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Thursday, September 30, 2010 Wednesday, September 29, 2010

And if I told you that we left this morning ... at 7:00! And yes, never 2 without 3! I confess that today I have the battery flat and saw the little face of my proteges, I am not alone in this case.

We gather all our courage to look at our best form against members of the club "Horizon Sunrise" which we took over in Grand Junction. It's time to get out fanfare for a new official presentation. We unroll our "script" that we master until, suddenly, the projector we loose. I run a few jokes in the round by offering an intermission with ice cream or chocolate as did the cinema ushers in memories of my little girl while Julien and Nicolas, always as responsive and effective rushing the recalcitrant machine to restore situation. The minutes passed and Linda took over the meeting by explaining the details of the visits she has organized over the city. When it begins to have serious toured the question, "Action Man" backed by "The Brain" doing a new miracle technique! Thank you boys! You are irreplaceable!

And quietly I take the presentation before we go to my team of chic and shock!


Oh! Have I explained that I have given a nickname to each member of the team? I do not think. Let's start by Julien: His unfailing pragmatism and ability to act quickly earned him the nickname "Action Man". Nicolas, meanwhile, thinks about everything and everything and usually opts for the precautionary principle, which earned him the nickname "The Brain" ie The Brain. Mary is a young girl smiling, always cheerful and bubbly as Champagne and for this reason it is our "Bubble Girl". In my case, research is underway nickname ... I think Action Man, The Brain and Bubble Girl m'affubler dare not a nickname. Is this a sign of respect? I really want to interpret it as such ...

back to our day: Around 9:00, we start with Linda because it is time for Mary and myself to pack. Our room looks like a battlefield and I can tell you that this is not a battle! We burst out laughing at the bewildered head of Julian (which is of course ready) when he discovers the extent of damage and shut our door, determined to turn our wands. And presto! In a jiffy, the case was settled. Finally, each has its own notion of "2 times 3 movements", is not it? The important is the result!

We bid farewell to Linda. Again we find that these moments are emotionally heavy. Rush, Linda's husband, will accompany us until our next step in a night: that we will join Montrose in about 1:30.

We arrive and are supported by a new team very friendly as usual. The luggage lockers and change we are embarked to visit the Black Canyon with our mischievous guide for the day, Tom Baird, a Rotarian for over 80 years as fresh as a roach!

The Black Canyon National Park is a 122-square miles which includes 19 miles of 77 miles of the canyon of the Gunnison River. This canyon is particularly deep and dramatic. It is named "Black Canyon" because its walls are made of schist and volcanic black is very dark when it is in the shade.

Tom has planned a lunch in the canyon, along the River. Comfortably seated, we discover the depths of her little basket ... Mexican pancakes stuffed with beef or chicken. A "Ranger" with us to answer our questions and we do discover places. His name is Kevin and speaks French with an African accent very surprising. He says he has learned our language while working in a park in Africa. It is very nice and do not take offense to our amused smiles every time he opens his mouth.

After 3 hours walk through the canyon, the beauty of the place is not enough to make me forget that I am shaved fatigue. I finally took refuge in the car for a nap become indispensable while Julien, Marie and Nicolas courageously pursue the visit which, in total, lasted more than 5 hours.

Tom brings us back to town to drink a beer while waiting for all host families are to go and we continue with a dinner at the restaurant. My accent is terrible now and my sentences are peppered with French words and even German, all forming a salad much like that of my neighbor's table. It really is time for me to not go to bed without having previously written the story of the day.

is with pleasure that I put a dot at the end of that last sentence . See you tomorrow!

Christine

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Another departure at dawn ... at 7:00! Tough!

Today I have a special program: I will spend the day in French class in high school in Grand Junction with pupils aged 14 to 18 and their teacher Mrs Cronk.

You will recall that I already had this experience in Colorado Springs and asked to repeat it. Like much contact with American teenagers. They are very open and curious.

The class begins with a prayer before the American flag, hand on heart. Americans are very patriotic and I once again demonstrated. Below are some ads we hear through the speakers whose classrooms are equipped. I smile thinking of the movie "Grease" with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John for those of my generation ... In fact, the moment I set foot in this school, I felt projected in this film. There is the same buzz in the hallways lined with lockers, the same laughs, the same drag ... And I walk like I'm invisible here with this strange sensation of being an alien landed on another planet. 30 years have passed and nothing has changed in the background except that young people are now all equipped with phones, they surf the web, they are addicted to facebook and skype ... I look amused and touched me and throw some peeps that intrigued me suggest that I do not have as much money in the setting I think. I could go for one of their teacher, but I'm obviously marked differently and I wonder: "Is that it shows that much that I'm French?".

