OK, he's in Belize. When I told my sister-in-law about the hoop jumping I had to do for the passport so that PJ could go to Belize, she said she knew people who had a house there. (!?!) It is an English-speaking country (!?!)
Well, via email, I know he is having a good time. They went diving. They are going on an eco-tour. I'm not sure what that means. I hope it is real and not just marketing. They claim they are using Bug spray at night. I hope so.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Reading, not writing
Opps I'm reading too much and forgot to come give an update. Please forgive.
Aside from the traffic circles I found today thirty-five minutes away on the exit from 421 in Lewisville, NC and I didn't know we even had then in the US, especially NC!! - we sold CDs, RG played the hammered dulcimer and I found contacts for reenactors for our OVTA event on Oct. 9th.
He was a little beat from that so we did not go to see the Nissen house they are restoring in Lewisville, the Nissen Wagon there in town or the Hattie Butner STAGECoach you can go see in Clemmons. I want to go back.!
The Great Wagon Road ran through that area an thousands and thousands of Ulster-Scots immigrated to NC from Pennsylvania to the Carolina backcountry in NC and SC.
Aside from the traffic circles I found today thirty-five minutes away on the exit from 421 in Lewisville, NC and I didn't know we even had then in the US, especially NC!! - we sold CDs, RG played the hammered dulcimer and I found contacts for reenactors for our OVTA event on Oct. 9th.
He was a little beat from that so we did not go to see the Nissen house they are restoring in Lewisville, the Nissen Wagon there in town or the Hattie Butner STAGECoach you can go see in Clemmons. I want to go back.!
The Great Wagon Road ran through that area an thousands and thousands of Ulster-Scots immigrated to NC from Pennsylvania to the Carolina backcountry in NC and SC.
I am enjoying SO much my readers coming via Condron.us. You guys are from all over the world and I can see your country in my stats. I hope this is entertaining and educational and you enjoy travel and visiting as much as I do.
This is supposed to be about the American Revolution in North Carolina. I have digress somewhat to traveling since I have SO many readers from outside NC. But, I must dig out more information.
This is supposed to be about the American Revolution in North Carolina. I have digress somewhat to traveling since I have SO many readers from outside NC. But, I must dig out more information.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Great Guides, Small Groups, No Grumps
Hi from Rick: Get out there, listen and learn. I love Rick Steves. He is a travel agent who is now a celebrity himself. We see his TV show on PBS. I am on his email list AND someday I will take one of his tours. Today, he sent an email and made a comment about freedom.
We are blessed to be free and affluent enough to travel if we want. That freedom and opportunity is most clear when you share a meal with people who could only dream about it.
He made this comment about some people he met previously on his travels. Here is his YouTube on Travel as a Political Act -Intro and Travel as a Political Act - Part 2. Part 2 takes a little while to load.
He probably makes all the conservatives in this country curl their toes because he is so liberal. But he acknowledges God, he loves the people of the world, he does his part to protect the environment and he is SO practical!! What great packing advice. What interesting and very REAL places he recommends!
When we went to Ireland and England in 2004, I bought luggage and a Britrail pass from Rick if I remember correctly.
I wrote him before we went about what we planned to do. After we got back I wrote again about our experiences during that Christmas time on his Graffiti wall. Later I was on his new radio show. I called in twice: to talk about Ireland (about 2/3s into the show after George) and then another time to talk about Rome (-about this photo. My cousin and I found this odd place when visiting Rome. I helped Japanese tourists find their way downstairs to see it with my poor French, mad hand waving and English. They found it and smiled and bowed. I felt very satisfied).
Lastly, I wrote a monologue about my home town, only I used the whole Yadkin Valley. They read it on the air after the Arthur Frommer show. They read what I wrote mostly correctly. (Pull the show to the end, about 1/2 inch from the end and their it will be.) One of my friends, who recorded Rick Steves podcasts for his long drives, was driving along thinking someone should write about the Yadkin Valley, and lo! an angel appeared.. no I appeared on his recording of this Arthur Frommer show.
Rick Steves sent me a free travel sack for my 15 seconds of fame and I talked to him twice LIVE on the phone for the radio show. Very cool. I almost claim to know him personally. Almost.
