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German Valley WV – Cows in the road.


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Danger – Cows in the road, hit the brakes quick on this one!!

Friday
Entry One

Flew out of work, the fleet flight of Friday before a holiday weekend. Everyone cracks a smile upon stepping out of the concrete and glass coffin of the corporate work week. The motorcycle is quickly gassed and loaded, I leave Washington DC at three-thirty, vowing not to check the time for the rest of the adventure. Adventure, the American adventure of the open road is what I seek. The road, my cameras, and escape.

Right turn off of 15th St. NW and I’m motoring past the Washington Monument and the White House. Harleys and clones are already lining the Mall for the annual Memorial remembrance that is Rolling Thunder. I’m soon over the bridge and on I-66 west. I plan on avoiding major highways when at all possible. Preferring scenic byways to drab highways. 66 is a necessary evil to flee the DC metro area as quickly as possible. At the start, 66 is a good quick run, for awhile anyway. Loads of Rolling Thunder riders are heading in 66 eastbound.

I keep the ubiquitous two fingers down to the side salute to fellow bikers out for extended stretches of time. In my experience, HD guys return the acknowledgement about 30-40% of the time. No big deal, some animosity exist though between different bike cultures. Motor-ism two-wheel stereotypes. However with the Rolling Thunder guys there is a noticeable increase in response, perhaps due to no longer just one biker acknowledging another, but a patriotic sharing of support and remembrance for those left behind, POW-MIA.

Traffic worsens further out 66 and I come up on a full HD dresser. Screaming Eagle back patch worked in with POW-MIA covers his vest and is topped by a “Run for the Wall” patch. I keep back a pace and we adopt the natural offset positioning of multiple riders.

After some 66 backup, stop-and-go, we strike up a staccato conversation in the pauses of the traffic flow. Where you been, where you going, see the rain coming? I tell him I’m headed out to the mountains, Skyline Drive and West Virginia. He says he’s just in from there recently, was in DC for Rolling Thunder for the day and will be coming back in on Sunday again. His license plate is obscured by luggage, so I’m unsure of his port of origin.

Later on we part ways and my thoughts turn. Of my parents friends only my step-dad was drafted for Vietnam. Luckily, for us, he only went as far as Ft. Hood, TX, and came back with some good stories about army life and venturing into Mexico (at least the ones he’s shared with me). I think about all the life he’s lived since then, all his experiences and joys. Thinking about what all those who didn’t return gave up, lost, when they didn’t come home. The loss felt by those who loved them, families that have a name on the Wall.

Rain is sprinkling before Manassas. Enough to cool you off but not enough to get you worried yet, at least for a bit. Whooooo. Then come the big drops. I head off the ramp to gear up with the rain paraphernalia under the gas station pavilion. Finally get it all on and get strapped back up and out pops the sun and the rain stops. Too funny. Now I have wet clothes on under the raingear. Rain gear now keeping the wind out that would dry me. I motor on as more rain is promised on the horizon.

This brings up a point about rain. People always ask, “What do you do when it rains and your on the motorcycle”. I reply simply, “I get wet”. Duh. Rain riding has never bothered me. On the straight highways it’s no big deal. Just give more cushion to the cars in front of you. Drive like grandma on the exit ramps.

My turning point is finally reached. Off of 66 west and onto 647, Crest Hill Rd. at The Plains, VA. Crest Hill Road is my first slice of motorcycle heaven to be had this weekend. I’m delighted to find that the squiggly line I traced out on the map when planning this trip has translated so well in reality. The road is still wet from the passing rain clouds, and I give a small rabbit and then a chipmunk a near death experience. My first of many animal crossings this weekend. The road is fantastic. A mixture of hilltop road and tree lined canopies that create forest tunnels. Speed limit is 45mph, 55-60 feels comfortable on most parts. Keeping an eye out for a hilltop barn to photograph that I’ve seen in my minds eye, lit by the sun breaking through the clouds and backed by the mountain vista. No luck on any of the barns actual placement to fit the mental picture I have framed.

Crest Hill Road and Fodderstack Rd is a long stretch. I take shots of a church and other buildings along Zachary Taylor Highway. Fodderstack gives more of the same as Crest Hill, just a narrower road. The asphalt is of my favorite variety, freshly laid. Washington, VA is a tiny town of historic bed and breakfasts. Local wineries appear to be an attraction here too. Right after Washington the rain returns while I’m in route to Sperryville. Then it really starts to come down, a full on summer thunderstorm. Visibility is down. Road and parking lots soon resemble rivers. Rain drops of the monster variety explode on the pavement, and you know it hurts when they hit you.

I quick soaking circuit of Sperryville confirms there are no local hotels. I duck into a barn shaped restaurant to wait it out. My drenched gear takes on bar stool and I occupy another. There’s a few flying pigs about. The bartender get me a hefeweizen, and recommends the angus burger. Locally raised and grass fed, we exchange jokes about my passing the burgers relatives on the way in.

Don’t freak about the beer. I have a one only rule when riding. It was followed by a meal (best burger of the weekend!), several coffees, and this bar top journal entry.

Somewhere along Crest Hill road I decided to keep the cell off for the weekend. In addition no tv, newspapers, internet, or e-mail sound like a good idea. Of course I now am studiously avoid eye contact with the two beautiful plasma’s above the bar.

Entry Two

Hazel River Inn, Culpepper, VA, has the coolest street side seating in town.

The downpour let up at the Shady Farms bar in Sperryville and due to the deficiency in local lodging I quiz the bartender for options. Over the other side of the mountain, the opposite side of Skyline Dr via 211 is Luray with lots of motels, but I want to save the mountain for the morning. The waitress suggest Culpepper, there being a Holiday Inn etc.

