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Just as good as Mexico

By Mamahops, on November 21st, 2007

except for the price. Today we had the joy of experiencing the US health care system. If you’ve been following the pictures in Flickr, you will have seen that the boys are exploring skateboarding. Some of you may have seen the future from the first picture but I was not among you. The boys’ . . . → Read More: Just as good as Mexico

Horrified and fascinated

By Mamahops, on November 5th, 2007

The flooding in Tabasco has been a ghost hovering about my days but my mind has turned ADD since we landed; hopping from one idea to the next, distracted by billboards and books. I almost always drive in Mexico and Jamie has been doing a lot of driving here in the US. I realized today, that while I have been downgraded to a simple passenger, there is so much that distracts me, here in the very urban SF Bay Area, that I would be a horrific driver. I don’t remember this much distraction when we lived here before and I can only surmise that my eyes have become accustomed to seeing jungle on each side of a two lane “highway”. The two lanes of trucks plus 2-3 lanes of car traffic on EACH SIDE of the highway here is overwhelming and I’m constantly staring at all the other cars, staring at the masses of billboards, staring at the hills chock FULL of house upon house, staring at the cities of industry, staring at the downtown following downtown of highrises, staring at the shiny tranquil water of the bay, staring at what is new and what has changed and not able to watch, for a slow moment, quite simply the car in front of me. Because there is a car next to it and a car a lane or two over and a truck coming up and we’re simply SURROUNDED by masses of cars and I’m not even thinking about the opposite flow of traffic. Yeesh! Continue reading Horrified and fascinated

There is no heat in Ohio

By Mamahops, on June 25th, 2007

A quickie while I moderate comments, fix the layout theme and then update; Mom I believe was released from the hospital ~~yesterday~~ today but is still on oxygen. A full recovery is expected but she does have permanent lung damage (I believe). It was a gift to visit her and my siblings. Maybe next time we’ll do it without the hospital. I’m sick as a dog but finally feeling better after sleeping for about 300 hours.

It has come to my attention that certain words are NOT, contrary to my belief, international words. At the Houston airport, between flights, I purchased a sandwich. I’ve become so accustomed to spicy food that while I eschewed any idea of Continue reading There is no heat in Ohio

Goose Island State Park, Texas

By Mamahops, on December 22nd, 2006

Just checking to see if your collective pacemakers are working. Yes, it is an actual post. Merry Christmas! We had such a lovely time with our friends in Texas. All four of the kids made fast friends with all four of theirs. Sissy hung with the boys and Ellen and Mia had a . . . → Read More: Goose Island State Park, Texas

Katy, Texas

By Mamahops, on December 9th, 2006

So, did you all enjoy your drive along highway 82 in Creole country? Along the Creole National Highway Byway backroad place? I sure hope YOU all did because we had a hell of a day. It started out innocently enough (and honestly, it was just a PITA; nothing even comparitively like Colorado La . . . → Read More: Katy, Texas

Abbeville, Louisiana

By Mamahops, on December 7th, 2006

I got a little present last night. It isn’t something anyone can buy, and the piece of mind it brought was priceless. Our time at the mansion in Minneapolis coincided with a certain cyclical event leading to much physical activity. After one particular event, an item used to prevent a 5th was shockingly . . . → Read More: Abbeville, Louisiana

Conway, Arkansas

By Mamahops, on November 29th, 2006

What a luxury to be able to outrun a storm. It is balmy, warm, sticky in our jeans and snow boots and sleeveless shirts here in Conway, Arkansas. We left the Waffle House in Lebanon, MO at the ungodly hour of EIGHT AM! We had trucks coming in and out all night and . . . → Read More: Conway, Arkansas

Lebanon, Mo

By Mamahops, on November 28th, 2006

I suppose I should be grateful that he doesn’t insist on staying in a paying campground each and every night, but Jamie sure has amazingly high standards of comfort when it comes to urban boondocking. We have passed large parking lots, churches, hotels with long semis in the parking lots, Cracker Barrels (reported to . . . → Read More: Lebanon, Mo

La Crosse, Wisconsin

By Mamahops, on November 26th, 2006

Weather Alert! Winter expected on Wednesday. mark your calenders. We watched the weather report on the local station last night. We’re staying at a wayside stop (CLOSED FOR WINTER) off state highway 14 just south of La Crosse. Not content to experience the Mississpii once, we realized we missed the exit for highway 14, . . . → Read More: La Crosse, Wisconsin

Minneapolis must be lovely when it isn’t freezing your teeth

By Mamahops, on November 14th, 2006

The central library in Minneapolis is stunning beyond words. We spent many hours there yesterday and went back for another dose today. I actually got a good exposure to many of the libraries; I hit Northeast, Sumner, one in the SE (Hosmer), Central and Franklin. If Lynden Hills were open I would have . . . → Read More: Minneapolis must be lovely when it isn’t freezing your teeth

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