After breakfast this morning we boarded our bus for a thrilling, fun-filled ride up to Cape Breton Island. Along the way we stopped at Pictou – the site of the first landing of Scots immigrants in Canada. At the Hector Heritage Quay we toured a modern reconstruction of the converted cargo ship they sailed on, […]
After breakfast we had a lecture by local historian Dr. James White – pretty good stuff that included some geology, oceanography, and local history. Then we boarded the bus (piloted by our very own driver Doris) where the Dr. White took us on a guided tour of town. This being Halifax, there was a mandatory
First the bad news. The wifi connection at the hotel is go abysmally slow that I haven’t’ been able to upload any pictures. Perhaps at the next hotel things will be better. If so, I’ll update this page. At any rate, here’s what’s been going on. The first event was check-in with our group leader
The taxi arrived at 4:25 AM. We were up (barely). Steve and Billie had arrived from Caldwell shortly before that. We piled in and off to the airport. Fortified with Einstein’s bagels and coffee we flew to Salt Lake City where we enjoyed a 2 hour layover (along with second breakfast – Randy had an
So…What do you do on the first Saturday in September at 0-dark-30? Turn off the alarm and roll over? Hardly! It’s time to head to Ann Morrison park and catch the mass ascension a the annual hot air balloon festival. Here are a few memories of the morning:
Text: Revelation 6:1-8; 7:9-17 First, I want to thank Daryl Wilson for leading the charge into this interesting and colorful book so full of symbolism and metaphor. I also want to thank Deanna for wrestling with the 7 eyed/seven horned lamb. It makes me feel lucky that I only have multicolored horses and riders with
Along with the patriotic icons, the Lego Americana display included several display cases that were just for fun. Here are some samples: More to come, but I’m done for the night.
Among their travels this week Nana and the boys discovered a traveling exhibit of American patriotic icons at the local mall. These were, as you’d expect from a Lego branded event, exceptional, and exceptionally rendered. Enjoy!
We started the day early (for us). Don’t know why, we just both woke up and decided it was time to go. So after our complimentary breakfast we loaded the car and departed for the last leg of our odyssey. One advantage of an early start in this part of the country is that you
Those of you who have experience in this corner of the world will wonder why we chose to take the Albuquerque – Gallup – Shiprock route rather than the traditional Albuquerque – Farmington – Shiprock route. There are a couple of answers. First, because that’s the route Irma (our car’s GPS) chose for us. Now,