Stepping outside the sun has broke through the clouds again. Enough for some shots of Shady Farms Restaurant and a bridge. Heading down 522, the Sperryville Pike, I keep an eye out for photo ops to catch the next morning as I’ll be rerouting back through. Following the mantra of Dale Borgeson about tour riding in the US, I aim to avoid large chain establishments, whether they are restaurants or hotels, and explore the mom-and-pop local variety businesses. I have a dive-ish roadside motel in mind, Culpepper comes through with the Sleepy Hollow Hotel.

Before check in I ride through downtown historic Culpepper. It’s a cool place. The Shady Farm bartender had recommended the Culpepper Thai restaurant. I see it but don’t visit, still full from the meal earlier. Cameron Street Coffee looks like a great place, located in an old warehouse. Unfortunately their closed for the night.

Shower and changed, room 102 at the Sleepy Hollow Hotel. I hop back on the bike, refreshed and dry and ride through the warm night air back downtown. The coffee at the Hazel River Inn comes with a sweet fudge confection on the side. The peach and blackberry cobbler with vanilla sauce is divine.

The reconfigured plan for this getaway is to shed. Shed worries about the job, career, housing, and relationships. My motorcycle is therapeutic. It’s 600cc’s of Zoloft on two wheels. The road lifts my spirits. This wasn’t supposed to be a solo run, and there are stretches of road where I feel the emptiness behind me.

The cobbler is finished and I can hear the sound of a band doing their sound check. The banging of the drum requires investigation.

Entry Three

I found Brown Bag Special in the cellar pub of the same restaurant I was in. On my way to the door the noise of the sound check floated up the stairs and directed my feet downward. Brown Bag Special opened the set, appropriately enough, with “I drink alone”. The ol’ man, Big Money, would have loved it. Drink alone started off a Big Money Blues trifecta to include “The Breeze” and “Mustang Sally”. Then they made the mistake a lot of bands make that have a great lead guitar player. They let him sing. The lead guitarist karaoke sucked his way through a Tom Petty hit. He was so off key in his singing it made you appreciate the guitar solo’s all the more for the relief they provided. Thankfully the regular singer soon resumed his duties and the night went on. More good stuff from the band.

Freebird
Folsom Prison Blues
Cheap Sun Glasses

“can’t you see, can’t you see, what that woman, what she’s done to me”

Off to bed now at the Sleepy Hollow Hotel with the ghost and shades of dead hookers and overdoses past.

150 miles today.

Saturday

Entry Four

Morning breaks on the Sleepy Hollow Hotel, a hot shower and I’m back on the bike. A quick stop downtown to shoot the Hazel Inn, then it’s back on the Sperryville Pike. More stops to capture some sights seen yesterday. Mr. & Mrs. Pump. The open mouth caricatures are an accurate representation of the current gas cost and the pumps eating your wallet.

I keep telling my daughter that her first car, college car, will be a hybrid. She thinks they are ugly. The bike isn’t so bad, averaging around 40mpg. At about 180 miles on the tripometer I start to look for a refill, although I’ve pushed it to 211 miles before.

A quick left in Sperryville on 211 and up into the mountain, Blue Ridge Mountains and Skyline Drive. Heading up the mountain I get the first bite of the twisties I’ve been craving. The fee at the gate to Skyline Drive is well worth the price. Great scenery and fantastic views. The only drawback is the 35mph speed limit that is well enforced by the park rangers.

I shoot some self-portraits at Pollock Knob overlook. They’re funny in that with all the scrambling and hurrying to be the camera timer, then trying to effect a relaxed pose. I’ve also broke out my old friend this trip, the Lubitel 166, a medium format, 120mm film, twin lens camera. I’m like Jay-Z with this camera, I have to get it in one take. There is no digital review after the click for instant gratification. As a fellow photographer it’s “Point, Push, and Pray”. I’ll be interested to see the results. Not that I’ve left digital behind. Carrying both cameras, I’m an analog/digital double threat.

After the self-portraits and some dead tree shots I’m about to pack back on the bike and leave when I meet the preacher and his wife. He offers to shoot me with my camera and I return the favor with theirs. Conversation flows and in a ‘small world’ moment it turns out that he works for same Hazel family that owns the restaurant I was at last night for his Monday thru Friday job. I get a friendly “God bless” and I’m heading south on Skyline Drive. I make several more stops and break out the cameras again at Big Meadow.

There is a gnarly dead tree in the middle of the meadow. It has burn damage at the base, either the result of some wild fire or perhaps a controlled burn done to maintain the field. I spot and shoot a few deer, they probably won’t turn out as they’re to far away for my lens on the D100. I shoot a bunch of shots of the tree with the D100 and then totally switch processes with the Lubitel. The picture setup with the Lubitel takes about a minute-and-a-half. Manual zoom, i.e., walking back and forth to get the framing I want. Light meter reading. Then dealing with the reversed optics of the look-down box camera. It is fun though, to switch it up, change the pace and the dynamics. Just one click though, hope I caught it.

It’s a long but enjoyable ride to the south end of Skyline Drive. Unless you really like slow cruising I would suggest picking which third of Skyline Drive you’d like include in your trip and leave the rest. I drop off the mountain and into Waynesboro. Finding Mad Anthony’s coffee shop for a late breakfast. I overhear that it’s around noon. The Italian Roast coffee is good, in fact, it would prove to be the best coffee of the trip.

