November 28, 2010

September 14, 2010

Our Next Adventure!

July 3, 2010

Follow the Traveling Chicken on Facebook!

Many of you know that we tend to travel with a plastic chicken and then take pictures of him in front of various landmarks (it's not just us - it's L's whole team @ work who does this). Our chicken now has his own page on Facebook! So...become a fan and follow his travels. The whole thing is sort of like Flat Stanley, but only with a plastic chicken.

It all started at a retirement party in '07. A few dozen chickens were purchased as table centerpiece decorations. Afterward, there was a lot of plastic poultry left over. So now, anytime a team member travels to somewhere exotic (like Italy, Africa or Spokane) the chicken comes along & gets his picture taken in front of various landmarks, etc.

Follow The Traveling Chicken's adventures across the globe. Along the way, he may be kidnapped by tourists, chewed on by dogs, pecked at by pigeons or crunched in the baggage terminal.


April 29, 2010

Trouble Viewing Pictures??? Here's Plan B

Over the past day or so a few of you have mentioned that you have not been able to view some of our embedded photo albums. This seems to be a new issue with Picasa (web program we use to upload pictures to) and it seems to mostly involve those who use Internet Explorer. Things seem to work just fine in Firefox or Safari. After looking at the Picasa tech support boards it seems as though some believe that the current fix involves something between turning around quickly 3 times during a blue moon with your eyes closed or lots of praying to strange idols...um, OK...

The Picasa folks will figure it out. Until then, here's our "fix." If you are having difficulties viewing any of our South American photo albums when you click on them then try clicking on these links instead:
This should work. Let us know if you continue to have problems.

Jamaica, the Sequel

Ok, so for those of you who have either followed our travels for some time or have done a decent job of stalking this blog may already know that Jamaica is not one of our top 10 places to visit (the violence, the locals begging for tips @ every turn, our hurricane experience, etc). Well, the ship stopped in Ocho Rios. We got off the ship & spent some time in port. We survived.

Click on the image below to view pictures from our time in Jamaica:
Jamaica 2010

If you have difficulties viewing the pictures from the album above, click on this link instead: http://picasaweb.google.com/lori.soderberg/Jamaica2010?authkey=Gv1sRgCNm1yuT3htaQyAE&feat=directlink

April 27, 2010

Panama Canal - The Educational Post


We traveled through the Panama Canal last week! We did this back in 2004 from the Caribbean Sea to Pacific Ocean. This time we are going through in the opposite direction (Pacific to Caribbean). It took our ship all day to completely go through the canal. Below is a map of where we were.
Exactly how does the Panama Canal work? Click on the links below to view brief animations of a ship traveling through the canal & of the locks:
 Click on the image below to view pictures from our recent transit through the Panama Canal:

Panama Canal '10
Having trouble viewing this album? Click on this link instead & then select the album of your choice:
http://electricpassport.blogspot.com/2010/04/trouble-viewing-pictures-heres-plan-b.html

April 22, 2010

Costa Rica - Time in the Rainforest

Click on the image below to view pictures from our time in Costa Rica.
Costa Rica
Having trouble viewing this album? Click on this link instead & then select the album of your choice:
http://electricpassport.blogspot.com/2010/04/trouble-viewing-pictures-heres-plan-b.html