The Family Adventure Project and Family on a Bike e-newsletter Welcome to our September 2005 updateRead it online at: http://www.familyonabike.org/Newsletters/NewsSeptember2005.htm Well, it’s been a while since we’ve been in touch and we wish we could say that not much has happened. But since we last wrote to you in June we’ve travelled nearly ten thousand [...]
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Home sweet home
From: Stuart Date: 15th August 2005 Subject: Home sweet home Place: Cumbria, England The boys were on the edge of their seats, straining out the window of the bus for their first glimpse of home. I wondered if they’d recognise it after all this time, particularly Cameron who seemed so small and young when we [...]
Start spreading the news.. we’re leaving today
From: KirstieDate: 4th August 2005Subject: Start spreading the news, we’re leaving todayPlace: New York City, USA The man in uniform took the kids’ ice creams before they even had time to pull the wrappers off. He placed them in a plastic tray on a short conveyor belt. Matthew [...]
Mission improbable
From: Stuart Date: 1st August 2005 Subject: Mission improbable Place: West Coast to East Coast USA The boys sat happily devouring their fish and chips, tomato sauce smeared around their faces like bloodied warriors. Kirstie looked up from behind her newspaper, glanced around to check we were alone, then leant across the table. “Your mission, [...]
On the trail of freedom and a big red dog
From: KirstieDate: 31st July 2005Subject: On the trail of freedom and a big red dog “What we meant in going for those red-coats was this: We had always governed ourselves, and we always meant to. They didn’t mean we should.” -Levi Preston -member of Boston’s Danvers Militia. An unassuming red line lay ahead of us [...]
The West Wing
From: Kirstie Date: 29th July 2005 Subject: The West Wing Place: Washington DC, USA The West Wing Washington was a stuffed shirt. An expensive grey suit with a silk burgundy tie and a boring briefcase; in short possibly the dullest capital city I’d ever visited. It was all so different [...]
My kind of town
From: KirstieDate: 25th July 2005Subject: My kind of townPlace: Chicago, Illinois, USA Goodbye wilderness, hello jungle Two teenagers joined me in the brightly lit elevator. Embellished with gold paint, and featuring a gold leaf panel with numbers that lit up as it passed from floor to floor, the lift resembled a Hollywood movie set from [...]
The train that whistled in the night
From: StuartDate: 24th July 2005Subject: The train that whistled in the nightPlace: Chicago, Illinois, USE “Welcome aboard the Empire Builder,” said the sleeping car attendant, a young, fresh looking man in a neatly pressed shirt, bright blue waistcoast and tie. He studied our tickets for a moment. “You guys heading all the way to Chicago [...]
Family Blind Date
From: KirstieDate: 21st July 2005Subject: Family blind datePlace: Seattle, Washington State, USA Your palms are sweating as you ring the doorbell. Will you find them attractive? Will the conversation flow? Do they want kids? Your hands clutch a brown paper bag with the medium priced wine you just bought from the gas station and a [...]
Barnacle or hermit crab
From: StuartDate: 14th July 2005Subject: Barnacle or hermit crabPlace: Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, Canada Pacific Rim National Park, Canada “What kind of a family do you think we are Matthew? Barnacle or hermit crab?” He took a sip of his hot chocolate and thought for a second. “Hermit crab,” he replied grinning at me and wiping [...]
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