8 Days to Cross the Country

I left Georgia on May 25, 2011. But before I did, I enjoyed a nice farewell lunch with some of my good friends from Church.

I loaded up the car with as much as I could fit in and just locked the door and left. I thought it would be harder than it was to leave. Rachel, Thayne and Don -- please keep a good eye on the house!

My first stop was Kentucky. I spent 5 days visiting Holly and her family. There is never a quiet moment when you have 3 little boys running around. I had lunch at school with Tommy and Jackson, attended the end-of -year awards program, played games and read books, and just enjoyed being with the family. Tommy will be baptized while I am away. I hate to miss that, but I think he'll understand.

I left Kentucky and headed to St. Louis. Spent a night there and then off to Kansas. You know, Missouri and Kansas are two very long states. But all went well. I thought I might see some tornado action in Kansas, but fortunately I was able to miss that.

I arrived in Denver on Tuesday, the 31st. I spent a great night at the Walton home. They are Logan's in-laws. We took a really nice bike ride that evening. Made me realize how nice it is not to have any humidity. They were very gracious. Look forward to making a stop there on my way back east next year.

This picture is taken from the rest area as you enter the state of Utah.

And here is a glimpse of the great Rockies!

I am now settled in and working. I'll post on that soon!

3 Weeks in Thailand

I spent 3 fabulous weeks in Thailand with Nicole and fam. It was a great trip! The flight is incredibly long. 14 hours from Atlanta and then another 7 hours to Bangkok. Poor Nicole! How do you do it? I watched at least 6 movies on each trip. Thank goodness for free movies and meals on international flight. This first picture was taken at the Tokyo airport where I ran into some missionaries headed to Bangkok to start their mission.

We had a lot of time for visiting the tourist sites. There is alot of gold and a lot of Budhas as you can see.

The night before Songkran, their New Year we took a night bike tour of the city. It turns out the Thais start their celebrating a day early and it lasts for at least 3 days. The main activity is massive street water fights. Let's just say we were totally soaked within a few minutes of our tour. But since it is never cold, it wasn't too much of a problem, except for having to maneuver our bikes down a totally packed street.

Nicole and I took an elephant ride. Nicole thought it was a little scary. Maggie wouldn't get any where near it.



I even got to do a little scuba diving. Thailand has some of the best diving in the world. It was really good. But I still think Honduras has the best.




The best part of the trip was being with 4 of my favorite people in the world. Thanks for being such great hosts. :) The big question you may now be wandering: who is the fourth I'm referring to: Kemo or Jon???



Till next time...

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