Note: Rick Steves is from Seattle, Washington, USA which over on the Pacific coast is further from me than London, England. He has a little different accent. We have a friend in OVTA from the state of Washington and he talks the same way. Just a little bit different... But enjoy all his radio archives if you want to hear about the whole world.
We are blessed in this country there is no doubt. And I love my conservative relatives and my liberal friends. Freedom makes this possible. We all share the same country and the same state and usually get along fine even if we argue.
Travel reminds us of the advantages our forefathers gave us by sacrificing so much during the American Revolution. This is so true for me. I love you. I love your food. I love your music. I love your art and your grandmothers. I hope someday you will come and love our North Carolina food, music, art and people too.
If you live outside of NC, you will find almost as many interesting and very REAL cultural experiences as Rick recommends in Europe, if you visit NC. If you live in NC, I guarantee, you will find almost as many interesting and very REAL and DIFFERENT NC cultural experiences as Rick recommends in Europe, if you just move from one end of our great state to the other.
So, I hope you will follow the Revolution across NC and experience all the gifts from the diversity of peoples who moved here and fought for freedom in the 1770s and 80s. Here is a map of the Revolutionary Trail as it exists for the moment.
We are blessed to be free and affluent enough to travel if we want. That freedom and opportunity is most clear when you share a meal with people who could only dream about it.
He made this comment about some people he met previously on his travels. Here is his YouTube on Travel as a Political Act -Intro and Travel as a Political Act - Part 2. Part 2 takes a little while to load.
He probably makes all the conservatives in this country curl their toes because he is so liberal. But he acknowledges God, he loves the people of the world, he does his part to protect the environment and he is SO practical!! What great packing advice. What interesting and very REAL places he recommends!
When we went to Ireland and England in 2004, I bought luggage and a Britrail pass from Rick if I remember correctly.
I wrote him before we went about what we planned to do. After we got back I wrote again about our experiences during that Christmas time on his Graffiti wall. Later I was on his new radio show. I called in twice: to talk about Ireland (about 2/3s into the show after George) and then another time to talk about Rome (-about this photo. My cousin and I found this odd place when visiting Rome. I helped Japanese tourists find their way downstairs to see it with my poor French, mad hand waving and English. They found it and smiled and bowed. I felt very satisfied).
Lastly, I wrote a monologue about my home town, only I used the whole Yadkin Valley. They read it on the air after the Arthur Frommer show. They read what I wrote mostly correctly. (Pull the show to the end, about 1/2 inch from the end and their it will be.) One of my friends, who recorded Rick Steves podcasts for his long drives, was driving along thinking someone should write about the Yadkin Valley, and lo! an angel appeared.. no I appeared on his recording of this Arthur Frommer show.
Rick Steves sent me a free travel sack for my 15 seconds of fame and I talked to him twice LIVE on the phone for the radio show. Very cool. I almost claim to know him personally. Almost.
Note: Rick Steves is from Seattle, Washington, USA which over on the Pacific coast is further from me than London, England. He has a little different accent. We have a friend in OVTA from the state of Washington and he talks the same way. Just a little bit different... But enjoy all his radio archives if you want to hear about the whole world.
We are blessed in this country there is no doubt. And I love my conservative relatives and my liberal friends. Freedom makes this possible. We all share the same country and the same state and usually get along fine even if we argue.
Travel reminds us of the advantages our forefathers gave us by sacrificing so much during the American Revolution. This is so true for me. I love you. I love your food. I love your music. I love your art and your grandmothers. I hope someday you will come and love our North Carolina food, music, art and people too.
If you live outside of NC, you will find almost as many interesting and very REAL cultural experiences as Rick recommends in Europe, if you visit NC. If you live in NC, I guarantee, you will find almost as many interesting and very REAL and DIFFERENT NC cultural experiences as Rick recommends in Europe, if you just move from one end of our great state to the other.
So, I hope you will follow the Revolution across NC and experience all the gifts from the diversity of peoples who moved here and fought for freedom in the 1770s and 80s. Here is a map of the Revolutionary Trail as it exists for the moment.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
"a revolutionary moment in the world's history is a time for revolutions, not for patching."1
An interesting article about health care reform-
PS.
I heard the LEAF from Nissan will be built in Tennessee. Perhaps we can work out a promotion with tourism , the OVNHT and the new electric vehicles... I'll design it. Y'all just plan to come visit.
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