Madam Cronk briefly introduce myself to her students and gives me the opportunity to lead the class. Very soon I'm seeing a forest of fingers raised and questions pop up: What you eat in France? What do you like America? What do you hate here? At what age can you drink alcohol and drive ? (Um not 2 at the same time I hope!) How much does the driver? Is it possible to hold hands or kiss in the streets of France? Is that homosexuals can marry? Can we approach people we do not know the street or their smile? Can we maintain friendly relations purely between boys and girls? Is it true that you take breaks of 2 hours for lunch? What sports do you?

The hours pass and the courses are repeated at full speed. When the bell rang, students instantly get up to run all join the class follows. Some come to see me to thank me and share a few impressions.

I find that in general they show a greater confidence that most French teenagers. They love their value counterparts. Ms. Cronk on his desk several small notes manuscripts submitted by students on which you can read how much they love him. They are both very open and respectful towards their teachers.

I also noticed that Americans are moving easily to the search solutions. When you ask something, they always try to give you satisfaction. I do not think I've heard "no" once. They give the impression that everything is possible. They display less "emotional" than we French are much less in the lament. They make quick choices (yes or no). They are on time to the minute (eg some classes start at 1:23 p.m.!). They start working earlier than us. Thus students begin at 7:45 am and adults can begin their day before 7:00. My foster parents go to bed around 21:00.

I finish the course in 14:45. The afternoon will be devoted to shopping with the whole team in the huge supermarkets that we want to discover such children in candy store!

Last minute information: Since the launch of this blog, we received over 1200 visits! Thank you all for your loyalty and interest that you wear.

Christine

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Monday, September 27, 2010

We leave at dawn, ie at 7:00 am for a breakfast with a newly formed club of twenty members: the "Palisade Sunrise Club. The Past-President, Holly Dewarwick speaks and announces the events of the week before we give voice to an informal presentation. We answer many questions about France, Paris and Strasbourg, our jobs, our families, etc. ... It was a good time for sharing as usual. I thank from my heart that my team is always ready to play with enthusiasm whatever the hour and the state fatigue.

We continue with a visit to a health care and rehabilitation. This is a kind of retirement home that welcomes a very diverse population. Indeed, some come as a result of physical trauma (falls, heart or lung problems ... etc) and follow a physical rehabilitation program in the room provided for that purpose. Others live because they can no longer remain in their homes because of their advanced age and even some psychiatric disorders. The rooms are scheduled for 2 people. Most patients are over-medicated and swallow up to 15 different medications a day. Staff Center of course follow the prescriptions of the residents and can not intervene in their treatment.

We leave in the wake visit the "Hospice Care Center." This is a non-profit hospice funded for the most part by donations as we see often since the beginning of our stay.
This facility employs 260 employees nearly 1,200 volunteers from the young to the retired. They provide patients with home required for maintenance of sick and elderly in their homes. They also have 13 suites worthy of a 5 star hotel which house those who will die until their death. He is terminally ill of any age or elderly. Another building is specifically reserved for children at the end of life. The company's philosophy is pragmatic: "Death puts an end to life. This is the final stage of life. It is not pleasant to contemplate, but no one escapes." The hospice does everything in place for this step to be taken with the greatest possible comfort and serenity for both the patient and his family. The rooms are designed so that the family can spend the night with a king size sofa bed and 2 chairs convertible to beds 1 seat each. Each also has a kitchenette with fridge and a large furnished terrace. In the Centre, families can also be installed in the living room or library. There is also a large kitchen for pizza party, for example, a media room, game room equipped with computers for children, a chapel, a spa bath, a laundry complete, a restaurant, a huge park etc. ... Coaching patients is optimal. And every member of the Community (translate resident of the city) can benefit from this ultimate luxury even though that can not afford. All this is made possible by donations collected each year from windfall members of that Community.

We put the finger on the American paradox. As you know, they may choose to pay individual health insurance, death, maternity etc. ... but have no obligation in this regard. Sometimes the employer offers such insurance for its employees. It is a major argument of recruitment. That said, when the employment contract is terminated, it applies to insurance contracts. From what we hear, they think their President Obama too liberal, and his popularity decline. They do not want to be forced to pay for medical care of others. This seems to be priori bit lacking in solidarity and egalitarian.

Yet many institutions exist and function through donations. This is the case of equestrian therapy centers we visited, many hospitals that we envy the super sophisticated equipment, retirement homes ... Donations amounting to millions of dollars per year per city.

I come to the conclusion that the people of Colorado (I can not speak for other places I do not know) do not want to be force for solidarity. They are free and wish to remain without the government gets involved. is a state of mind which surprised us greatly.

The afternoon is spent relaxing and young people go hiking in the mountains while I sit comfortably in the shade of trees at the foot of the ski lifts closed course. I turn on my laptop and ... O miracle, I have an internet connection, then the middle of nowhere! It's really
America!