One of the pleasures of traveling by motorcycle is that it’s an easy conversation starter. People ask you where your coming from, where you’re heading, ask about your bike, tell you’re about their bike or the one they wish they had. One of the peculiarities of these conversations is that if the person even remotely knows of anyone that has died on a motorcycle, they will be sure to share this fact along with details. These stories usually involve a deer, a car pulling out, or someone taking a corner to fast. The conversation goes something like this:

Stranger“nice bike”
You“thanks”
Stranger“my cousin Bob had a friend that hit a deer and died on his bike”

Short silence.

You“yeah, deer are dangerous, got to be careful”

I’m not exaggerating when I say I’ve held variations on this conversation many times. Luckily this isn’t the conversation I have with the owner of Mad Anthony’s. He’s a former sailboat instructor who now finds the same release and head clearing on his motorcycle that he used to get from his sailboat.

This brings to mind the same wave – don’t way dynamic that occurs between sail boaters and power boaters, very similar to the sportbike & HD crowd.

The proprietor is a coffee guru, we discuss roasting (my Italian roast was just roasted Wednesday this week). We talk about the good and the evil of Starbucks. We’re both in agreement that they over roast their regular coffee, but I think their foo foo drinks are tasty. He has in his shop both the Bodum press and the Bodum vacuum coffee pot that I got my mom for x-mas. A shameless plug here, the Bodum vacuum coffee pot makes the best home coffee ever. It’s also an entertaining crowd pleaser, no joke.

Leaving Waynesboro the plan was 340 northward to 33, then into Harrisonburg, VA (home of the Valley Mall and JMU). 340 proved to be boring so I jumped on 256, Port Republic Road, for a better ride to Harrisonburg. I don’t know if the coffee wore off or if I was just worn out. I pull over at Westover Park, pick out a spot of grass, and take a good nap in the sun.

I had my motorcycle bug handed down to me by my step-dad. My kindergarten year of school we moved right at the end of the school year. Rather than switch schools at this inopportune time my Dad stuck me on the back of his Honda and rode me to school and back again for the last month or two. Even earlier than that I have a great photo of me in 1973-4 sitting on his chopper with him. Me in a diaper and him with his long hippy hair. The wild side of the Reverend indeed.

Refreshed from my nap it’s back on 33 westbound. Heading out of the Shenandoah Valley and Rockingham County is more glorious twisty roads and the George Washington National Forest. GW is a beautiful tree canopy lined road with a river off to one side. Franklin, WV is the destination, a return to the Star Hotel.

I stayed at the Star a few years prior when they first re-opened the historic Star Hotel. The owner, Steve Miller, is a great guy, friendly and conversational. I told him I’d be back again, but it’s been a few more years than I thought. Late lunch at the Star is pesto grilled chicken on ciabatta bread with roasted red peppers. Not the type of fare one might associate with West Virginia, but people have misperceptions about everywhere. Steve promises a prime rib later at dinner tonight to die for.

So that there is no misunderstanding, in as much as the Sleepy Hollow Hotel was a dive, the Star Hotel is a dream.

Dump the gear in the room back on the bike for some roaming around. I head back to explore a river road I passed on the way in, Rock Gap. It’s a gravel affair and I follow it back a little ways. Photo some river shots. Down further there is a large cliff face with some college aged kids de-gearing after a day of climbing. I’ll try to stop back in tomorrow and shoot some climbing action, as well as some fly fishing.

I pick up a bottle of Barefoot Wine, Cabernet Sauvignon, and drop it off with Steve at the Star to keep for later. I’ll enjoy that bottle later tonight from the 3rd floor front porch. South out of town I head, into some very secondary roads. I shoot an old decrepit cabin that would be right up Bobby Sargent’s alley. I put it in the metal folder for a possible future model shoot location, along with the river spots I’ve seen.

There are a couple more stops on this little ride. Once for what appears to be a feral chicken, and then for middle of the road stare down with a young doe. She’s camera shy though and is off before I can get a shot. Sportbike probably isn’t the best conveyance for nature photography. The pavement stops and gravel begins, I motor on. Rick & I once spent a full day just about on gravel roads, crisscrossing the back country around Cumberland, MD. So I’m comfortable with the less than ideal riding surface. A few miles on the road dead ends at a pair of chicken houses (source of the feral chicken’s ancestors perhaps?) and I turn around and survey the valley I’ve just ridden through. I have to stop the bike and soak in the scene. A picturesque farm is nestled in the corner of the valley, up against the hills. I meet some inquisitive cows, along with the farmer and his wife.

It seems that when you are in WV and you pass a sign that says “snow removal ends here” that the already suspect road conditions are going to quickly deteriorate and will soon resemble somewhat more of a logging road. I motor on through some back country, no houses, no farms, just mountains, steep roadside cliffs, and wicked gravel switchback curves. The part that gives you the willies are the downhill corners where the road grade is slanted to the outside of the curve and to the drop below. Yikes!

I creep along where a four wheeler would be much more functional. Although I still hit it a bit in the straights. Pavement arrives again and I’m unsure of my exact location. I follow the chicken farmers directions and soon discover myself back in Brandywine, intersecting the same stretch of 33 I rode on my way into Franklin.

Back at the Star Hotel it’s a shower and fresh clothes before heading down for dinner. Downstairs I find the prime rib to be as good as promised.

Entry Five

How beautifully staged is this. Barefoot on the 3rd floor patio, wine to ease the back and the ache in the knee.

205 miles today, the last 30 after check in, just to explore.

Sunday

Entry Six

Out early in the morning. I find no climbers at Rock Gap, unsure of the hours they keep. Out of Franklin on 33 west, looking for another squiggly line I had seen on a map. Bland Hill Road name is a misnomer. A single lane country road winding through German Valley. I got a few shots of German Valley from the 33 overlook before turning on Bland Hill. Now I find myself in the same location I had shot from above.

