wingsofgrey | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
In January of 2011 I spent one month independently volunteering and photographing with the The Monk's Community Forest in Oddar Meanchey Province, Cambodia. It is a unique effort to protect a 18,261 hectare stretch of Evergreen forest land and resources, ...
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Tags: #2011wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2011
Sat, 17 Sep 2011 | By jennifermuller | Views [324]
DAY
4: Today we entered
the Volcano National Park ($10 entry / week, camping included). After
sussing out the main camping site (more amenities, full, school groups on
day-trips), we drove down the 'Chain of Craters Road', stopping off ... Read more >
Tags: chain of craters road; volcano national park; tro
Sat, 17 Sep 2011 | By jamag | Views [259]
Motivation was the problem today, so we stayed home in the AM and only journeyed a short distance to the Fairfax County Library in our area, named after the US Navy explorer, Richard Byrd. While reading the Wikipedia entry for Byrd, I saw that he ... Read more >
Fri, 16 Sep 2011 | By indigoyear | Views [245]
First stop, Stehekin. You already knew that. I am eating the last of my rice, and planning for Asia. Our internet is terrible here, so pictures later :)
Tags: work
Fri, 16 Sep 2011 | By jamag | Views [341]
Our first real day out exploring. We'd decided to visit the Smithsonian Museum of American History, mainly because, although we'd seen it before (a few years ago), it has only recently been completely renovated. It was a good choice. The centrepiece ... Read more >
Thu, 15 Sep 2011 | By imatravelin | Views [187]
That´s right! I received word of my promotion starting Oct. 2nd!! I will be in the last stage of my program as a floating supervisor. Essentially, I fill in at any location where they are short staffed with management. I could stay at the same location ... Read more >
Thu, 15 Sep 2011 | By jambopablo | Photo Gallery
Based in Philadelphia hired a car and went up to Quebec and a couple of National Parks in New York State & Vermont
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Thu, 15 Sep 2011 | By jamag | Views [222]
We got dropped off at Springfield Plaza this morning and found our way to Target first, just to browse, then did a bit of grocery shopping at Giant. Laden with a mule load's worth of heavy shopping, we trudged our way home and restocked ... Read more >
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