In the evening, Linda and Claudia Boogart, President of the club that supports us and I decide to "repatriate" Mary at home with my lovely hostess. Pool and spa oblige ... ! Finally, the official version! Mary is now completely full and happy. All goes well for all of us and as always, "mom" watches over her cubs.

Christine

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We begin this morning by visiting the "St Mary's Hospital," ultra-equipped hospital offering magnificent 346 beds. We start with the aerial platform on the roof of the building on which sits a superb helicopter capable of carrying up to 4 wounded bedridden most of the nursing staff and of course the driver. We even have the opportunity to board. The icing on the cake, the team is called to an emergency and we witness the takeoff of the craft.

We turn next to the operating room in which we enter dressed as astronauts. Each operating room is equipped with television screens on which the steerable surgeons and their teams can see every detail without being looked at all the patient.

The tour continues through the storage room of bandages and medicines and the room cleaning and disinfection brand new and ultra modern.

We will then lunch in the cafeteria of the hospital, which offers more choice than satisfactory. We are pleased to discuss with our guide there, Carol Calacino, recruiter of doctors and a nephrologist Lebanese speak excellent French.

We then visit the local museum of prehistory. Yep, here too there were dinosaurs in the Jurassic era there is more than 150 million years! The bones and articulated scale reproductions of these monsters remind us all of the famous "Jurassic Park" by Steven Spielberg.

The day continues with a trip to the "Colorado National Monument, a kind of Grand Canyon at the edge of town. Again the wild is staged for all to enjoy.

Marie, Nicolas and Julien finish the evening with Ed, the host of Mary where they will swallow up pizza in front of a televised football game.

you tomorrow! Christine

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Sunday, September 26, 2010 Saturday, September 25, 2010

This morning we leave our hotel to get to Grand Junction, our next step.
We go to the station to catch a train to old steam a hundred years and we are airborne for 3 hours of incredible spectacle.

landscapes succeed, equally majestic and captivating each other. We cross the wooden bridges as can be seen in old westerns, walk along the rocky walls that we can touch in reaching out, overlook deep gorges in the hollow which agitated small streams. The yellow color of the trees stand out against the red cliffs and in the background of the set amount of snow-capped peaks. Splendid!

The train arrives at its terminus: Silverton, a small town seemed to come straight out of Hollywood studios. We expect to arise any time the Sheriff's corner with his spurs and his star, or to attend a brawl in the streets between armed cowboys. Only cars remind us that we are in the 21st century and not in the midst of the gold rush. Our guide there, Jana, invites us to take a picture dressed in period costumes and we play the game by choosing our attire. For Marie, it will be held saloon dancer, fishnet stockings, frilly skirt and a revolver. Julien and Nicolas choose a striped trousers, a vest and satin cowboy hats. They are perfectly the era of prohibition. Personally, I feel quite comfortable in leather leggings, a vest adorned with a sheriff's star and a long coat. We are armed to the teeth and pose serious air outside a bar authentic. The image is in sepia and I must say that the effect is here! What a team! Jana buys our photo to display in her living room. We are very proud. I hope that Julian will make a snapshot of the work so you can see it all online.

After this stop more than exotic, we continue our journey by car with Jana, club member Dean of Grand Junction. We cross the mountains and arrive in this new city, surprised to have left the Wild West.

Grand Junction is the largest city in western Colorado but still a nice small town of about 45000 inhabitants. the region is one of the sunniest of the United States (7th row of the 8 sunniest cities in the USA). It is also a renowned wine region with its well-exposed slopes.

The city name comes from the fact that this place meets two rivers: The Colorado River and the river Gunnisson. This city is also located in the center of a line between Denver and Salt Lake City. We are at 1400 meters.

We are greeted by members of clubs in the city gathered at Linda Romer Todd, who host me during my stay here. And presto! The countdown to the new "Barbecue party" very nice. Linda, a member of the club "Horizon Sunrise", is our coordinator on site. This is the first time this small club of about forty members supports the organization of the GSE program. Properly equipped by our CV and desiderata, Linda introduced us to the meeting and inform us the program of visits. I am pleasantly surprised by the professionalism with which the junior club does things. Again we will be spoiled and pampered.

The evening ended, everyone leaves with his new family home for a well deserved night.

Christine

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We here at half the trip! Today we are entitled to a rest day ...

Julien's family has organized a quad output to climb the highest mountains.

