first we got a taxi to Edinburgh airport and then we took a tiny propeller plane (which kept doing propeller exercises before going on to the runway) to Dublin. this is the plane that we went on Then we had to go through security again and they threw away a bottle of water that I had […]
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what we’ve been doing
July 11th, 2011 by callum · 6 Comments · flights, food, trains, travel, USA
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Canoeing down the Thornapple River
July 11th, 2011 by jane · 2 Comments · travel, USA
1 Northern Cardinal 1 Crayfish 2 White tailed deer 2 Turkey Vultures 3 Great Blue Herons 3 Turtles of unknown species 5 Muskrats 5 baby Turtles of the same unknown species 16 Belted Kingfishers Ebony jewelwing damselflies darting everywhere, resting on our paddles, hats and arms. Many mating. Innumerable dragonflies And racoons screeching in the […]
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Zap!!!
July 10th, 2011 by chris · 2 Comments · signage, trains, travel, USA
Don’t walk on the tracks now! (Warning sign on the Chicago “El”.)
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Amtrack health warning
July 10th, 2011 by chris · 1 Comment · signage, trains, travel, USA
Health warning on the train from Chicago. It doesn’t go to California, but just in case… (Sorry it’s fuzzy — the light was very low and the train was bouncing about.)
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This flying lark
July 9th, 2011 by jane · 3 Comments · climate change, flights, travel, USA
Up at 4am after very little sleep. I’m really nervous about flying so far after so long — this mysterious and magical process over which we have no control and which seems to work on trust alone — and not looking forward to the bureaucratic, unwelcoming and officious immigration processes. Also full of the dilemmas of having chosen to […]
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Pre-clearance
July 8th, 2011 by chris · 3 Comments · flights, travel, USA
Arrived in Chicago last night after a reasonably stress-free journey. The system in Dublin is that you get grilled and fingerprinted in “US Pre-clearance”. We thought this just meant the first stage of the process, but actually when we go here, we found that we had already cleared customs and immigration, and that it was […]
Be patterns, be examples
July 6th, 2011 by chris · 2 Comments · climate change, flights, USA
Be patterns, be examples in all countries, places, islands, nations, wherever you come, that your carriage and life may preach among all sorts of people, and to them; then you will come to walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in every one. George Fox, 1656 That famous Quaker quote seems appropriate as we set […]
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