My Journal
This journal is organized in chronological order with only the newest entries included on this page. Click any link to access additional information or related topics. Visit the archive page to browse by date, category, or location.
It is Labor Day… the traditional holiday that marks the end of summer. Well at least it is for all of the kids and college students heading back to school. Here in central Texas we are just getting to the best part of the summer when the temperatures drop and it is not so busy on the lake. It has been a busy summer and I have only gotten a little bit of work done to this site. I am currently running about four years behind with the most recent pictures and postings dating from around August 2006. I can’t believe that so much time has gone by so quickly.
Anyway, my most recent posts talk about my time in Austria, Switzerland, and Italy. I haven’t gotten to my last stop in Italy yet but I hope to get that posted soon. You can use the blog index to jump directly to any of the information I have posted.
I hope everyone had a terrific summer!!!
As some of you may have noticed, I haven’t been adding any new content for the last week or so. I’ve been on the road visiting friends and family but now that my 1,600 mile road trip is behind me I am once again working on the website. For right now I am concentrating on uploading pictures. I wrote about the first leg of my trip (through Western Europe) fairly extensively while I was traveling so there isn’t much to add there. However, I did not get the pictures for that part of the trip loaded while I was traveling so I am trying to get caught up. Once I get the pictures loaded I will work on adding new posts and pictures at the same time.
I hope everyone is enjoying this as much as I am…
I’ve just spent the last couple of days entirely revamping my blog. It was originally going to be a journal that I kept while traveling. As any of you who kept in touch with me while I was on my around-the-world trip already know, I sort of feel down on the job during my travels. As I got more into traveling, and Internet access got harder to find, I pretty much feel back on just announcing where I was and were I was going. Not all that interesting.
Well it has been three years since I returned from my travels and I decided that I needed to do something with all of the pictures and stories that I accumulated while traveling. So, the result is a new and improved website that has been transformed from a “journal” to a “history” of my trip. I am planning on loading most of my pictures and writing about my experiences (those that I remember anyway) before I completely forget all of the details. I will date my posts as close to the times of the original events in order to keep things chronological.
I have loaded my pictures for Maine, Portugal, Spain, and France. I have also gone back and cleaned up some of the original postings so they make a little more sense. I will try and put a notice in the “Journal” part of the site when I complete a new section (period of time) from the trip. I hope you enjoy the pictures and information. It has been great fun putting this stuff together and I hope you will enjoy it.
Regards,
Ron
So some of you may be wondering what the purpose of this site could be. The answer is fairly simple; it is a place for me to store all of the information about my trip around the world. It started off as a blog that I was keeping while I was traveling. That worked pretty well for the first few months of the trip but as my travels continued, and Internet access became harder to come by, I pretty much abandoned the project.
Four years have passed now and I have been getting pretty nostalgic about my “once in a lifetime” adventure. So I decided to resurrect the project and make it into more of a documentary of my journeys. This site, and all of the content which it contains, are for my own enjoyment. If you find it interesting, terrific, if not.. there are many other places to visit on the web. No one is forcing you to be here.
At some point in my life I hope to have the opportunity to do more traveling. If that ever happens, I’m sure that there will be a new chapter added to this site. In the time being, please feel free to wander through the site. I enjoy sharing my experiences with everyone. If you are planning a similar journey, feel free to contact me via email if you have any questions about what went “right” and what went “wrong” during my travels. I’d be happy to hear from you.
One last note; my only regret is that I didn’t do this trip earlier in my life. I was 46 when I finally pulled up roots and headed off into the unknown. My advise, for what it is worth, is “don’t wait until it is too late, traveling abroad is easy with modern technology and less expensive than most people think“. Go now and enjoy all of the incredible things that are out there waiting for you!!