The road cuts through some open pasture land and I meet some cows standing in the road after rounding one bend. They’re pleasant enough, if in no particular hurry to cross, and don’t mind posing for a shot or two before meandering on. People talk about the danger of hitting a deer, a cow would really ruin your day! Off of Bland Hill and on down into the valley. I come up on the rock formation I had seen from the overlook previously. It’s not Seneca Rocks, but a formation of the same ilk. I get some more photos, then onto German Valley Road. I’m still staying at the Star, there is no real destination today. It’s relaxing to stop as much as I like.

German Valley Road puts me back on 33 west and not long after I’m ordering breakfast at the Valley View Restaurant. Dale Borgeson warns of places that advertise home cooking, but that’s about all you see in these parts. There are a fair number of cars here and that’s usually a good since the food will be alright. Hell, even the Army could make a good breakfast. It all works out and it’s a hell of a deal, for toast, two eggs, hash browns, bacon, and coffee.

From 33 I hit 28 and turn off on Smoke Hole Road, just because it’s there and looks interesting. Boy, what a find it is. Combining the curvy one lane country road with nice wide smooth pavement (gravel free in the corners). It’s great. Smoke Hole Road turns out to run from 28 across the Seneca Rocks National Forest to 220 on the other side. Going west-to-east it starts out all curves and hills, then ends by winding along the south branch of the Potomac. There are lots of fly fishermen here enjoying the catch-and-release section of the river.

Up 220 to Petersburg, I run into some Ducati guys at the gas station. We swap riding info and I’m soon on 42 north towards Mayville. Hanging a left when I see a sign for Dolly Sods. I’m back on secondary roads and I soon pass another prophetic ‘no snow removal’ signs. It’s gravel the rest of the way up the mountain til it breaks out on top at Dolly Sod.

I’m real happy with today’s roads, as both Smoke Hole Road and Dolly Sods were unplanned ‘discovered adventures’. I do some rock scrabbling at Dolly Sod and enjoy the cliff top views. A fellow tourist snaps a shot for me an I hike out well past the distance that the casual tourist and families go. Shot some more shots of the rock formations with both the digital and film camera. Do some more self-portraits. I then sit down to relax in the sun with the cliff side breeze steadily blowing and update this journal.

Entry Seven

Well, fellow traveler, if you’ve made it this far I am duly impressed. I thank you for your perseverance. The rest of the day was spent riding without incident. Just more fantastic roads. You don’t have to be an explore on par with Lewis & Clark to find great rides in West Virginia. Just be curious in nature and unafraid to leave the beaten path. Drop off the numbered roads and take the route less traveled. Soon you’ll be in your own undiscovered country. Blah blah blah.

Out of Dolly Sod and I find myself on 32. Rough calculations put the dirt road travel around 25 miles for the day. While we are on stats, here’s today’s animal road count:

1 rooster
1 dead fox
2 cows
8 chipmunks
7 alive
1 dead
3 dead possums
1 squirrel
1 dead blob (undistinguishable)
No fearsome deer
1 dog

I guided myself today by a rather non-descript map put out by mountainhighlands.com

Leaving Dolly Sod on 32 puts me in Dry Fork and back on familiar 33 west to Elkins. I cruise around Elkins on the off chance I’ll run into a guy I know named Dallas. Now all you need to know about Dallas is the following:

I don’t know his last name
I once gave him a hair cut with dog grooming clippers
I know he works at a bike shop making choppers

You figure the odds of me finding him, near zero.

If your curious it wasn’t the first time I cut hair, albeit the first time using dog shears. In Korea I cut in the latrine for a cut or for a 6 pack. Everything was barter in the Army. We had a cook that would make you a great custom birthday cake for a case of beer or feed you food out of the back of the chow hall at 3am when you staggered in drunk from the ville for the promise of a future round to be bought. Korea stories could fill another journal.

Anyway, out of Elkins and south to Beverly. Scott, if your reading this you were on my mind as I went through town, never forgive, never forget.

So far I’ve only tried to write about the positive food experiences of the trip without throwing anyplace under the bus. C&J in Beverly however, served only barely functional burgers and the vanilla shake was of the worst chemical prefab variety. There are some things that I am stuck on, good vanilla ice cream is one. The others that I’m picky about are beer, whiskey, steak, cheese-steak, and coffee. It’s just so disappointing when something you usually enjoy turns out to be sub par.

After C&J it’s 250 east to 28, which heads back towards Seneca Rocks and Franklin. It’s a good haul through the Monongahela National Forest. A road of the scenic variety, with good twisties up the mountain and through the scenery. These type road have become quite a common occurrence here in WV. Back in Seneca Rocks and 33 east into Franklin. I never shoot Seneca Rocks, the light is never right, number one can tell you how I get about my light.

The Star’s restaurant is closed on Sunday, dagger, so I shower and head into Franklin by foot. About Franklin, WV. It’s a nice little town, quiet and sleepy. No bars other than the VFW that I could see. Everybody I’ve met and spoken too has be pleasant, friendly and conversational, both here in Franklin and elsewhere in WV. I’m sure there are a variety of characters much as anywhere, this is just my observation from the tourist level.

Following last night precedent I grab another vino from the Shell station. The Star being closed is a dilemma; I’m in need of a cork screw (having borrowed the restaurants the night before). I wander back down to the hotel, wine in hand, and past the hotel just a bit til I meet an old man sitting out front. I explain my situation, wine without access, and he says he’ll sell me a corkscrew. He goes in the house, shortly to return with the necessary implement in hand. I figure I have it for -4 or maybe rent it for a one time use for . That proves unnecessary however, he says just to take it, and keep it for any future need.

