North America Travel Blogs - Page 2

Combining work and global travel can be absolutely fantastic but not all destinations are sweet. My last job had been in a small African country where life was rather cruel - for most. A thousand people suffered cholera and a hundred died by it from drinking the water or eating the fruit grown…

On the 11th we had still not packed..... We had champagne and rushed around getting ready... I thought it would help me enjoy getting ready but instead I kept losing my glass and having to find it.  I had been sick all week and really put off everything until the last possible m…

   Shortly after departing Anchorage, the night sky darkened enough to reveal stars but viewing them was impractical from an aisle seat. About an hour out of Chicago, the eastern sky slowly lightened with brilliant bands of color. The flight landed at O'Hare just before 6:00 a.m.  …

In the spring of 1778 Captain James Cook, reached Nootka Sound and became the first known white man to set foot on British Columbian soil. In 1787-1788 John MacKay was the first white man to live in BC-in Nootka which is on Vancouver Island. 1788 Frances Barkley, wife to Captain Charles William B…

After I spend all my time yesterday on and around the National Mall I decided to try to go and see a bit of the other part of town. I figure there's got to be more to this place than just the big museums and government buildings - like houses and private citizen's cars.   Hence I d…

Arizona is my new home base. I have relocated to Arizona indefinitely (well atleast that is what my husband Jerry tells me). I have to learn more about the State that is to be my home, so I start with the basics which includes the popularity of the Grand Canyon and the fact that it is located in Ar…

Today I would be leaving the hot Honolulu sun and heading off to the cool Canadian Rocky Mountains. I was looking forward to a little break from the heat and humidity but at the same time, I was hoping it wouldn't be too chilly. The Banff meetup organizers, Roselle (row-zzzzz) and Dan (dancr), we…

HERE I GO........I don’t know what came over me. I wanted to update my map on TB. Unfortunately, I forgot my TB handle and password. I had to start all over. On June 9, 2007, I created a new account.  i started to browse on TB more. I started to welcome new TBs. my BF at the time was out on …

I woke up ay 3:00 am in preparation for my 5:00 a.m. flight: don't ask, I don't know why I booked a flight at such an ungodly hour - could be because the price was right. I'm not an early riser and I do not like getting up early when I'm on vacation. I did so however and was ready by 3:30 am when m…

Every man knows a way to a woman's heart (or at least mine) is great Korean food!! =)I get a call from John yesterday - seems he's in town for 1 day to go to the Korean embassy before heading back to LV and then off to Korea. This is the LAST TIME I'll John for a long long while. It is only appropr…

Despite the brisk competition from other wonderlands in Maine, Acadia wins the top spot for natural beauty in my heart.  There is something special about mountains on the ocean.  Even if the mountains are relative midgets (Cadillac Mountain is the highest point here at 1,530 feet - sti…

I met back up with Shane in LA before we headed home to Australia. We did a bunch of touristy things, like Universal Studios but the most exciting thing was waking in middle of the night to find the hotel being all shook up by an earthquake. I have only been in one other earthquake before this …

YEAH...it's road trip time! Tracy and Will are on their way and it's time for us to head out ourselves.  Unfortunately, despite what Old School Bill (OSB) preaches about NPP, sometimes plans and schedules are good!!! LOL.  Our mini detour ended up taking us on a 16 hour road trip ver…

Woke up at 3.45 AZ time after sleeping for about 3 and a half hours. Damn.. tried to go back to sleep, but it proved hard to do. I just couldn't, so I guess Adrian will have to live with me sleeping a bit in the car on our way to Kayenta. lol.. Anyway; I was up and found USA Today hanging on the d…

Our family has a tradition of an annual camping trip.  This particular trip was planned by my sisiter-in-law the location,Ute lake, in New Mexico, was chosen due to it's midway point.  Normally I'm all for camping, I love it!  This particular year though I had a 4…