I've had around 600 visits to this blog!! WOW! I'm surprised, impressed and honored. I would like more comments, though, so I'm throwing it out to you for the subject of my next blog.
I've been to the following countries:
Canada
Mexico
Japan
Thailand
Singapore
Diego Garcia
Canary Isanda
Italy
Spain
England
Scotland
Wales
France
Kuwait
Egypt
Afghanistan
Kyrgyzstan
Australia
You tell me which country you want the next blog about. I have pictures from most of these countries, so choose wisely.
Monday 27 October 2008
And, as long as I'm blogging...
I recently took a long road trip with the first leg being from Boise to Colorado Springs to see my son. Dave works for SRAM Company (http://www.sram.com/) which makes components for road and mountain bicycles, as well as trains dealers and mechanics at STU (SRAM Technical University).
Dave has been in CS for almost 18 months, so I felt it was high time I went to see he and Teri, his girlfriend. I thought, early October should be fine... no snow... yeah right... brilliant plan...
I started out on Friday, 10 October, in what I (though not most weathermen) would consider a full blown blizzard. Great. The earliest snowfall in recorded Boise history, and I leave town in it. I knew I had at least a five hour drive ahead to Salt Lake City, so I couldn't delay anymore than I already had. Fortunately, the snow ended about 30 miles past Boise, and was smooth sailing after that. All was fine on the drive to SLC as I had a full iPod (plus backup), my Crackberry with GPS direction to my first stop, and a tank full of gas. I thought...
I arrived at my first stop, which was the Worldmark by Wyndham location in Eden, Utah. I'd booked a night in this timeshare location as a perfect first stop on Friday night. It's about a 14 hour drive to CoSp and it would cut a big chunk out of the drive. Well, just like me, I get to reception, and realize that I'd booked for the night before, Thursday night. Sheesh! I'd only read the confirmation three or four times, but still I'd managed to cock it up somehow. Oh well... back in the car...
As it was the Friday of a three-day weekend, and the resort was 100% full, my choices were simple... drive down the mountain to Ogden and stop for the night, or get back on the Interstate, head for Wyoming, and stop somewhere down the road. I chose the latter. So off I went again.
Next... Day 2
Dave has been in CS for almost 18 months, so I felt it was high time I went to see he and Teri, his girlfriend. I thought, early October should be fine... no snow... yeah right... brilliant plan...
I started out on Friday, 10 October, in what I (though not most weathermen) would consider a full blown blizzard. Great. The earliest snowfall in recorded Boise history, and I leave town in it. I knew I had at least a five hour drive ahead to Salt Lake City, so I couldn't delay anymore than I already had. Fortunately, the snow ended about 30 miles past Boise, and was smooth sailing after that. All was fine on the drive to SLC as I had a full iPod (plus backup), my Crackberry with GPS direction to my first stop, and a tank full of gas. I thought...
I arrived at my first stop, which was the Worldmark by Wyndham location in Eden, Utah. I'd booked a night in this timeshare location as a perfect first stop on Friday night. It's about a 14 hour drive to CoSp and it would cut a big chunk out of the drive. Well, just like me, I get to reception, and realize that I'd booked for the night before, Thursday night. Sheesh! I'd only read the confirmation three or four times, but still I'd managed to cock it up somehow. Oh well... back in the car...
As it was the Friday of a three-day weekend, and the resort was 100% full, my choices were simple... drive down the mountain to Ogden and stop for the night, or get back on the Interstate, head for Wyoming, and stop somewhere down the road. I chose the latter. So off I went again.
Next... Day 2
Today
Well now, it's been quite some time since I've updated my blog, and there is a ton of stuff which has happened, or will happen. I'll try to cover a few today as I am quite relaxed from a full body massage I just receive. We'll start there:
Full disclosure, I have no connections to this business other than my patronage today
Shangri-La Tea Room & Cafe 208-424-0273
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=416197275
Located at the corner of Federal Way and Overland in Boise, this unique establishment offers a vegetarian menu and an extensive list of herbal teas. On certain days, they offer lectured programs and have live music in the evenings, including jazz and drumming.
Today the event was:
BlueThunder, peacekeeper of The Shoshone Nation, rainbow warrior and guardian of Mother Nature leads special teaching circles to raise awareness on how to clean the negative energy away from natural environments. For more information, e-mail alanamarmel@hotmail.com or tetonrainbows@yahoo.com.
Future events can be found at:
or watch the Boise Weekly for newly added events.
Sample menu items include:
Corn Chowder and Black Bean Soup
Boca Burger (Served o a whole grain bun with goat Cheese and Peach-Mango Salsa
Southwestern Wrap (Black Beans, Corn, tomato, Cucumber, Lettuce, Spinach, Cheese, and Mango-Salsa
Mediterranean Pizza (Olive Oil and Pesto sauce topped with mozzarella cheese, Artichoke, Sun Dried Tomato and Kalamata Olives on Pita Bread
Prices are very reasonable, and they have all items for take-out.
I visited today, as I had an appointment for a massage, which is offered by Laura. Her massage room is quite comfortable, with gentle music. Her technique was professional and relaxing, very therapeutic, and lasted the full 60 minutes. I will be a returning customer. Give her a call and let her know you read this, you won't be disappointed.
As I was leaving my appointment, the pleasant oder of lunch wafted throughout the dining room, and there were a dozen or so patrons with tea and lunch waiting for BlueThunder to speak.
