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cowboy boots, belt buckles, and country dancing

So my time at home has flown by, and it's just about time for me to leave again! I leave tomorrow morning, bright and early, to head down to DC. Friday will be filled with sailing, hopefully. I'd better bring sunscreen, or I'll get to EFY as a tomato. I haven't done much since I've been home. I worked a total of 4 hours at Hannaford...that'll be a small paycheck tomorrow, though I won't get it for 3 1/2 weeks. I did some painting projects at the Youngs', though, which has been helpful to my financial state! They're great people, so it was fun to hang out and catch up with them too. It's always better to work for people you like! I've attended the Singles Ward a couple times, and it's great to see old friends and make new friends! I'm looking forward to going there weekly in August and the fall. I really love that ward, and I'm glad to be back! Other than that...oh, I've taught Steven and Michael some country danci...

Alaska, there I went!

My, how time flies. First off, the collection of about 200 photos can be found here . This is not nearly all the photos I took, but some of the best and most relevant. An overview. on May 14th, Mom and I hopped on the train in Boston, and took it to NY. There we visited with my grandparents for a bit, and stayed the night at their place. We got up early the next morning and hopped on another train to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I've been on that ride before, at least as far as Buffalo. From there we went a different route than the Lakeshore goes. We went through Niagara Falls, stopping at Niagara Falls, NY, and then Niagara Falls, ON. Border crossing was simple; we had our passports. We did see the mist from the Falls as we crossed the river, so that was sweet! We got into Torono aroudn 7:30, I think, and then had to find our way to the hostel we had reservations at. Well, unbeknownst to us, they had changed our reservations to a different building. They'd sent t...