We bought the lakehouse on Lake Lanier about 7 years ago. When we bout the house it was decided to upgrade the house and improve the exterior as a first phase. The house really needed an exterior lift and we decided to raise the roof and build a front porch. At the time we bought…
I am starting to work on a model railroad. I started my first model railroad when I was 16 years old when we moved to Sanford North Carolina. My parents had a spare room in the basement and I used my earnings from cutting lawns, delivering newspapers and shoveling snow. I built a simple HO…
Nana Sue and I are on a cruise through the Panama Canal. We don’t actually go all the way through but go through turn around partway and then come back out. A little puzzling but if you understand about the Panama Canal then you will understand. A fantastic trip and we had a great time.…
Nana Sue and I decided to visit Haley this August of 2014. We love Germany and it is probably my most favorite country to visit in the world. (Dublin is my most favorite City in the world to visit though). Haley has an apartment very close to the city center and we stayed there all…
Haley and I on our last day went on a steam engine train to the top mountain in Germany. The start of the trip was a little over an hour from Hannover and Haley used her QuickCar rental to get us there. The steam engine was built in 1931, during WWII and was completely refurbished…
One of the most beautiful places I visited during my visit to Hannover was the Hannover Palace gardens. At several of the museums we visited we found that there was a common King between Germany and England for about 130 years. This was due to Queen Ann not having any children and one of her…
Discovery channel is airing a special tonight at 9pm on the Avalanche. The NBC filming crew (hired by the discovery channel) hiked up with us to base camp. Several times they stayed in the same tea houses that we stayed at and we watched them film in different areas as we were hiking up. You…
After being gone for so long in such a different environment like India and Nepal, coming back the US is surreal. Orderly driving (relatively), clean water, food that tastes normal, clean bathrooms, heated and cooled bedrooms, internet that works and works fast. Always having electronics charged and ready to go and a hot shower every…
When we flew back to Kathmandu we found that there was a Pepsi festival right outside of our hotel, the Yak and Yeti, appropriately name. I decided to stroll down the street and see the festival. Pretty soon I noticed everyone was looking at me. As I took a closer look at the…
We arrived into Kathmandu Nepal and are sitting in the lobby of the Yak and Yeti hotel. Erin, Haley and myself are all doing fine. Dever and Julia Carney, my nieces are fine. There was an avalanche above base camp yesterday morning in a very tragic accident buried many sherpa climbers. The news is still…
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