The End of the Road

So this is how the Chevy looked once we made it to the end of our road. Snow is an incredible thing. Individually so tiny, lite, and small. Yet, collectively snow can cause such havoc. These tiny flakes, as a group, will shut down airports, cities, and highways; snow can cause major damage to cars, trucks, and even sports stadiums....Snow is an amazing thing.

Today, I have more work to do, so better get a move on.

Old Man Winter..driving thru the snow

This was the drive out the other day. The snow you see hitting the windshield isn't from snow falling from the sky. Rather, this is snow that is being plowed by our Chevy Tahoe. Also, check out the snow flying off to the side window. To think, this is only the start of winter....

It's winter time on the Ranch....

Well, we have returned home and hitting the grind stone to pay off our trip.

But now Old Man Winter has hit us HARD! Last night, the only way we return home was thanks to the county road grater. The snow drifts were up over 3 feet deep. Check out this video as we drove home. Notice the fence posts off to the side of the road. The snow nearly covers the posts!

We are in Europe...

Our first two days in Europe we stayed in Nunspeet, Netherlands. This small town is located an hour and half away from Amsterdam.


The motel we stay in was a quant, little place. Our bus driver, Antonio had to work to get our large bus into the tiny parking lot.

The first day, we needed time to recuperate.

The second day we visited Amsterdam...Wow! Many canals, visited the Anne Frank house, the Red-light district, and nearly become roadkill thanks to the millions of bicyclists in the Netherlands.

What Jim learned about the Netherlands: Holland is not the official name of the nation. Holland is only one "state" in the Netherlands.

What Sherie learned about the Netherlands: All the land the Netherlands claimed from the Suden Sea. Because of this, they created a new province. This new province is called Zeeland.

Do you know what this is? It is a pee station in Amsterdam...

Check out these cool picts and videos.

Day 7 - Europe, here we come!!!!

Sherie was feeling much better….

Today we packed it all in for Europe. As we packed, we watched the Americans play in the World Cup.. The first half, things did not well. The second half, things went better with the American scoring two: tying it up. Then with a few minutes left in the second half, we scored again. But the goal was not allowed. The crazy official called the American offsides. But the game was still a good one. Too bad we did not play the entire game like we did during the second half.

After we left the motel, we returned to Lowell, Mass. It was a warm day...about time :).

Here is a picture where we had a REAL sub sandwich. In the northeast they call it a torpedo. The owner gave use Sheries’ torpedo for free as a kinda wedding gift. Nice guy.

Then, we made it to the Logan International Airport on time, but our flight was delayed, once, trice, three times. Yep, we were scheduled to leave Boston at 700 PM. In truth, we flew out at 11:45 PM. This was after we boarded the plane at around 10:00 PM…

Then we landed in the Netherlands at 11:30 AM. The flight was fun since I snuggling with Sherie for the entire flight...

We landed in the Amsterdam Airport and it was veryexcieting, colorful, and tiring. Neither Sherie and I slept much on the flight. I was very strange to open the slider on the window of the airplane and we saw sunlight, instead of night....

Day 6..Oh the sickness....

The day started out well…
We planned an entire day in Boston. Visiting the aquarium, Bunker Hill, and other neat spots. But, it seemed we were visited by ugly food poisoning. The dinner from the night before had some bad salmon, or something. I felt a little ill, and then in the morning, Sherie felt very ill. So, our trip to the aquarium was cut short and we returned to the motel. However, I was able to snap a few pictures before we left.

Also, before we left for the motel, Sherie was working on her conference and I walked around Boston. Here, is a photo of the spot where the Boston Tea Party took place.

One more item, while at the aquarium, the seals were heard screaming. On seal named Córdoba would scream like a man dying. It was kinda weird. This is a cool picture of a boat. I thought Myles would like it.


Later, while Sherie slept, I washed our clothes, preparing for Europe. While at the laundry room, I met this nice old couple. The wife gave me some marriage advice when she discovered we were newlyweds. She said “Never go to bed angry.” I think this is great advice.

Tomorrow we will go to sleep in Europe!!!

Day 5 The Green is small!!!

Day 5 and we visited the Green at Lexington. But before that, we took it easy, slept in and Sherie attended her online conference.

After her conference, we drove to Lexington and Concord. The famous Green where Americans first fought the British, is REALLY small. The Green is a small patch of ground which resembles a city park. The Americans were itching for a fight, so were the British soldiers. But the British soldiers fired first, and five Patriots were killed. Not far from the Green, is Buckman Tavern. The Patriots met at the Tavern before the battle...not to get drunk, but during this time a tavern was like a meeting house for the locals. A place to hear and debate current events. Remember this was before the Internet or television. Check out the video which showed how small the Green is.

Then we drove to Concord and visited the Old North Bridge. Concord is a beautiful little small town with many very old shops and homes. The Old North Bridge is historically significant as this was the first time Patriots were given orders to fire their weapons upon the King's army. At this site there is a small memorial to the fallen British soldiers near the Old North Bridge. Sherie and I had a good time visiting these sites.