The sole booking for the hotel tonight, I’m like a wraith as I glide through the halls. On the front porch with my bottle of vino in hand. I have some cheap cigars I also picked up and there’s nothing to do but kick back and watch the sunset.

It’s been a great trip. Somewhat lonesome at times. The lack of someone to talk to surely let to the length of this journal. It was a trip to getaway, to reflect. There was no great revelation or anything, just time to get to know yourself. The road gives you time to think. I know who I am and I like being me. I know what’s missing.

I’m resolved to take more bike trips in the future. It’s definitely my preferred way to travel and vacation. Motorcycling is the way to go.

Tomorrow I have my route generally planned out, more scenic byways for a winding route home.

Miles today, 240.

Monday

Entry Seven

Just a short postscript. 20 miles east of Washington DC, on 66, the chain popped off the bike. It’s never easy.

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La Dame de Notre Renaissance Française


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The Unveiling of &quotLa Dame de Notre Renaissance Française&quot

&quotLe Canado-Américain&quot, appeared in VOL XXVII, NO.1, PUBLISHED Considering that 1900, PRINTEMPS/SPRING 2001

For everybody of French-Canadian descent, it was an honor to be present in Nashua, NH, on May 19th.

Following years of preparation and intense function from sculptor Christopher R. Gowell, more than a century of French heritage was celebrated with the dedication of a statue named &quotLa Dame de Notre Renaissance Française&quot, which was unveiled in &quotLe Parc de Notre Renaissance Française&quot. The park was dedicated to the French-Canadian immigrants who settled and tirelessly worked in Nashua’s textile mills. Also, Governor Shaheen declared the day &quotFrench Heritage Day&quot in a proclomation presented to the Heritage Committee.

In fact, all of New England owes the French-Canadian immigrants tremendous gratitude not only for working in our textile mills, but also for enriching our communities, politics, cuisine, art and almost everything about life in New England. These immigrants have shaped who we are as individuals. They poured in to construct the factories, households, schools and the churches of their communities. They also established new businesses to satisfy the needs of a growing population. They were industrious, thrifty and adept at learning new trades necessary to meet the rising demand of textiles, shoes and paper goods. By means of their tough work, they offered an chance for future generations of French-Canadians to have a greater life.
The park was booming with excitement and music, as it gave Franco-Americans the opportunity to chat and reminisce about long ago. Hundreds of folks stood by in anticipation as the white cover was permanently lifted at close to 2:45 p.m., revealing the six-foot-tall statue of &quotLa Dame de Notre Renaissance Française&quot, which stood on a 3-foot commemorative base.

The sculpture depicts a lady with a spindle in her left pocket and a cross about her neck, hunting down at her son, who is holding a French-language book and gazing up at his mother for path. Christopher R. Gowell, the sculptor, told the crowd that she was extremely proud to have had the chance to sculpt a figure of a powerful French-Canadian lady, and that although she was unsure at instances whether or not she could finish the sculpture to her satisfaction, the great quantity of function she applied to the statue produced all of her worries worthwhile.

The success for this occasion was earned by many civic and fraternal organizations, as well as numerous families and ACA’s Milette chapter in Nashua, NH. Congratulations to Georgi Hippauf, vice-president of the Milette chapter, who came up with the concept to dedicate a monument to our French heritage and pursued it. In addition, we would like to thank all of those who worked so challenging to raise the cash essential to make this event achievable.

When once again, we have proved that something is achievable when you belong to a culture that believes in a dream and works with each other as 1.

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The occasions are difficult if you are a small or individual business owner. The economic system is on a quite slow recovery path and a lot of enterprise owners have suffered setbacks in income and profitability as a result. Even so, it is in times like these when a business has to consider their company model to see what they can do to come out as a winner by way of a difficult period.

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9.4.09
The flight arrived on time and the twelve hours whilst on board passed swiftly and with out incident. To be sure, the high quality of the Cathay Pacific service was exemplary when once again.

Heathrow reminds me of Newark International. The décor comes straight out of the sterile 80′s and is much less an eyesore than an insipid background to the rhythm of human activity, such hustle and bustle, at the fore. There definitely are faces from all races present, creating a rich mosaic of humanity which is refreshing if not completely revitalizing following swimming for so extended in a sea of Chinese faces in Hong Kong.

Web access is sealed in England, it appears. Absolutely nothing is free every thing is egregiously monetized from the wireless hotspots down to the desktop terminals. I guess Hong Kong has spoiled me with its abundant, totally free access to the info superhighway.

11.four.09
Regardless of staying in a room with five other backpackers, I have been sleeping properly. The mattress and pillow are firm my earplugs maintain the noise out and the sleeping quarters are as dark as a cave when the lights are out, and only as vivid as, maybe, a dreary rainy day when on. All in all, St. Paul’s is a superb spot to remain for the gregarious, adventurous, and penurious city explorer – couchsurfing may be a tenable option I’ll test for subsequent time.

Yesterday Connie and I gorged ourselves at the borough marketplace where there were all sorts of delectable, savory victuals. There was definitely a European flavor to the food fair: simmering sausages were to be found all over the place and a lot as the meat was plentiful, and genuine, so have been the dairy delicacies, in the form of myriad rounds of cheese, stacked high behind checkered tabletops. Of course, we washed these tasty morsels down with copious quantities of alcohol that flowed from cups as though amber waterfalls. For the first time I attempted mulled wine, which tasted like warm, rancid fruit punch – the ideal tonic for a drizzling London day, I suppose. We later killed the afternoon at the pub, shooting the breeze whilst imbibing several diminutive half-pints in the approach. Finding smashed at four in the afternoon doesn’t appear like such a bad thing any longer, specially when you are getting enjoyable in the business of friends I can a lot more value why the English do it so much!