Nicolas and I turn first to have breakfast with Glenn and Mary, our hosts for the week. I said initially, Nicolas was staying with the President of the main club in Durango where he actually spent a night. He was very well received course. That said, the husband of the President is a cardiac surgeon and has a busy schedule as we can imagine and they have a baby 9 months. So they could not be present to bring home after Nicolas's first day of visit. Glenn and Mary, be my guest, then very kindly decided to repatriate him home for the rest of the stay. I personally ensure that my "flock" (not my Zouaves!) Are kept in optimum conditions. Indeed, housing is not limited to providing a room. The host family must be available so that we can have the quality required by the exchange program and can thus have the opportunity to discover a part of American culture, secondly to discover our own. This experiment enlighten me on the organization to implement when we receive next year the group of Colorado in our Rotary District. Little information for non-Rotarians, many of whom we read: Our district stretches from the Northern Alsace Franche-Comte up. It has 59 clubs over 2000 Rotarians.

back to our breakfast: We go to a bakery amazing. The fabrication shop is visible from the counter, the loaves are offered more appealing as each other and it's the same for all the croissants and pastries on display. The choice is difficult! We'll still be this difficult event and we install quietly at a table where we share our treasures with great reinforcement and miammmm hummm.

Our gustatory ecstasy was rudely interrupted by the untimely arrival of a fellow armed with a wand he brought down on our table without warning. Nicolas and I look up, mouths wide open to intruders. The latter, standing next to us and criticizing the eye, asks: "Where are you from?". We do not conduct large and a small voice answered "We're French." This place is it forbidden to French? We do not know what to think and expect the next burst ... The unknown continues with a slew of questions: How city in France are you from? You're there for how long? Which hotel are you staying? What is your room number? ... Oh my God, maybe we dealing with the immigration service!

Nay! We are actually in the presence of the bakery owner who, intrigued by our presence (we are apparently spotted at 100 sites around), trying to get to know his way. The baguette, excellent indeed, is a gift that soon to be followed by sweet and savory breads, cereals that tastes Nicolas wide-eyed and a walnut bread sliced ... We leave this famous bakery, not in handcuffs as we had first assumed but loaded with presents, compliments of Chef! Welcome to the Wild West!

Barely recovered from our emotions, we arrive at Eddy and Nancy, host of Julian. The quads are aligned in the driveway that leads to their beautiful and impressive log home nestled in lush forest. We have already understood from day one in the U.S., now is the time and after hours is more time. Everyone is busy, we tend Nancy hot sweats, gloves and hats that We put without discussion. The mornings are cool and we'll climb in altitude. The teams are divided on gear and before you even understand what happens to us, we go to the top.

Julien is currently driving a quad individual Nicolas is embedded in a 2-seater buggy and I'm in the back of an ATV driven by a funny lady blonde in mini shorts and cowboy boots ... I still can not realize what happens to us! The boys, meanwhile, smiling to the angels.

Maybe you wonder where Mary. Well learn that the lady in question sends into the air ... A thousand pardons for this naughtiness. More seriously, our Bubble Girl (I nickname gave him meaning "bubbly girl") was invited for a trip by private plane by the hosts and a couple of friends. She's gone fly over part of Colorado to near Monument Valley in Arizona ... Yet also incredibly memorable adventure!

As for us, we plunge into the forest still climbing and climbing to the top. Tis the season for "colors" and the trees are trimmed yellow, orange and ocher as if to seduce us and it won because we succumb to such beauty deployed. Some lakes of azure blue come to us in the eye and the sun rays redoubled nimba this fabulous setting of unparalleled brightness ...

And finally, the turning of a shoelace, looks a clearing. We are at 3500 meters above sea level! Everyone jumps on his machine and grabbed his backpack for a hike to a lake after which a picnic on grass is expected. Cautious and aware of my limitations, I warn an aside that I stay there with a good book. When I find myself only a few minutes later, I realize that the mountain is home to bear and we can not exclude the possibility of a visit to one of them. I decided to do a methodical search of the bags of vehicles to organize my possible survival. I can not find a hunting knife and a walking stick that I put beside me, ready to sell dearly my skin ... Bear!

2 hours later, my friends back. Phew! Bear certainly had other commitments and do not come to fight. I planned to make a nice nap but I had to stand guard all the time! Oh you can laugh! I liked seeing you there!

And we go down the mountain, giving us fun in the mud puddles as we pass through without slowing. Needless to describe our condition on arrival. In my case, my mud mask acted as a sunscreen and saved me a good sunburn, which was not the case of Nicolas who ended the trip as red as a lobster. Julien, meanwhile escaped with a slightly pink nose.

Nancy lent me his bathroom to shower, shampoo and blow dry human figure that gives me and we went to the famous Strater Hotel described above.

We join Mary who shows us some pictures from the sky and start looking for a pub to spend our "Durango Dollars". Indeed, our Rotary friends gave us $ 30 each in the form of vouchers to spend in the day and only in this city. This currency Local is designed to stimulate the economy of the city.

is around a burger (yeah, one more ...) we tell our adventures of the day .... and what a day!

