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Amish country.  The gentle people.  Hard working and loyal.  So misunderstood.  There are several roads that lead into Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and we choose Highway 340.  This was supposed to be the preferred route for horse-and-buggy viewing, and we were right.  The towns have unusual names that conjure up images in your mind.  Wagontown, Intercourse, Bird-in-Hand.   No tractors to be seen in the breezeways of the well-built barns and...

And the countdown has begun!  Actually, it seems like just yesterday that I was saying, "60 more days til Quito!"  Now it's just around the corner!  There is so much that needs to get done in the next week though....meetings, writing treatment plans, getting clients re-authorized, meetings, therapy sessions, supervisions, progress notes, and meetings!  Asu mare!  It's gonna be a crazy week, but it will all be worth it in the end when I can get on that p...

32 states in the US and 8 in Canada. Travelled Canada and the USA from coast to coast within five months. Travelled mostly by train, sometimes by coach. In total 33.000 km (20.000 miles). Started and ended in Toronto. Some other highlights: Montreal, Quebec, New York, Philadelpia, Chicago, Miami, New Orleans, El Paso, LA, San Fran, Yosemite, Death Valley, Vegas, Vancouver, Jasper. Experienced temperatures varying from minus 25 degrees Celsius to +30 degrees Celsius. Only shot 6000 pictures.

6/2/06   Gettysburg, PA to Lancaster, PA   Big thunder and lightening storm again with many flood warnings throughout the night in surrounding areas.  We didn’t “do” Gettysburg because of all the time we spent there last year…. if you do get a chance to visit there is lots to see.  The local campgrounds all have shuttles that go back and forth making it extremely easy to see everything in the area.  We set up the RT once and spent the next three days utili...

After Bird in Hand I headed down to the "big city"--Lancaster... Something felt different about Lancaster it's not the typical East Coast city... Yes, a lot of the inner city houses look old and a little shabby--but none of them seem to be abandoned or decaying... The inner city feels friendly, not hostile... And as I walked around I noticed how mutiracial all the neighborhoods seem to be--not the typical ghettoization I'm used to seeing... Whites, Blacks, Latinos all hanging out together......