Earlier in the day, we visited the Tate Modern day. Its turbine room lived up to its prominent billing what with a giant spider, complete with bulbous egg sac, anchoring the retrospective exhibit. The permanent galleries, too, have been a delight upon which to feast one’s eyes. Picasso, Warhol and Pollock ruled the chambers of the upper floors with the items of their lithe wrists and I ended up becoming a enormous fan of cubism, although building a disdain for abstract art and its vacuous images, which, I feel, are devoid of both motivation and emotion.

My very first trip yesterday morning was to Emirates Stadium, house of the Arsenal Gunners. It towers imperiously more than the surrounding neighborhood but for all its majesty, the spot sure was quiet! Business did choose up later, nevertheless, once the armory shop opened, and dozens of fans descended on it like bees to a hive. I, too, swooped in on a gift-purchasing mission, and wound up acquiring a book for Godfrey, a scarf for a student, and a jersey – on sale, of course – for excellent measure.

I’m sitting in the Westminster Abbey Museum now, resting my weary legs and burdened back. So far, I’ve been verily impressed with what I’ve seen, such a confluence of splendor and background just before me that it would call for days to absorb it all, when regretfully I can spare only a number of hours. My favorite component of the abbey is the poets corner where no much less a literary luminary than Samuel Johnson rests in peace – his bust confirms his homely presence, which was so vividly captured in his biography.

For lunch I had a steak and ale pie, served with mash, taken alongside a Guinness, extra cold – 2 degrees centigrade colder, the bartender explained. It went down well, like all the other scrumptious meals I’ve had in England and no doubt by now I have grown accustomed to inebriation at half past two. Apart from, Liverpool had been playing inspired football against Blackburn and my lunch was total.

Getting had my fill of football, I made the decision to skip my ticket scalping endeavor at Stamford Bridge and rather wandered more than to the British Museum to inspect their extensive collections. Along the way, my eye caught a theater, its doors wide open and admitting customers. With much rapidity, I subsequently checked the show occasions, saw that a overall performance was set to start, and at last rushed to the box office to obtain a discounted ticket – if you call a 40 pound ticket a deal, that is. That’s how I grabbed a seat to watch Hairspray in the West End.

The show was really worth forty pounds. The music was addictive and the stage design and effects were not so significantly kitschy as delightfully stimulating – the pulsating background lights had been at the moment scintillating and penetrating. The actors as properly had been vivacious, oozing charisma while they danced and delivered lines dripping in humor. Hairspray is a high quality production and most certainly suggested.

12.4.09
At breakfast I sat across from a man who asked me to which nation Hong Kong had been returned – China or Japan. That was fairly funny. Then he started spitting on my food as he spoke, totally oblivious to my breakfast becoming the receptacle in which the fruit of his inner churl was becoming placed. I guess I understand the convention nowadays of covering one’s mouth whilst speaking and masticating at the same time!

We truly conversed on London life in general, and I praised London for its racial integration, the act of which is a prodigious leap of faith for any society, trying to be inclusive, accepting all sorts of people. It wasn’t as though the Brits were trying in vain to be all factors to all males, employing Spanish with the guests from Spain, German with the Germans and, even, Hindi with the Indians, regardless of no matter whether or not Hindi was their native language not even considering the absurd idea of encouraging the international adoption of their language thereby fully keeping English in English hands and permitting its proud polyglots to &quotpractice&quot their languages. Indeed, the try of the Londoners to avail themselves of the wealthy mosaic of ethnic knowledge, and to seek a widespread understanding with a ubiquitous English accent is an exemplar, and the bedrock for any planet city.

I celebrated Jesus’ resurrection at the St. Andrew’s Street Church in Cambridge. The parishioners of this Baptist church had been warm and affable, and I met many of them, such as a single visiting (Halliday) linguistics scholar from Zhongshan university in Guangzhou, who in reality had visited my tiny City University of Hong Kong in 2003. The service itself was more traditional and the believers fewer in number than the &quotprogressive&quot services at any of the charismatic, evangelical churches in HK but that’s what makes this part of the physique of Christ exclusive in addition to, the message was as brief as a powerpoint slide, and informative no much less the power word which spoke into my life being a question from John 21:22 – what is that to you?

Large trees exquisite lawns and old, pointy colleges that’s Cambridge in a nutshell. Sitting here, sipping on a half-pint of Woodforde’s Wherry, I’ve had a leisurely, if not languorous, day so far my sole duty consisting of walking about while absorbing the verdant environment as even though a sponge, camera in tow.

I am back at the sublime beer, savoring a pint of Sharp’s DoomBar just before my fish and chips arrive the drinking age is 18, but anybody whose visage even hints of youthful brilliance is probably to get carded these days, the bartender told me. The youth drinking culture here is nearly as twisted as the university drinking culture in America.

My remain in Cambridge, relaxing and desultory as it may possibly be, is about to finish after this late lunch. I an not positive if there is anything left to see, save for the American graveyard which rests an impossible two miles away. I have had a fantastic time in this town and am thankful for the access into its living history – the residents here need to demonstrate exceptional patience and tolerance what with so several tourists ambling on the streets, peering – and photographing – into each and every nook and cranny.

13.4.09
There are no rubbish bins, yet I’ve seen on the streets numerous mixed race couples in which the men tend to be white – the ladies also belonging to a light colored ethnicity, generally some sort of Asian as properly saw some black dudes and Indian dudes with white chicks.

