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Gate D49 to Hispaniola
>We didn’t really do a whole lot of expewhateveryoucallthems. We mostly lounged around the resort and stared at each other. haha. Chris said he didn’t mind spending the money to get me down there since we sorta owed ourselves a honeymoon. The honeymoon was great, don’t get me wrong. It was just an exhausting 2,000…
Here to there to the other there
I tallied things up on the plane. I have been on 9 airplane-involving trips in the past 8 months: NYC third date-Dec/Jan Proposal in ME-Feb CO ski trip-March househunting in ME-March Portcall in VA-May Clint and Tyf’s Wedding in Missouri City-June Oregon for motorcycle trip-August Dom. Rep.-Aug Back to Boston-Tuesday I don’t want to tally…
Motorcycle trip winds down
and down and down and down and then back up and up and up and up the Bear Tooth Highway. This road was ridiculous! We zigzagged like 4-5 laps up the side of the same mountain. Sharp turns, steep inclines, lots of motorcycles! We went above the treeline to 12,000 feet and even then, we…
Motorcycling Post-Canada
>This morning, we drove through Glacier Natl Park of the U.S. So I got to compare ours to Canada’s. haha. as for number and size of glaciers, Canada wins; as for sites, ours ups them! Adjectives do not exists to describe the spectacularness of this place. The valleys were just so deep and wide! And…
Motorcycling in CANADA
> We crossed the border into Oliver Valley, British Columbia. A sign said that the valley is “the wine capital of Canada.” It went on for miles and miles of vinyards and orchards and crops. It bursted with grapes, applies, pears, apricots, peaches, even zuchini, tomatoes and corn! Corn? Ya. After the valley came a…
From Above
Flying to Oregon, we flew over the Great Salt Lake and the salt flats. It was one of the funniest looking things I have ever seen. I wrote that “The water is the exact same color as the sky, so the mountains beyond the lake look like they are hovering in the air and I…
Panarama from a motorcycle
Motorcycling through Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Alberta, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. Riding on a motorcycle is a completely different experience from riding in a car. No ceiling, no blindspot. The floorboard is only 2 ft wide. Plus you get to engage all 5 senses: see the panoramic view; smell the…
>this time tomorrow
>This time tomorrow, I will be in Seattle, Washington with my dad and his motocycle buddies. This time tomorrow, I will already have started my 60 days apart from Chris. He’s off to the Caribbean until almost October. So I cried on him last night and I probably will again tonight. In the meantime, Daddy…
Salem means Peace.
>heading back from Boston, I drove through good ole Salem, Mass. There, I dropped by the House Seven Gables (Hawthorne novel) among other things and statues. My favorite part was dinner. I ate a blue cheese, apple, walnut, & field green salad accompanied by hot peony white tea and followed by a strawberry nutella crepe-…
Carter’s visit
>My 16-yr-old brother left today.Day one in Boston was the the most adventurous. We wondered around the historic district and into the oldest restaurant in America, theThere, we swallowed half a dozen oysters, listened to the oyster crackers jokes and drank some of the best dang lemonade that ever I’ve had. After that, we hiked…
UNH BIKE TRAIL CHRONICLES
>We drove out to UNH so Chris could practice throwing the 16 lb. metal ball 180 ft like normal.Then, we decided to ride our bikes onto a pretty forest bike trail adventure. After about 20 minutes of leisure biking, we got sucked off of the main path and onto a (in my journal I drew…
Ascent of Mt. Morgan and Mt. Percival
>Oh Oh! We went hiking with our new friends Mark and Lindsey the on Saturday! We made a 5.5 mile loop to one summit, across a ridge, and down from the other summit. The trail was rated double diamond. Apparently that means steep path and multiple stream crossings and does not exclude 5.6 rock climbing!…
>Did you know that I live in the oldest town in Maine? Kittery was founded in 1617.
> We rode our bikes a few miles to Kittery Point/ Fort McClary (cool place, but I’ll spare you the history lesson) We parked da bikes and hiked along the cliffs from which we could see 2 lighthouses and we inspected the blockhouse fort and battery. We explored the forest and surrounding hills till we…
Portland for the Day
>The sky in Portland, ME in gray. Well, just because it was gray yesterday doesn’t mean it is grey all the time, right? Actually, Lindsey Allen said it pretty much is gray all the time. Despite the brightness of the diffused light that penetrated the layer of clouds and bounced back and forth from the…
Yesterday Boston. Tomorrow Portland.
