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Debbie — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:17:17 GMT

Miss you already!!! I'll keep track of you.

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Jill Ripper — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:42:37 GMT

Hey Brian! I just caught up on all the reading and definitely got a few chuckles! I hope you are continuing to do well. I miss you so much and you won't believe this, but I'll be in San Jose 7/15-7/20. Just our luck, huh?!?

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Bonnie D — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:57:30 GMT

Bari Luis, Bari Or, Bari Yerekoo, depending on when you are reading this. I have so much enjoyed your blog! LOL at times (how's that for text messaging) - I can relate a little of what your first impressions have been with visiting Slovakia back in 1995. No matter what time of day a person would visit, they would come out with their homemade liquor, fruit juices, and pastries. And when you talked about Pirogue - my Dad always that for the holidays. And the outside commode was true in Slovakia. And on their land they grew everything they ate, even at the underground storage for cabbage, carrots, potatoes, etc. to have for the winter time. So glad you are settling in and enjoying your host family and other A-16's.
Well, we did our hike over the weekend - Father's day - at Yosemite. Most of us that have hiked together during training also did the Dewey Point Trail. We started at 7200, went up to 7500 feet, and then hiked down to 3400 ft. Very steep and rocky - took us 8 hrs. 47 mins. to hike 10.1 miles. As long as our marathons! The scenery was breathtaking - half dome in the distance and El Capitan and many waterfalls. It was very warm, almost 100 in the Valley. Now that we are back, it has been very hot - 101 today! We have had some fires around the area - the Summit fire in Santa Cruz County and the Martin fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains. We do need rain, unfortunately the people in the middle of the country are having severe flooding - some saying almost like the 100 year floods. So many people are without their homes, even a hospital was evacuated - the levees are not holding. It did show the last high water level at 19 ft. and about 5 days ago it was at 30.1 ft. Many change weathers here in the States, with fires, floods, hot weather, and tornados. So much for that.
Really funny reading about your TP description - better than using a corn cob! That's it for now - keep writing the good blog material and the pictures were great.
Bonnie D

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Bonnie D — Mon, 12 May 2008 04:04:08 GMT

Brian - the BBQ was great! Thanks for all the good food and fun times. Yes, I am reading the blog and will report to the others - take a few extra pairs of sox along and use them as your slippers!
Bonnie D

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Bonnie D — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:08:37 GMT

Brian - good to hear from you! Looking forward to reading about your new adventure and challenge of learning the new language - you can do it! Let us know what you want in your "care" package --
Bonnie D

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