One Man’s View of the World
Travel
Travel around the world and back.
Chicago 2007
Jun 4th
Had another trip to Chicago last weekend (I’ve now lost count how many times I’ve been to Chicago). This trip was for Jason and Leslie’s wedding (pictures in the gallery). We scrambled out of town on Friday evening after a full day of work and made it in to Chicago 12:15pm Cleveland time (11:15pm Chicago time). Saturday we recovered from the drive and attended the ceremony and reception (all of which was beautiful).
Before the trip, we didn’t have any plans for Sunday or Monday. Olessia found some ideas for Sunday and a dinner cruise sounded like a great idea. Plus, the cruise she found was a fancy one which required evening/cocktail attire (which just so happened we had brought with us because of the wedding). The cruise was excellent. A trip up and down the Chicago skyline during sunset, while eating an excellent dinner. The cruise concluded with fireworks.
Canada
Apr 22nd
Olessia received her official green card in the mail on Thursday, April 19th, 2007. This was of course, very exciting. This expands Olessia’s rights in the United States. For example, US citizens can travel to a bunch of countries without a visa (Canada, Mexico, most of Europe) and her green card grants her this privilege.
So on Friday, I checked the weather. It has been down right cold and snowy here in Cleveland for quite some time. This weekend was going to be in the sixties and seventies! Ah yeah! Finally! I checked with Olessia and we had no plans for the weekend. Roadtrip! The plan was to go back to Niagara Falls, but this time visit from the Canadian side. Olessia found a deal on a hotel room so we made a 2 day trip out of it.
Potholes – its that time of the year!
Dec 29th
Its that time of the year! I’m pretty sure everyone who lives in the
rustbelt (those geographical environments that eat cars alive) know its
that time of year to find and discover those new potholes. Yesterday I
felt pretty confident I knew where all the new potholes were at. So I
had fun switching lanes for no apparent reason and watching those who
had no clue. For those who get to travel on Rockside Road, keep an eye
out. There’s a couple holes there that can swallow a small vehicle.
Another Tanzania roll uploaded
Aug 12th
I finally got back to scanning Tanzania photos. Roll 10 is one of my
favorite rolls. There’s a lot of cool pictures from Ngorongoro
Crater. You’ll find hippos, lions, hyena, ostrich, and other animals.
More >
The car Olessia had in Russia
Aug 11th
Olessia pointed me to the car she
href=”http://www.vaz.ru/v2108.htm”>owned when she was in Russia.
Although she said her’s was red. It has a 1.5L engine and is a 4×4 and
does 0-70mph (or 0-100km) in about 14 seconds. She said it gets good
gas mileage too.
Back to the Island
Aug 11th
A lot happened. I won’t go into all the details, but I got sick on
Thursday and had to call off sick on Friday. I didn’t get anything done
but get a hair cut on Saturday. Sunday I launched
href=”http://www.ancientrhino.com”>Ancient Rhino. I was starting to
feel ok on Sunday.
Monday we went to Kelleys Island. THAT was fun! Whatever I had caught,
I wasn’t feeling the effects of any more and we went to the island. We
eat dinner at the Casino. Walked around some and enjoyed the sites.
Then we headed back and I started a campfire. We enjoyed the evening
together. Oh yeah, I turned 30 on Monday too…
Tuesday went great. We got up and had breakfast at Bag the Moon. Then
we went back and packed up our campsite. Then we spent a good amount of
time at the beach and in the water. We got tired of that and then we
headed home and had dinner with my mom. Its been a busy week! And
thank you to everyone who wished me happy birthday!
So that’s also why there hasn’t been any updates to the site. As you
notice, I’ve swapped the counter with one that counts the days down to
my calculus class (ugh!).
I haven’t forgotten about the Tanzania pics either. There’s only a few
rolls left to do. But I was way too sick to even think about scanning
them. If all goes well, I might get some more up tonight.
Tanzania Pics
Aug 2nd
The gallery got upgraded and tweaked. I’ve ironed out the kinks and the
7 rolls of Tanzania film are now up. I
hope to have the last 7 rolls up by the end of next weekend. If you’re
wondering what is taking so long, I’m scanning each negative
individually. I’m doing very little image touch up. You’ll notice a
lot of black borders hanging around the images. This is due to how the
negative gets aligned over the scan head.
Geauga Lake
Jul 13th
This last weekend we went to Geauga Lake (the amusement park formerly
known as Six Flags formerly known as Geauga Lake and Sea World). It was
bought out by the company that manages Cedar Point and a number of other
parks. I had been to Geauga Lake the year before Six Flags bought them
and this was the first time going back. Basically, I managed to skip
visiting the park when it was Six Flags. It was a pretty pricey to
visit this weekend. About $70 for two adults!
We went on one of the roller coasters, the water slides, the wave pool,
and several other rides. We had a great time. We walked all the way
over to the old Sea World park and checked out what they had going which
ended up being not much. We stayed for a good 5 hours and got a little
too much sun. I ended up slightly burnt and Olessia had a bit of heat
exhaustion. We got home and didn’t do anything for the rest of the
entire evening (which actually felt good).