Christine

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8h00: Visit Mercy Regional Hospital Center in Durango.
This is the most technologically advanced hospital in southwestern Colorado. We discover all the services and the rooms and it is clear that it's almost good to be sick here!

This also promotes local art and has one of the largest collection. Thus, each hallway and each room (82 in total, all en suite) are decorated with paintings, prints, sculptures and old photographs.

Regional Medical Center Mercy (Mercy Regional Medical Center) was created in 1882 by the Sisters of Mercy. They were then five in number to manage the business which is still a non-profit hospital.

Buildings and equipment are purchased and renewed through donations. This is the responsibility of raising funds made us proud to discover places. It

there to be proud! Among other sights, we visited the delivery room with bath for those who wish of course and also the mothers' rooms all furnished in wood and even the possibilities of alternative therapies such as massage, acupuncture, aromatherapy ... etc.

Change of scene for the following: We had lunch in a brewery and make the area around the tanks and bottling before tasting a sample of 5 different beers, all made on site with the greatest passion! After a round

downtown for a break of two hours, we go to the "Medicine Horse Center. This is an equestrian therapy center like the one we visited near Colorado Springs but smaller. This property is also funded by donations.

And it's time to send us to the place of the Rotary evening ahead. The room is packed, as usual, and we meet or find the Rotary Club of Durango the 3 of us eager to discover more. We unroll our presentation with enthusiasm. It is as if we were doing every time a small piece of theater and we've got a taste. It must be said our hosts are good audience and they laugh at our jokes or defects in pronunciation (especially mine!).
We leave in a warm embrace and we return to the last night in our host families.

Here ends my evening after a hot tub in the moonlight duly served with a delicious glass of red wine ... Paradise!

And Tomorrow: Day relaxing with our hosts who provided us discover the surrounding forests ...

Christine

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Friday, September 24, 2010 Thursday, September 23, 2010 Thursday, September 23, 2010

8h00: Departure to Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado where we spend the whole day.

This national park was created in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt in order to "preserve the works of man." This was the first national park of this type.

Mesa Verde is English for "green table". The Ancestral Pueblo people has made his home in the year 600 to 1300 or for 700 years. Today the site protects over 4,000 known archaeological sites including 600 cliff dwellings in the cliffs. This site is among the finest and best preserved of the USA.

The cave dwelling is present in an architecture consisting of different traditions to construct habitats underground or dug in the rock often limestone mountainside as is the case in Mesa Verde.

The rangers, translate "rangers" We asked if there was such archaeological sites in France. To their surprise we responded in the affirmative stating again "But You know, we're a year old continent" that is to say, "You know, we're an old continent."
For all our information, there are actually sites of cave dwellings in Anjou, Saumur and Touraine to mention only the main and we are also a number in Italy, Mali, Turkey, the Netherlands and China. Some of these houses are also still inhabited today. Their galleries are some in the culture of our famous mushroom of Paris and also serve wine cellar ...

Returning to this population wren Mesa Verde. It has not disappeared. Indeed, she migrated to southern New Mexico and Arizona and their descendants, the Pueblo, still live there today.

The park itself, it covers over 21,000 hectares and protects a wide variety of natural resources. For the fact is also a center for study of ecosystems. The climate is semi-arid. Geological formations visible date from the Cretaceous era, there are 90 million years.

The landscape is fabulous with its rocks and canyons on the backdrop of high snow-capped mountains. I think that Julian will put in the hours following a few pictures to help you enjoy the site.

In any case, we took it in his eyes!

you tomorrow! Christine

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This morning Nicolas and Julien had the opportunity to interview a cardiac surgeon and a specialist in medical implants. They found the time too short and rewarding those discussions.

We then went to join the club "Pine River Valley Centennial". This is one of 3 clubs Durango. Its membership is 20 members including 10 women. The proportion of women is common in the U.S. Rotary Clubs.

Imagine our surprise when arriving to meet Steve Berg, the District Governor and his wife Mary! Steve attaches enormous importance to the exchange program of studies and we were able to and now it already share our experiences and our greatest satisfaction with the organization and the investment made by all the clubs that have welcomed us.

Steve recalled a very natural and relaxed responsibilities of a governor in our International President Klinginsmith: first be a friend and then a coach to help each club in his actions to make final the world better.

Steve also explained that the study groups promotionnent peace in the world by promoting better mutual understanding of different cultures and ways of personal and professional functioning of each other. Each Governor may choose the country and the region with which it wishes to make the exchange. District 5470 GSE never achieved with France, Steve wanted, after having stayed in Alsace, the exchange during his governorship is done with us.

any Rotarian After this session, we went to visit the "Southern Ute Center of Ignacio. It is an Indian tribe: That of the Ute. Here, no teepees, far away ...

