tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:48:25 +0000Life after the PCT... aka, just life.http://www.stevelovesjane.com/noreply@blogger.com (LandShark/Steve)Blogger232125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862.post-7794628564361176380Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:56:00 +00002009-12-16T23:56:16.142-08:00As I enjoy the sounds of family in the next room, I wonder how it is that we can consistently fail to conclude our adventures on this blog. The only consistent thing is inconsistency.Erin B, everyone is proud of your A+, particularly in a class with such a progressive bent.http://www.stevelovesjane.com/2009/12/erin-this-one-is-for-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LandShark/Steve)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862.post-3078553386977685854Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:09:00 +00002009-10-05T23:22:29.880-07:00When last we posted, we were about to add my dad to our hiking fellowship. He made it 3 and a half days on the pace we were setting before blisters and a snail´s pace forced him to sacrifice his chances of finishing so we could finish. He got to rest and relax and be a tourist while the rest of us pushed on.A few days ago, with Dad still with us, we passed through some beautiful hills before http://www.stevelovesjane.com/2009/10/rain-in-spain-falls-mainly-in-galicia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LandShark/Steve)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862.post-9000812062826832986Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:40:00 +00002009-09-28T10:51:09.267-07:00Mom joined us today and she kicked our butts. We spent 30 minutes today trying to make up 100 yards on her at one point. I couldn´t make myself go any faster. Today we lived the life of a PCT thru-hiker´s dream...hike into town, eat, hike into another town, eat. It has been determined there will be no weight left behind in Spain :(Dad has made it to Madrid (an achievement, believe me) and willhttp://www.stevelovesjane.com/2009/09/astorga-to-foncebadon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LandShark/Steve)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862.post-4198101791762864375Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:34:00 +00002009-09-27T12:41:40.659-07:00We made it! We left Leon yesterday after a long day of travel, and on our second day of hiking, we hiked our first 30 (kilometers that is!!). Stayed the night at a charming hostel in Villar de Mazarife and rolled into Astorga today at 3 p.m. after putting in 19 miles, where we met Steve´s mom. She was delayed in New York, so didn´t hike the first leg with us. Steve´s dad will meet us two dayshttp://www.stevelovesjane.com/2009/09/leon-to-astorga.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caterpillar/Jane)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862.post-6874804572937806267Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:55:00 +00002009-09-24T14:56:56.383-07:00Here come LandShark & Caterpillar! We are celebrating the one year anniversary of finishing the PCT by hiking 200 miles of the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain. And the best part, we're dragging mama and papa LandShark with us!We will have limited to no Internet, so this could be our only post. It feels good to have the packs on again!Adios amigos!http://www.stevelovesjane.com/2009/09/watch-out-spain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caterpillar/Jane)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862.post-4281846924079929581Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:39:00 +00002009-08-14T06:39:54.955-07:00<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>http://www.stevelovesjane.com/2009/08/albania.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LandShark/Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862.post-6324250222774290358Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:22:00 +00002009-08-11T21:22:57.853-07:00I felt a large presence as I walked in the front door tonight, so I got a flashlight. This is the black widow that was hanging a foot from my door. Can you see his red belly reflecting in the light? Scary!http://www.stevelovesjane.com/2009/08/my-doorman.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caterpillar/Jane)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862.post-364950735739285241Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:29:00 +00002009-08-09T03:30:42.214-07:00This is Luke. He's our American friend who we've been hanging out with this week. It's generally agreed that this nineteen year-old from Minneapolis is eye candy for all the ladies, Albanian and American.He's also a nice guy.I am going up to the mountains today for the rest of our trip and will be out of contact during that time. I got a little sick last night, bit I'm feeling better and http://www.stevelovesjane.com/2009/08/well-end-with-something-pretty.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LandShark/Steve)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862.post-4397078447837106570Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:36:00 +00002009-08-07T22:38:59.384-07:00As promised, here's a picture of Jaji's garden. The church office building is the two story building on the right.In my first Albanian language lesson, I learned, or tried to learn, the 36 letters of the Albanian alphabet. Jaji is technically spelled "Xhaxhi" and while the letter "gj" also seems to make a j sound, the Albanians insist it is a different sound entirely. The "j" makes a y soundhttp://www.stevelovesjane.com/2009/08/jajis-garden.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LandShark/Steve)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862.post-8879219712017566348Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:00:00 +00002009-08-07T14:30:14.099-07:00To keep you from knowing the horror of the dusty storage areas, here'sa pleasant picture of Erin from our coffee break at Don Cafe thisafternoon. Three double-espressos and two sodas=$3.50. We loveAlbania. Did I say this already? Anyway, here's the best story of the day. Erin and Kaiser had to cleanout a tool closet filled with dust, rat poo, and rat poison.Eventually, I replaced Erin in this jobhttp://www.stevelovesjane.com/2009/08/more-dust.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LandShark/Steve)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862.post-1777475105989605928Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:49:00 +00002009-08-07T14:28:32.700-07:00We live in a big house with two kitchens. The Stoscher house is bigbecause it was originally purchased to be an orphanage. The orphanagedidn't work out so it serves as family and guest quarters. The photo hereis from the downstairs kitchen where we gather for meals and where Imake the coffee every morning. Look closely and you can see the family gardens of each property.Albanians are amazing http://www.stevelovesjane.com/2009/08/kitchen-view.