I've decided to really pay more attention to the motels we're staying in because I think it will be a neat idea later on to chronicle the places we stay over our six month journey in one massive post. Eclectic, diverse, elegant, unusual and often quirky in interior decor design choices I'm enjoying the wide …
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Today before we departed for Lake Tahoe we were up early again - 6am and it was totally worth it to get up into Glacier Point mountain and get to a couple of trailheads I'd picked out the night before. Based on length (fairly short) and difficulty (moderately steep) and the pay off view at …
Places like Yosemite are few and far between - that's a good thing because otherwise humankind would never get anything done because what would be the point? The vast scale and earth changing results of the movements of Mother Nature, of the Earth's crust create an environment and vista that leaves you breathless and at …
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What can one say about Vegas that hasn't already been said before? Nothing really. And yet here I am still persisting with my own little first impressions...let's see, In Vegas the drinks are all hours, all day, all types and all together too cheap, the hotels are plentiful (one could even say excessively so) and …
We had Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday in Seattle (Sunday was spent travelling to Las Vegas which thanks to United Airlines turned a half day trip into an all day affair finally getting us into our hotel in Las Vegas after midnight) and managed to get a few sights in whilst maintaining a fairly laid back …
So in conclusion of the last three days - Nerd HQ Panel with Jared Padalecki (the guy who plays Sam Winchester on TV's Supernatural) and then off to Washington and Mount Rainier National Park. The Jared Panel was great - I'd been lucky and managed to nab early tickets so we ended up in Row …
Okay - The Comic Con Experience! This is something I typed up on the plane from San Diego to Seattle and it turned out a little long. Oh well. San Diego Comic Con 2012 – An Aussie First Timer’s Experience We arrived in San Diego on the Wednesday afternoon before Comic Con started. Our plane …
Three days since I posted here and I have SO MUCH to write here....I think I'mma break it into three parts...yes I'm practicing my different Americanisms for the variety of accents here is tres cool and I am a bit of a Miner bird in that I like to sound like the residents here...plus it …
Today was San Diego Zoo day - sadly I was not a girl scout and didn't go prepared with my spare camera battery so I didn't get all the photos I wanted but I got a good number still. This is a very bizarre looking species of bird. I find them utterly fascinating to watch. …
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We left Santa Rosa Wednesday after I said goodbye to all friends, new and old, at the Tribes Summer Institute. It was a real privilege to get to listen to Jeanne Gibbs, the very special person who began over 40 years ago to challenge the status quo of education and to start asking questions about …
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