Some details about the Indian tribes: The U.S. now recognize their responsibility with regard to how American Indians were treated in the past, namely decimation of much of the population, theft of their land, parking survivors in camps ...

The U.S. government wants to "compensate" "Native American" has officially acknowledged the existence of 534 tribes that have their own government. However, every Indian is ultimately an American citizen. The American state, always with the aim to reform, supports almost all of the health costs of Native Americans, provides housing and provide for their education.

The Ute tribe we visited was open to all. We did a tour of the nursery school and its facilities and the gym available for $ 4 a day (or at nominal cost subscription). This very complete fitness center and high-tech offers all possibilities for sports (swimming, climbing wall, gym, aerobics classes of all types, basketball, tennis, football, cooking, dance etc. ... ). It features the most modern equipment including some never seen here. This sports center nonprofit aims to provide Native Americans the opportunity to have a healthier life. Of course, this center is also open to other ethnic groups present in the sector.

Stronger: The resort hotel-casino! We enter a room of slot machines worthy of those that can be found in Las Vegas. All casino games are here represented: Blackjack, roulette, poker etc. ... The huge hall game is a no smoking area yet and no smell of tobacco smoke irritating. Indeed, the ground is equipped with an ultra modern propulsion to air extractors placed high up. It must also be simultaneously broadcast a discreet and pleasant scent that we could collect finely. The resort also offers a bowling alley two dozen tracks, video games accessible to minors (while parents are in the playroom), a swimming pool, mini golf, fully equipped conference rooms where the floors, walls and ceilings amplify the voice of the speaker, restaurants and shops and rooms and suites are also equipped with latest equipment. A museum that will complement the complex is under construction. Of course, all tourists are welcome. For a good cause. Everything is designed here so that you can spend a good week without leaving it. The important thing is that you spend your money in the center and not elsewhere.

The living area of tourism in general, we had an overview today of American sales and marketing strategies and their fearsome effectiveness.

Good night!

Christine

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Wednesday, September 22, 2010 Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Monday, September 20, 2010

Yes, this place is fabulous and so much more than I expected at night. I live in a huge cabin in the woods in a "residential park" of about 100 houses, each with about 100 acres of land. I'm thrilled!

This morning we visited the Fort Lewis College in Durango. This is a university as you already know. It has the distinction of being in a setting of majestic mountains and forests. Students come from all four corners of the USA and abroad with about 20% of "native americans" translate "Indian".

And now discovering this new city in which we find ourselves: Durango is a town of about 16,000 people located almost 2000 meters of altitude. The city name comes from the Basque "Urango" meaning "City of Water". It was founded in 1880 and lives mainly on tourism.

Who said tourism, hotel and said we are fortunate to have lunch at Strater Hotel celebrates built in 1887 by a double minor title since Henry Strater was only 18 years and was working in gold mines. Now this hotel belongs to the family for 3 generations Barker. It is filled with antique furniture and museum pieces dating from the time of the gold rush. The waitresses in the restaurant does not fail to attract the attention of boys with their fishnet stockings, garters and corsets pigeons! We are right in the far west, for sure.

The afternoon is open for shopping and we find a great French bakery products bearing the name of his boss, Jean-Pierre and a fabulous chocolate. We stayed a good half hour before the window to admire a master chocolatier at work. We revisited the famous Pavlov's reflex ...

In late afternoon, everyone returns to spend a lovely evening with family.

Christine

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is the day of departure for us.
We spend the early morning to settle some routine business, to do some shopping bags and our practice before we travel to the club for 43 to Pueblo do our formal presentation.

This club has the number 43 because it was the 43rd open club in the world! Their Headquartered in an old chapel converted into a restaurant.

We are now well established. Julien and Nicolas install the projector, laptop and all equipment while Mary and I assist them morally

;-) The room is full and contains about 80 people. Each of us moves at a different table to get to know our hosts. Lunch is punctuated with announcements and presentations, then comes our turn. We proceed as before and are greeted with applause.

is time to leave our friends from Pueblo to get to Durango.
It is difficult all of us to say goodbye but as the song says, this is a goodbye and we keep in touch. Tonight, I have already received 3 emails and 3 emails from Pueblo Colorado Springs. We give the blog address and they follow us day after day, somehow, because I write in French as you notice.

The trip to Durango is about 6 hours. The landscape changes gradually as we move forward. We leave the arid plateau of Pueblo with temperatures around 40 ° C to enter more deeply into a mountainous and verdant. The fabulous landscape that we find is similar to what I saw in the Quebec region. The temperature drops a good fifteen degrees to become frankly very cool evening.

way, we stopped in Pagosa, in the woods in front of a beautiful log home to be greeted by new Rotary friends. The welcome is warm immediately, without protocol, relaxed. We'll meet the owner, Jody Mc Aliston, Rotary, Sharon (Rotary) and Chris Crump and Wayne Bodon also Rotarian who will accompany us after dinner in Durango. Despite the fatigue of the day, caught the mood, we converse herringbone. As always, the curiosity of both sides was at its height. We taste the fish and buritos lack suffocate us as the sauce is spicy, which of course raises the general hilarity.