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LandShark/Steve)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862.post-7261095930999989985Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:30:00 +00002009-08-07T14:26:19.044-07:00Until 2 weeks ago, I hadn't played volleyball in several years.Volleyball was my main sport in high school and college, and when Iplayed on the beach in Santa Cruz two weeks back, I realized how muchI missed it. Then God provided a camp where I'd get to play an hour a day for aweek on a low net against less capable opponents. It makes myextremely rusty skills look good. Even Sam and George are http://www.stevelovesjane.com/2009/08/volleyball.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LandShark/Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862.post-5137843839004569320Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:12:00 +00002009-08-07T14:25:09.788-07:00This photo shows the difference between the new roof sections and whatthey once looked like. Our attic is in the arched ceiling building.The main building at camp (kitchen, dorms, large meeting room,computer lab and office space) is maybe 80 yards long. The building and land around the camp was originally purchased so thechurch could serve 1000 Kosovar refugees that made Erseke a temporaryhome http://www.stevelovesjane.com/2009/08/old-and-new-roofs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LandShark/Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862.post-8977176881902279155Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:48:00 +00002009-08-07T14:23:57.011-07:00Last night we learned a little more about our attic. Once upon a time,all the top floors at camp had arched roofs. About six years ago,money came in to redo a section of roof and remodel the top floor.Then last year the next section of roof was completed. What we'reclearing out will become a new large meeting room, and it will alsobecome insulation for the floor of dorm rooms below, thus making http://www.stevelovesjane.com/2009/08/attic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LandShark/Steve)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862.post-1864498414401867481Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:16:00 +00002009-08-07T14:22:47.479-07:00Today was much the same as yesterday on the work front. We moved stufffrom here to there. Translating, helping, and generally telling uswhat to do are (from right to left) Simon, Arnold and Cleo. Simon is supposed to be the best English speaker but he's the quietestof the three. This afternoon, I learned he is quite good at volleyball. Arnold works non-stop and is the biggest jokester of the http://www.stevelovesjane.com/2009/08/our-taskmasters.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LandShark/Steve)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862.post-2512750468017743680Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:52:00 +00002009-08-07T14:21:05.250-07:00Today we began our work project which is really just clearing a huge attic and moving it 75 yards down the road to another attic. Eventually, this attic we're emptying will have the ceiling knocked out and the whole thing will be remodeled. I just asked George for an estimate on the size of the attic. He says 40x100 feet, and imagine a hot, dusty space that size filled, FILLED, with useful and http://www.stevelovesjane.com/2009/08/more-exhaustion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LandShark/Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862.post-4572389391557087276Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:27:00 +00002009-08-02T13:28:01.739-07:00The PCLG Albania team made it to Erseke, Albania about 24 hours ago and we've been having fun/recovering ever since. We haven't done any "official" work yet, but we did spend today playing with the Stoscher kids and helping in the kitchen on preparation for a wedding. Ruthie Stoscher was quite stressed today. It was hectic. We escaped to playing four square when we could.The picture shows http://www.stevelovesjane.com/2009/08/we-made-it-but-were-tired.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (LandShark/Steve)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862.post-3295550367064001902Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:23:00 +00002009-07-18T13:24:02.025-07:00After the NBC studio tour at Rockefeller Center, we met up with Ralph, Krissy and beautiful 9-month old Isadora, who we were meeting for the first time. They took a train in from Pennsylvania to meet us for the afternoon. It was great to see them after so long and wonderful to finally meet Izzy - she is as adorable as the picture portrays.http://www.stevelovesjane.com/2009/07/afternoon-with-friends.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caterpillar/Jane)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862.post-3203190797859650292Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:25:00 +00002009-07-18T06:25:44.185-07:00Erin is a little addicted.http://www.stevelovesjane.com/2009/07/we-love-our-morning-dunkin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caterpillar/Jane)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862.post-4953786356080694244Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:49:00 +00002009-07-17T22:49:10.065-07:00We drank Dunkin Donuts coffee, rode a double decker bus, went shoppingin SoHo, roamed around Central Park, almost saw Robert Pattinson (andstayed around an extra 20 minutes just to see if he would come backout of the building), enjoyed a lovely dinner with Laura and hercharming boyfriend Andrew in Hell's Kitchen, and topped it all offwith a stroll through Times Square. This is us with the brighthttp://www.stevelovesjane.com/2009/07/our-day-in-new-york.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caterpillar/Jane)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862.post-3488405931158902612Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:29:00 +00002009-07-07T16:32:01.580-07:00This is the food selection my pregnant co-worker just got out of the vending machine. Too good (and gross) not to share.http://www.stevelovesjane.com/2009/07/prego-menu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caterpillar/Jane)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862.post-7335075668888453194Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:33:00 +00002009-07-04T11:34:06.498-07:00http://www.stevelovesjane.com/2009/07/happy-birthday-america.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caterpillar/Jane)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862.post-5855324437701669116Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:06:00 +00002009-06-14T23:06:54.830-07:00This is the bouquet he made for me out of the flowers in our garden.http://www.stevelovesjane.com/2009/06/why-my-husband-continues-to-amaze-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caterpillar/Jane)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862.post-7590853270242043770Sat, 30 May 2009 05:03:00 +00002009-05-29T22:08:28.723-07:00Three words - go see it.Preferably in 3D. It's pretty darn amazing.http://www.stevelovesjane.com/2009/05/movie-review-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caterpillar/Jane)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128862.post-1431302594251865076Sun, 03 May 2009 04:22:00 +00002009-05-02T21:22:45.762-07:00Tony busts out the big guns for our evening of dinner and Yahtzee. Mother's - we will miss you!http://www.stevelovesjane.com/2009/05/last-bag-of-mothers-ever.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Caterpillar/Jane)7