Individuals right here hold doors, even at the entrance to the toilet. Occasionally it appears as even though they are going out on a limb, just waiting for the a single who will take the responsibility for the door from them, at which point I rush out to relieve them of such a fortuitous burden.

I visited the British Museum this morning. The two hours I spent there did neither myself nor the exhibits any justice simply because there truly is too significantly to survey, enough captivating stuff to last an complete day, I feel. The bottomless effectively of artifacts from antiquity, drawing from sources as diverse as Korea, and Mesopotamia, is a credit to the British empire, with out whose looting most of this amazing booty would be unavailable for our purview much better, I feel, for these priceless treasures to be open to all in the grandest supermarket of background than away from human eyes, and worst however, in the hands of unscrupulous collectors or in the rubbish bin, possibly.

Irene and I took in the ballet Giselle at The Royal Opera House in the afternoon. The constructing is a plush marvel, and a testament to this city’s really like for the arts. The ballet itself was satisfying, the initial half getting superior to the second, in which the nimble dancers demonstrated their phenomenal dexterity in, of all spots, a graveyard covered in a cloak of smoke and darkness. I admit, their dance of the dead, in such a gloomy necropolis, did strike me as, strange.

Two amicable ladies from Kent convinced me to pay a visit to their hometown tomorrow, where, they told me, the authentic, &quotworking&quot Leeds Castle and the mighty exciting residence of Charles Darwin await.

I’m nursing a pint of Green King Ruddles and questioning about the profusion of British ales and lagers the British have accomplished a excellent deed for the globe by developing an interminable line of low-alcohol session beers that can be enjoyed at breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner and their disservice is this: in addition to this inexhaustible supply of cheap beer ensnaring my inner alcoholic, I really feel myself placing on my freshman fifteen, nearly ten years following the fact I am going to have to run a bit harder back in Hong Kong if I want to burn all this malty fuel off.

Irene advised I cease by the National Art Gallery because we had been in the region and it was an hour effectively spent. The gallery at the moment presents a unique exhibit on Picasso, the non-ticketed section of which attributes many seductive renderings, such as David spying on Bathsheba – repeated in clever variants – and parodies of other masters’ operates. Moreover, the main gallery houses two fabulous portraits by Joshua Reynolds, who happens to be favorite of mine, he in life becoming a close buddy of Samuel Johnson – I passed by Boswells, exactly where its namesake first met Johnson, on my way to the opera home.

14.four.09
I prayed last night, and went by means of my list, lifting absolutely everyone on it up to the Lord. That felt great that God is alive now, and ever present in my life and in the lives of my brothers and sisters.

Doubtless, then, I have felt very wistful, as though a specter in the land of the living, being in a place exactly where religious fervor, it appears, is a factor of the past, a trifling for a lot of, to be hidden away in the opaque corners of centuries-old cathedrals that are far more expensive tourist destinations than liberating households of worship these days. Indeed, I have however to see anyone pray, outside of the Easter service which I attended in Cambridge – for such an ecstatic second in verily a grand church, would you feel that it was only attended by at most three dozen spirited ones. The individuals of England, and Europe in common, have, it is my hope, only locked away the Word, relegating it to the quiet vault of their hearts. Might it be taken out in the sudden pause ahead of mealtimes and in the still crisp mornings and cool, silent nights. There is still hope for a revival in this place, for faith to rise like that splendid sun each morning. God would adore to rescue them, to deliver them in this day, it is certain.

I wonder what Londoners assume, if anything at all, about their police state which, like a vine in the shadows, has taken root in all corners of daily life, from the terrorist notifications in the underground, which implore Londoners to report all points suspicious, to the pair of dogs which eagerly stroll via Euston. What makes this all the more extraordinary is the truth that even the United States, the indomitable nemesis of the fledgling, rebel order, does not dare bombard its citizens with such fear mongering these days, specifically with Obama in workplace perhaps we’ve grown wise in these past handful of years to the dubious returns of surrendering civil liberties to the state, of getting our bags checked all over the place – London Eye Hairspray and The Royal Opera House check bags in London although the museums do not somehow, that doesn’t add up for me.

I’m in a majestic bookshop on New Street in Birmingham, and definitely to confirm my suspicions, there are just as numerous books on the death of Christianity in Britain as there are books which try to murder Christianity everywhere. I did find, nonetheless, a great biography on John Wesley by Roy Hattersley and The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. I may choose up the former.

Lunch with Sally was pleasant and mirthful. We dined at a French restaurant nearby New Street – yes, Birmingham is a cultural capitol! Sally and I each attempted their omelette, while her boyfriend had the fish, with no chips. Conversation was light, the levity was there and so was our reminiscing about those fleeting moments in the course of our first year in Hong Kong it is incredible how friendships can resume so all of a sudden with a smile. On their recommendation, I am on my way to Warwick Castle – they also recommended that I check out Cadbury Globe, but they cannot take on additional visitors at the second, the tourist office staff informed me, significantly to my disappointment!

Visiting Warwick Castle really produced for a wonderful day out. The castle, parts of which had been established by William the Conquerer in 1068, is as much a kitschy tourist trap as a meticulous preservation of history, at instances a sillier version of Ocean Park whilst at others a dignified dedication to a most glorious, inexorably English past. The castle caters to all guests and not surprisingly, that which delighted all audiences was a giant trebuchet siege engine, which for the 5 p.m. efficiency hurled a fireball high and far into the air – wonderful! Taliban beware!

15.four.09
I’m leaving on a jet plane this evening don’t know when I’ll be back in England once more. I’ll miss this quirky, nevertheless endearing location and that I shall miss Irene and Tom who so generously welcomed me into their property, fed me, and suffered my use of their toilet and shower goes without saying. I’m grateful for God’s several blessings on this trip.