8:00 p.m. rings and we start to regret exchanging business cards and promising to meet again. Durango is still 30 minutes away. The trip ends in the parking lot of a great hotel where we meet our host families, all present at the time the appointment. We transfer our luggage in the cars of each other and set off on our own duly provided the detailed program of the following days.

I am personally housed at Glen and Mary Sears, a couple in their seventies quite charming. We drove night and plunge us again and again deep in the woods, the road ending in a sort of track. It's night and I see nothing. We arrived after about thirty minutes before a stunning cottage. Mary Glen and I are visiting the main house and offer me an apple juice while we get acquainted. In the kitchen stands a picture of the cathedral of Strasbourg ... It is time to go to bed and I'm driving in the guest house totally available to me. Once alone, I go out onto the terrace to admire the nearly full moon which light filters through the canopy. I'm in the middle of a forest, I hear a hoot in the distance ... I savor this moment of intense peace and wait impatiently for the next day to discover this place that I imagine sumptuous.

Christine

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Kayak @ Pueblo Reservoir

Today we chose the activity sport that suited us best. Marie, Julien and Nicolas decided to go kayaking on the "tank" (lake) in Pueblo. They explained that the single kayaks were equipped with pedals to steer their boats, this in addition to the paddle. They returned enthusiastic as usual. It is a great pleasure for us all amazed to see their mines each day. Our American friends like surprises and we do seek to satisfy our every whim. They say: "Just ask and we'll make it Happened." We are in the country where anything is possible.

Personally, I preferred to try a session of golf on a 9-hole putting green beautiful what is very surprising in this arid region. I teamed with Betty Grant whom I met last Thursday and I wanted to see again. Betty has been 68 years and not 60 as previously announced, made a special 2-hour drive round trip to meet my request. Lou and Pam Foster boys, were the second team. They were all of the patience of a saint with the beginner I am, never failing to greet each of my shots yet very modest compared to theirs!

We finished the morning with a lunch at the restaurant terrace of the club with the whole team and everyone returned with his host family for an afternoon of relaxation and rest.

In the evening, I left Jeff and his wife to spend the last night in Pueblo at Holly and Doug who very kindly invited me home. Spaghetti bolognese and salad accompanied by Cabernet Sauvignon, exchange photos, ideas for the rest of our stay ... Holly will contact the leaders of our next steps for "making possible", as they say, some of my wishes. I say no more for now. This will be a surprise for you and my lovely team ...

I want to commend the exceptional dedication of our partner on Pueblo: Holly Hanson! A big thank you to her husband Doug who showed a remarkable availability.

Christine

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Football @ Pueblo University (CSU)

Saturday, a day of rest ... in theory ... No rest for the brave! Our guests are so keen to make us live up to experience and we absolutely enjoy every moment!

We start the day with a coffee in Boondock. Americans are accustomed to seek their coffee before work or whatever. It is even possible to get her to drink "drive in".

Today we are supported by the Assistant Governor George Small and his wife Sue.

Our next step is surprising: It is a French bakery with tea held by a Burgundian our host ceremoniously wearing his white cap. Bread and pastries are excellent and we enjoy our breakfast rocked by the incomparable voice of Edith Piaf.

George and Sue take us to The Royal Gorge Bridge. We come to you in a setting breathtaking blend of Grand Canyon and Golden Gate Bridge. Built in 1929, this suspension bridge is the highest in the world. Here are some figures: 387 meters long and 5 meters wide, with towers 46 meters high. It can support up to 900 tons. We've been through and felt his pendulum beneath our feet ...

Always looking for more emotion, the team decided to attempt a mad experiment: Flying the top of the mountain above the canyon arnachés and tied on a giant swing, I saw fly all three together over the abyss. I guess the adrenalin was significantly higher at this time.

Barely recovered from our emotions, George drove us to the gondola back to the other side of the canyon. Time for our next adventure was approaching rafting on the Arkansas River ... Marie, Julien and Nicolas were very enthusiastic. I was much less ... Finally I decided to "dive in" and hope that this is not the first sense of the word! And we are all embarked for 3.5 hours of rafting. It was unforgettable, wonderful, indescribable. The water had fortunately for me a very low level, which enabled us to alternate passages and those hectic lot quieter during which we could admire the miracles of Mother Nature. This descent has made me think of the movie "The River of No Return "with Marilyn Monroe I remember some hope.