Full disclosure, I have no connections to this business other than my patronage today
Shangri-La Tea Room & Cafe 208-424-0273
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=416197275
Located at the corner of Federal Way and Overland in Boise, this unique establishment offers a vegetarian menu and an extensive list of herbal teas. On certain days, they offer lectured programs and have live music in the evenings, including jazz and drumming.
Today the event was:
BlueThunder, peacekeeper of The Shoshone Nation, rainbow warrior and guardian of Mother Nature leads special teaching circles to raise awareness on how to clean the negative energy away from natural environments. For more information, e-mail alanamarmel@hotmail.com or tetonrainbows@yahoo.com.
Future events can be found at:
or watch the Boise Weekly for newly added events.
Sample menu items include:
Corn Chowder and Black Bean Soup
Boca Burger (Served o a whole grain bun with goat Cheese and Peach-Mango Salsa
Southwestern Wrap (Black Beans, Corn, tomato, Cucumber, Lettuce, Spinach, Cheese, and Mango-Salsa
Mediterranean Pizza (Olive Oil and Pesto sauce topped with mozzarella cheese, Artichoke, Sun Dried Tomato and Kalamata Olives on Pita Bread
Prices are very reasonable, and they have all items for take-out.
I visited today, as I had an appointment for a massage, which is offered by Laura. Her massage room is quite comfortable, with gentle music. Her technique was professional and relaxing, very therapeutic, and lasted the full 60 minutes. I will be a returning customer. Give her a call and let her know you read this, you won't be disappointed.
As I was leaving my appointment, the pleasant oder of lunch wafted throughout the dining room, and there were a dozen or so patrons with tea and lunch waiting for BlueThunder to speak.
Saturday 4 October 2008
Attention OIF/OEF Veterans
As you can see from my website here, I am a veteran who has deployed to various places around the world, including Kuwait, Qatar, Afghanistan and Kyrgystan. I support all coalition troops, and will pass on good news and the like when I get it.
I received the following notice through official channels, and have signed up for future notifications myself (age appropriate, can't see myself rock climbing anymore).
The best part is that ALL expenses including round trip transportation are included in this!!!!
Fully Paid Outward Bound Wilderness Excursions for OEF/OIF Veterans (POCe-mail and phone numbers listed at the end of paragraph)
Outward Bound, an international non-profit outdoor educationprogram, is offering fully funded outdoor adventure excursions to all OEF/OIF veterans. It doesn't matter what your current military status is (active, inactive, discharged, retired) - you're eligible to attend as long as you deployed in support of OEF/OIF combat operations while in the military. These five-day excursions offer adventure activities such as backpacking, rock climbing, canyoneering, canoeing, and dog sledding in beautiful wilderness areas in Maine, Texas, Colorado, California, and Minnesota. Scheduled courses from Sep 08-Feb 09 are listed below, and future courses will be scheduled soon. All expedition costs for lodging, equipment, food, and instruction are completely funded by a multi-million dollar Sierra Club grant, including the participants'round-trip transportation between home and the wilderness site. The excursion is offered at no cost to the participant. To sign up for one of the prescheduled courses, please contact Doug Hayward at 1-866-669-2362, ext. 8387, or simply e-mail him atobvets@outwardbound.org. To learn more about the OEF/OIF program, visit the website at www.outwardboundwilderness.org/veterans.htmlwww.outwardboundwilderness.org/veterans.html> . You can alsocontact two of our retired Judge Advocates, Joe and Amy Frisk, who areworking for Outward Bound on this incredible program atvetsor@outwardbound.org, or at (303) 968-4420.
If you have the opportunity to participate in one of these adventures, be sure to let others know, leave a comment about this or other tributes to the troops, whatever country is offering them, and I'll be sure to post them all
I received the following notice through official channels, and have signed up for future notifications myself (age appropriate, can't see myself rock climbing anymore).
The best part is that ALL expenses including round trip transportation are included in this!!!!
Fully Paid Outward Bound Wilderness Excursions for OEF/OIF Veterans (POCe-mail and phone numbers listed at the end of paragraph)
Outward Bound, an international non-profit outdoor educationprogram, is offering fully funded outdoor adventure excursions to all OEF/OIF veterans. It doesn't matter what your current military status is (active, inactive, discharged, retired) - you're eligible to attend as long as you deployed in support of OEF/OIF combat operations while in the military. These five-day excursions offer adventure activities such as backpacking, rock climbing, canyoneering, canoeing, and dog sledding in beautiful wilderness areas in Maine, Texas, Colorado, California, and Minnesota. Scheduled courses from Sep 08-Feb 09 are listed below, and future courses will be scheduled soon. All expedition costs for lodging, equipment, food, and instruction are completely funded by a multi-million dollar Sierra Club grant, including the participants'round-trip transportation between home and the wilderness site. The excursion is offered at no cost to the participant. To sign up for one of the prescheduled courses, please contact Doug Hayward at 1-866-669-2362, ext. 8387, or simply e-mail him atobvets@outwardbound.org. To learn more about the OEF/OIF program, visit the website at www.outwardboundwilderness.org/veterans.html
If you have the opportunity to participate in one of these adventures, be sure to let others know, leave a comment about this or other tributes to the troops, whatever country is offering them, and I'll be sure to post them all
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