On the itinerary right now is a trip to John Wesley’s house, followed by a visit to the Imperial War Museum. Currently this morning I picked up a tube of Oilatum, a week late maybe, which Teri recommended I use to treat this obstinate, dermal weakness of mine – I’m satisfied to report that my skin has stopped crying.

John Wesley’s house is alive and effectively. Solutions are still held in the chapel everyday and its crypt, so far from being a cellar for the dead, is a bright, spacious museum in which all factors Wesley are on display – I in no way realized how much of an iconic figure he became in England at the height of this idol frenzy, ironic in itself, he ought to have been as well-known as the Beatles were at their apex. The property itself is a multi-story edifice with narrow, precipitous staircases and spacious rooms decorated in an 18th century style.

I identified Samuel Johnson’s residence inside of a maze of red brick hidden alongside Fleet Street. To be in the residence of the man who wrote the English dictionary, and whose indefatigable enjoy for obscure words became the inspiration for my own lexical obsession, this, by far, is the climax of my visit to England! The finest definitely has been saved for last.

There are a multitude of portraits hanging about the home like ornaments on a tree. Every single likeness has its personal story, meticulously retold on the crib sheets in every room. Celebrities abound, which includes David Garrick and Sir Joshua Reynolds, who painted numerous of the finer pictures in the home. I have developed a specific affinity for Oliver Goldsmith, of whom Boswell writes, &quotHis particular person was brief, his countenance coarse and vulgar, his deportment that of a scholar awkwardly affecting the simple gentleman. It appears as although I, too, could use a much more flattering description of myself!

I regretfully couldn’t quit to try the curry in England I guess the CityU canteen’s take on the dish will have to do. I did, however, have the opportune task of flirting with the cute Cathay Pacific counter staff who checked me in. She was gorgeous in red, light powder on her cheeks, with actual diamond earrings, she said and her tiny, delicate face, commanded by a posh British accent rendered her positively irresistible, electrifying. Not only did she grant me an aisle seat but she had the gumption to return my fawning with zest she must be a pro at this by now.

I saw her again as she was pulling double-duty, collecting tickets prior to boarding. She remembered my quest for curry and in the fog of infatuation, where nary a man has been created, I fumbled my words like the sloppy kid who has had too significantly punch. I am just an amateur, alas, an &quotOliver Goldsmith&quot with the ladies – I got no game – booyah!

Some final, consequential bits: due to the fact of the chavs, Burberry no longer sells those fashionable baseball caps due to the fact of the IRA, rubbish bins are no longer a commodity on the streets of London, and as a result, the streets and the Underground of the city are a soiled mess and because of other terrorists from distant, much more arid lands, going via a Western airport has taken on the tedium of perfunctory procedure that doesn’t make me feel any safer from my invisible enemies.

At last, I saw so numerous Indians operating at Heathrow that I could have simply mistaken the spot for Mumbai. Their presence shocked me due to the fact their portion of the basic population surely must be less than their portion of Heathrow staff, indicating some mysterious hiring bias. Regardless, they do a superb job with cursory airport checks, and in basic are absurdly funny and witty when not tactless.

That’s all for England!

Neil Patel – Making a Mark with Web Enterprise Suggestions

World wide web start-up ventures are often deemed as very good enterprise tips simply because they appear simple to make and launch, and they are – if you have the brains and the guts to start off one particular. Such is the situation with Neil Patel, an net entrepreneur based in Orange County, California. Neil is credited with successful web sites such as Crazy Egg, a site that presents tools on how guests interact with internet sites and KISSmetrics, an easy to use and implement analytics answer that understands the effectiveness of advertising and marketing campaigns and identifying where guests generally drop off.

Neil grew up around a household of entrepreneurs. He was promoting CDs he burned himself, bootleg movies and cable black boxes which he have purchased on Ebay and sold to classmates and their parents. New enterprise concepts seem to pop up all the time. When Patel was identified as the kid who sold pirated stuffs, he made the decision to make a career change as there is no lengthy term career in what he was performing . He got into reselling automotive elements, worked in the park solutions department at Knott’s Berry Farm and had also been a vacuum cleaner agent for Quality Systems. All of this eventually led him to a single of the best company concepts he produced exactly where he most succeeded in at such a young age – the web.

For his 1st world wide web web site venture, he created a job board referred to as Guidance Monkey. He hired net marketing and advertising firms to market his web site, but they provided little results. Neil made the decision to understand internet advertising and marketing himself and produced his website common but never totally effective as the site was not setup to accept credit card transactions. By means of his sister’s consistent feedback with regards to her employer’s achievement (she worked for an Oracle consultant locally) and unending encouragement, Neil made the decision to open up his very own Oracle consulting business.

He took up school courses in an online university curriculum as he had a goal of finishing up school in two.5 years. Right after creating a speech on how search engines perform in his Speech 101 class, one particular of the individuals in his class asked him if he wanted to consult Elpac Electronics on their web advertising technique. This produced him interested enough and got new enterprise tips to open up an net marketing business and proceeded to invest in a number of other businesses just before he realized that investing actually wasn’t for him. The rest is now web history.

Currently, Neil and his company partner preserve Crazy Egg and KISSmetrics. Patel never seem to run out of new business suggestions. He has many investments in the kind of actual estate, .com businesses, venture capital funds, and the stock market place. At a young age, he was in a position to support his parents with their finances which make every little thing worth it for Patel. With his drive to succeed, the entrepreneurial spirit in Neil will reside on as he continues to develop organization ideas a single following the other.

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