tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113559762011-12-14T22:04:12.958-05:00This is an extension of my <a href="http://courtenayslife.blogspot.com/">Courtenay's Life Blog</a> where I will post anything related to the places I am traveling to, which includes lots of photos.Courtenaynoreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11355976.post-1161699766921377852006-10-24T10:16:00.000-04:002006-10-24T10:24:06.666-04:00

Hey!I know it's not exactly travel related but since I like to take so many photographs when I go places, there has to be at least one that you really like. You may even like them enough to want a print, poster, sweatshirt or something else with a photo on it.If so, head on over to my site at www.CEGPhoto.com and check out my Cafe Press and DotPhoto sites with (an ever growing) selection my

Courtenaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11355976.post-1159807994068670452006-10-02T12:35:00.000-04:002006-10-02T13:30:55.333-04:00

I thought not updating my normal blog since March was bad! Whew!It's been over a year since I've updated this thing!I really haven't had many big trips over that past year though. After Maine last year I didn't go anywhere until finally this summer Julie and I went to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park with her oldest sister and her family. Then in august Julie and I went to Alexandria, VA

Courtenaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11355976.post-1124914478247364332005-08-24T16:11:00.000-04:002005-08-24T16:14:38.253-04:00

Well, I finaly have all of the photos I took over vacation resized, leveled, sharpened and uploaded to my website. Well, almost all of them. I still have to create some panoramas that I took specific shots for so those will take a little time to tweak and get ready. I should have at least one or two really nice panos up in the next few days maybe. Until then, enjoy the photos.

Courtenaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11355976.post-1124384302098446152005-08-18T12:49:00.000-04:002005-08-18T13:07:45.930-04:00

I was just updating the captions for some of the photos I took on vacation and I went out to the Hostelling International website to get the address for the Hartford, CT hostel and see that they have updated the design of their website. It looks really nice, I think. Still easy to navigate and very informative. I definitely recommend looking at a hostel if you are traveling and don't want to

Courtenaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11355976.post-1124111601163547032005-08-15T09:15:00.000-04:002005-08-15T09:13:21.170-04:00

Well, even though I would have liked another week away this trip had to come to an end. I left New York at about 1:00pm and didn't really run into any problems on the road until just at around 25 miles to Columbus on 71 South. Cars were backed up for miles and we were moving at a good 5mph because of night paving and the road constricted to one lane. Eventually we got through but it added an

Courtenaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11355976.post-1123467871745248962005-08-07T22:02:00.000-04:002005-08-07T22:24:31.756-04:00

Good evening!I'm sitting out on the Boothbay Public Library entrance typing this entry because, luckily, they have public access Wi-Fi! Very convenient so I may be able to actually update part of my review area tomorrow. Anyway, it's late now as it is and I've got some planning to do and some groceries to buy and still a lot of sleep to get so I'll just make this short and sweet.The trip so far

Courtenaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11355976.post-1123077881144088102005-08-03T08:33:00.000-04:002005-08-03T10:18:11.813-04:00

Just 2 more days and I am so ready to go. :)I've still got my packing to do, have a few things to buy for the trip and have to come up with a more solid list of things that I absolutely have to do but other than that I am reday to hit the road. I had my car serviced last week so it's all set for the trip. I've got my Trip Tik and various maps/directions printed out so I'm all set there. Plus, I

Courtenaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11355976.post-1121435108248605942005-07-15T09:30:00.000-04:002005-07-15T09:45:08.256-04:00

Well, this week has been a good, albeit expensive, one.I made the final reservations for the New York part of my vacation and I got the new DSLR that I wanted! So, now I am just about ready to go and it's only 3 weeks away.1 night in Hartford, CT then 3 nights each in Boothbay Harbor and Bar Harbor, ME followed by the last 2 nights in New York City. And with the new camera and lenses, it should

Courtenaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11355976.post-1119923239456842642005-06-27T21:19:00.000-04:002005-06-27T21:47:19.460-04:00

I've almost got my Maine plans mapped out for this summer. :)It should be a great trip. It's going to be 10 days and 9 nights through Hartford, CT, Boothbay Harbor, ME, Bar Harbor, ME and then a couple nights in NYC to round things out and get my New York fix again. And, of course, I'm timing it such that I will arrive in NYC so that I can do the 16-18 hour walking tour offered by HI-New York

Courtenaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11355976.post-1115004691212944352005-05-01T22:20:00.000-04:002005-05-02T00:06:53.446-04:00