I know my children, Virginia and Alexander reads this blog and I'm here for a break that promise now I will agree to go rafting with them. I have no excuses.

It was about 5:30 p.m. when we arrived at the Abbey Winery to taste a selection of local wines, they duly accompanied by cheese and bread . It was a moment of respite and greed that we enjoyed.

Finally, we returned to Pueblo where Holly was waiting for us to watch the football game the team of CSU (Colorado State University). Doug, Holly's husband made his connections so we can watch the match from the sidelines. Imagine orchestras, dancers, the charged atmosphere ... Another magical moment made in USA!

Christine

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9:00: We arrive at CSU (Colorado State University) Pueblo joined by Jeff, a professor of environmental sciences. We visited first the "solar fields" that is, their fields of solar panels covering 1.5 hectares and generate 1.1 megawatts per hour. The CSU is one of the 4 largest private producer of solar energy in the USA. For information, the largest producer generates 2 megawatts / hour. Awesome! It is also equipped with wind turbines.

Another extraordinary fact: The students wanted a "Student recreation center" whose total cost amounted to over 9 million. They have voted to fund the center for 5 years and pay about $ 200 per student per year for this purpose. Today the center's construction is complete but indicated that some have completed their studies before they can enjoy. A new wing is planned and will be funded from the same way. The leisure and sporting facilities are extraordinary and greatly value the university which trains over 5000 students per year for a city of about 100,000 inhabitants!

All specialties are available, mathematics, psychology through nursing school ... We visited in particular the wing dedicated to training engineers. The students have all the hi-tech equipment imaginable and also old machines for their tests and projects. Our guide emphasized the fact that here we want the students get their hands dirty instead of being frozen in theory.

We then move to a nursing school where we find a room with 3 bedridden size models on which students train. These models are breathing, drooling, bleeding, watery ... Their retina reacts to light and you can feel their pulse. They frighten us with a little realism. Each costs $ 65 000! From the control room computer, teachers can simulate all the symptoms that students must then analyze to make a nursing diagnosis. The degree is awarded after 2 years against three years of study in France. Students may extend for two years for additional teachers or health managers and a further 2 years to be able to prescribe medications.

It is lunchtime and we will join Holly in a kind of typical saloon where we taste the famous "sloppers", a sort of open hamburgers in two parts and bathed in a spicy sauce hyper, all with chips say French and a huge glass of beer that should raise both hands so it is heavy! ... Yes, diet is not the program!

After this frugal breakfast, we leave to visit a ranch about 30 miles from Pueblo. We drive in huge displacements higher than the greatest of us. The brands of cars are the same as in France: Ford, Toyota, Nissan etc ... but models for the U.S. market are very different. They are well-conditioned course, fortunately, since temperatures in Pueblo and surrounding area is between 30 and 40 ° C with an extremely dry air.

We drive across landscapes such as those you see in westerns with John Wayne: low vegetation and rare, cracked earth, blazing sun and no chance to find shade, hills behind which lurk certainly Indians ready to attack !

Ranch Betsy is huge. It stretches over 4500 hectares or about 9000 football pitches. Our eyes are not able to see the boundaries that lie beyond the horizon line. Betsy is a "cowgirl" of 70 years. We're seeing a big step agreed with his jeans and his belt, his boots, his shirt and hat. It takes us in his 4x4 in the middle of pastures and hundreds of cows there. In the ranch totaled 900 cows and calves for meat and 25 horses. Betsy, her husband and two employees are running the business for 30 years.

is the end of the afternoon we visit the magnificent chalet Holly and Doug Hanson, a place they call "the shack". We all fall under the spell of this "home sweet home" hidden in lush forest furnished with leather sofas placed on its floor covered with wooden slats cowhides. Holly decorated the house of his dreams (and ours) with a good taste in the smallest details. Doug gets the barbecue while we are testing the "horse shoe": He is throwing a horseshoe and get as close as possible to a stake, even for the most gifted of the wrap around. Marie, Julien and Nicolas are having a field day and surprise their guests with dexterity ... or luck? All our host families are invited and we chat with gusto an excellent glass of Cabernet Sauvignon in hand enjoying a few pieces of cheese served as an appetizer. Doug
wonder what I would cook for my piece of beef fillet (size of a hallucinating) and informs me that in the U.S., they are 5 cooking modes between "blue" and "well done".
tasting meat that leaves us open-mouthed. We exchange glances between French aback: none of us has ever eaten such meat such tenderness, such a flavor! We do know that Doug shows affected by the compliment and we used a second as huge as the first and that we enjoyed to the last atom! The American Pie performed by Holly Berry and served for dessert finished our stomachs ready to explode!

Thanks Holly and Doug for this wonderful evening!

Christine