>Boston is an hour south of Kittery. Chris and I spent the whole day there yesterday We parked for free at the coast guard base (now doesn’t that work out nicely)and walked around the North Boston historic district. This place is old.We wondered around Faneuil Hall and the old Quincy Market then ate lunch at…
Lobster Boats in Morning Mist
I decided to walk to the coffee shop this morning. I crossed the Memorial bridge at low tide. 8:15am. The white fog was still lingering over the water. I had never seen the harbor so still. I was wearing blue and white so I felt like I blended in well. As I walked, I watched…
Free Date
>Well Chris and I got a present last night. The musical Guys and Dolls was showing at the Ogunquit Playhouse (Ogunquit is a really cool beach town in Maine- right next to a really really cool fishing village called York that has a lighthouse) Anywho, we sat down to look at the tickets online and…
hiking in the white mountains
>I hiked Mt Major with my new friend, Meghan this past weekend. I was pretty proud of my physical aptitude. I made it to the top of the (1,786 feet) mountain without having to stop at all. Some parts were relatively steep and we passed some dang good boldering spots. We ate sandwiches and fruit…
I wrote a song.
>Search me oh God in my thoughts and in my heart (Psalm 139:23-24)For from the overflow of my heart my mouth speaks. (Matthew 12:34b) Repeat CHORUS:Lord open my lips and open my mouthLet it declare your praise (Psalm 51: 15)Open my lips and open my mouthLet it declare your praiseAnd search my heart and search…
>verses connecting in da brain
>Oh oh read how well Job 3:3-5 connects to Hebrews 12:12-13! Den dese go good togeder too: Proverbs 4:25-27Isaiah 30:21Isaiah50: 10-11
>old email to Chris from back in January when we were still dating:
>To Chris Man, Guess what. I got to talk to my boyfriend on the phone today! He’s wonderful, in case you didn’t know. I have already told him several times, but I absolutely adore him. I honestly never knew that a man could be so genuine and so faithful, deeply spiritual, wise, servant-hearted, and dedicated…
>my amazing husband
>Chris is so sweet. I had praise band practice last night and he got home from rugby about an hour before I did. And he did all he dishes and cleaned the kitchen and swept! And he moved some boxes and metal stuff to the attic. That and he is extremely good looking. I got…
>alliteration d revisited
>dainty dandelions disperse dallying dandiness. and dimpled dumplings are dolloped onto doorknobs.this disturbs dazed daydreamers and disappoints disillusioned deists. what a dumb waste of dimpled dandy dumplings.
the yellow kayak
>We rented a sea kayak! How adventuresome we are. After church, it was a little rainy and foggy and cold but we threw on sweatshirts and took the kayak out anyway for a grand self-guided tour of tributaries and coves all the way to old downtown, by the shipyard and back. Oh wow- it was…
Watching fireworks over the sea from the boat
>Tonight Chris and I watched an orangypinkpomegranate sunset from the flight deck of his boat and then doubly enjoyed the Portsmouth fireworks display. I say “doubly” becausewe watched it in both the sky and the reflection on the bay. GRAND! Oh so grand. What a horizon we have to look at here. From the deck,…
>I asked Levis if they had July 4th in France. He answered no and I laughed at him till he figured it out. I’m mean.
>Oh! For the fourth, we drove down to Connecticut to visit the Masalin fam. Friday we went to Ocean Beach on Long Island Sound. What a pretty beach. Ha- Chris and I are pretty cheap, so we didn’t want to pay stinking $14 to park. So, we just parked a couple miles away and hopped…
>I discovered “light cream” at this coffee shop. My dream just came true! No seriously, I have been looking for a cream that tastes like this since I left glorious England in 2007. I haven’t been able to find one with the same creamy sweetness and resolved that it did not exist in the US….
Girl Wakes Up to Light House Horn Instead of Train Whistles
It is wierd. My family moved 9 times and I think 7 of those 9 homes where next to RR tracks. I can sleep through train whistles better than anyone I am quite sure. But now I wake up to- what is this? A light house horn?! And I am growing accustomed to hearing boat…