On Friday I was talking with a co-worker about my trip to Maine this summer and somehow Yellow Springs came up in the conversation. I grew up not far from Yellow Springs and would go there often when me and my brothers were young because we all collected comic books and our store of choice, Darkstar Comics, is in Yellow Springs.Plus, it has Antioch College, some good restaurants and John Bryant

Courtenaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11355976.post-1113953123354940192005-04-19T19:04:00.000-04:002005-04-19T19:27:02.876-04:00

Well, I'm a little disappointed right now because I just went out to the Scotia Prince website to find that they were forced to cancel their 2005 cruise season because of some negligenc on the part of the City of Portland in dealing with a mold problem in the port buildings that they lease from the city. Certainly, I wouldn't want to subject my workers to any hazardous conditions but it sucks

Courtenaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11355976.post-1113531524670141012005-04-14T22:10:00.000-04:002005-04-14T22:18:44.673-04:00

Well, I've finally bought a domain name and server space and am currently planning a full website for all things related to my traveling and experiences. It should be quite nice because I'm a planning freak when it comes to stuff like this (I still have notebooks with my original ideas and sketches from my old wallpaper site design from 1998!).It will have full reviews of places I've been to

Courtenaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11355976.post-1110659246149142972005-03-12T15:16:00.000-05:002005-03-12T15:27:26.150-05:00

I originally read about this in an article on the New York Times website then checked out their site info and requested a printed brochure on their pacakges which finally came in the mail today. It looks really nice and is rather inexpensive too. Plus, their website has a lot of positive reviews as well as the NY Times article giving it positive reviews. So I have been throwing around the idea

Courtenaynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11355976.post-1110465867057647872005-03-10T09:33:00.000-05:002005-03-10T09:44:27.126-05:00

Well, this is the actual first post to my travel blog. I have initially created it as a seperate entity from my main "Life & Times" blog to document my travel experiences and plans through pictures and words. I'll have to see how well it goes though. By creating this seperate blog my idea is that it my "Life & Times" blog will get used for more everyday and personal entries, where this one

Courtenaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11355976.post-1110466779660748012005-03-03T19:02:00.000-05:002005-03-10T09:59:39.756-05:00

So, when we were on the walking tour of Manhattan we stopped at about 5:00 - 5:30 to eat lunch in Chinatown. The place we went was pretty nice and the food was quite good but when were finished I neglected to pick up a business card so I would remember what it was for my next visit. Well, I wanted to figure out what the name of the place was yesterday at work and all I had to go on was my memory

Courtenaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11355976.post-1110466739303468342005-02-28T19:44:00.000-05:002005-03-10T11:24:43.426-05:00

Well, it's Monday, I'm home and had a great time in New York. It was definitely a short trip this time but next time I will stay much longer. The highlight was certainly the walking tour on Saturday which lasted 18 hours! It was great though. The hostel's guide for that trip, Jerry, was very entretaining the entire time. I'm sure a lot of tour guides for pay tours that last less than half as long

Courtenaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11355976.post-1110466695470603212005-02-25T23:36:00.000-05:002005-03-10T09:58:15.476-05:00

Well, I knew I was going to do it at least once this year so I decided on a spur of the moment (for me that means I still did two weeks worth of planning and research though) that I was going to take a driving trip to visit the Big Apple, New York City. My main reason in going this weekend was that it was the last weekend for the Gates Project to be up in Central Park and since it is a once in a

Courtenaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11355976.post-1110466645452182752005-02-09T10:58:00.000-05:002005-03-10T09:57:25.456-05:00

So, I've decided that this year I am going to try to take a few "real" vacations for myself since I have really never vacationed anywhere on my own. The last time I was on an actual vacation was at least 8-9 years ago when I was still in college and would have went with my parents over a break or something. And I can't count the occasional little weekend trips to see a friend 130 miles away a

Courtenaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11355976.post-1110466555928381182004-08-28T19:11:00.000-04:002005-03-10T10:32:44.886-05:00

Well, I finally got around to putting my Triple Crown photos online. They are here (http://photos.yahoo.com/courtenaysblog@sbcglobal.net) in my Yahoo! Photos. Lots of cool looking, cool sounding and very fast Tiburons. Go ahead and check them out.

Courtenaynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11355976.post-1110466400174205082004-08-26T02:06:00.000-04:002005-03-10T09:53:20.176-05:00

This past weekend I was in Lexington, OH during Saturday and Sunday participating in the first annual Speed, Style & Sound Magazine Triple Crown Tuner Challenge and had a pretty good time. It is essentially a car show and competition in which people compete in those 3 categories: Speed, Style and Sound. It was co sponsored by Hyundai and Hyundai USA paid admission to the event and entry into the

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