[Magdalen] Safely home

[Sally Davies]

Hi Roger!

South Africa is always good if you want to get away from the Northern
weather...! We have mountains, sea, game reserves, friendly people and lots
of interesting history. November is still early enough to see the whales.

Sally D

On Monday, 10 November 2014, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
wrote:

> Jay, I was sorry to miss you and your jewellery this year when I was in
> Virginia. I recall a very warm late September evening standing onb the
> platform at Portland last year which assures me that that part of the
> country is temperate.
>
> Roger
>
> On 10/11/2014 00:29, Jay Weigel wrote:
>
>> The Pacific Northwest is not all THAT cold in November, and you could
>> visit
>> two countries at once....see listsibs in both Vancouvers and then perhaps
>> drive down the coast into California. That's one thought. Texas and New
>> Mexico are another, although we do not have as many there as we once did.
>> If you wish to see your northern brethren and sistren, you will have to
>> visit earlier in the year.
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 7:19 PM, Roger Stokes <
>> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Thank you, as you know I have gone West from you but I need to determine
>>> where is worth exploring and then where is the best place to fly to.
>>> Houston was good but I found Atlanta to be superb.
>>>
>>> Roger
>>>
>>>
>>> On 09/11/2014 23:48, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
>>>
>>>  Glad to hear you're safely home again Roger!  How fun that you hope to
>>>> make plans for your 4th annual  'once in a lifetime' USA trip <big grin>
>>>>
>>>> It will be interesting to hear about what you might explore next time -
>>>> you're becoming such a seasoned US traveler that you can rely on skills
>>>> and
>>>> experiences you've gained over time to circumvent some of the pesky
>>>> details
>>>> that have popped up.   If you're in 'the southern' part of the US and
>>>> find
>>>> your plans bringing you in/near/through Houston, my guest-den will be
>>>> available again.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Lynn
>>>>
>>>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>>>
>>>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
>>>> not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You
>>>> gave
>>>> me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
>>>>
>>>> Thomas Merton writes, "People may spend their whole lives climbing the
>>>> ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the
>>>> ladder is
>>>> leaning against the wrong wall."
>>>>
>>>> "What you seek is seeking you." - Rumi
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>> From: "Roger Stokes" <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2014 5:37 PM
>>>> To: <Magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>>>> Subject: [Magdalen] Safely home
>>>>
>>>>   I landed back safely in England Friday morning
>>>> <x-apple-data-detectors://44> after another enjoyable
>>>>
>>>>> trip to the USA.  Touchdown was ahead of schedule, but would have been
>>>>> earlier still had it not been for congestion at Heathrow necessitating
>>>>> a
>>>>> loop around.  I did manage to remember how to drive a stick-shift car
>>>>> but
>>>>> the temperature and the price of gas were unwelcome.  The latter had
>>>>> continued to fall while I was away but 1.209 GBP (about $2) a litre is
>>>>> very
>>>>> cheap here even if expensive by US standards.
>>>>>
>>>>> Having just got back my thoughts are naturally turning to "where
>>>>> next?".
>>>>> I am thinking of November 2015 so I would think not too far North but
>>>>> I am
>>>>> aware that there is a vast chunk of the USA I have not yet been to
>>>>> which
>>>>> hold new delights to explore.  I need to come up with a tentative
>>>>> itineraru
>>>>> before I visit my travel agent to organize it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Roger
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
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