http://blogs.bootsnall.com/rhondad A BootsnAll Travel Blog Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:35:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The last 6 weeks has been loaded with activity! For myself, life back at GET is busy, busy! Bookings are still slow with the down economy but I'm having to learn two new reservations systems within company and then last week we also changed over to a different airline computer ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/rhondad/loving-fall-in-oregon.html Boy, the last month has been completely unexpected. First of all, the job I left Dosha Spa for, Direct Travel World, turned out to be a complete bust! I give the owners credit for building a company but they are very unorganized, I was offered literally no training tools and ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/rhondad/yet-another-job-change-or-as-the-world-turns.html Jim & I have had 3 exciting changes in the last couple of months. First of all, Jim got a new job. The downside is that he really enjoyed his day to day work at Schwans, but we just couldn't handle the horrific hours any longer.  It's too bad Schwans ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/rhondad/changes-changes.html Another couple of months since my last blog and it's because, quite honestly, nothing too exciting has been happening to us. We wouldn't give up our year on the road for anything but boy, we had NO IDEA how much our life would NOT be what we expected upon return. ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/rhondad/spring-is-on-the-way.html Well, I am very sorry, dear readers,  for the huge time lapse since my last entry! Lots, both good & bad has happened in the last 2 1/2 months. It is mind boggling to think that a year ago we were only a couple of months into our big adventure, ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/rhondad/almost-christmas.html Well, we are actually doing the job hunt thing and, basically, it sucks. It's a new thing for me since I was at Grand European Tours for 10 years, and then took 1 year off , so it's been over 11years since I actually looked for a job, interviewed, etc. ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/rhondad/job-hunting-hell.html We had a great time in Canada. The first night we stayed at the Best Western Sunrise Inn in Osoyoos. We decided to splurge a bit for our last night in a hotel on the road and got the honeymoon suite..complete with canopy bed, fireplace and jacuzzi! Very nice. We ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/rhondad/back-in-portland-once-again.html Well, we're heading back home and back in the West..home of good beer! From Washington, DC we had a couple of long driving days heading to Mankato, Mn to visit my brother, Howard, and his family. The first night was spent in a little town in Ohio at the delightful (ha ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/rhondad/back-in-the-west.html Here we are in our capital, it took us a lot of years to get here! First of all, on our 2nd full day in Charleston we first headed out to Magnolia Plantation to tour the gardens and walk through the amazing swampland area. Luckily,it was a bit overcast so ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/rhondad/washington-dc.html Well, well..what do ya know. I FINALLY got the Africa pics ready to go. I apologize for the delay but there were over 1000 to choose from! Enjoy and we'll have the first half of our US roadtrip ready shortly. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimandrhondartw/sets/72157606565400749/detail/ Cheers, Jim & Rhonda http://blogs.bootsnall.com/rhondad/pictures-of-africa.html