Current Map Events (No. 32 act. 1 and 2)

My Hypothethical question: Volunteer to research mammals

Try going to Http://maps.google.com and type in "volunteer vacation research mammals"

There are some really great sites. I particularly like Earthwatch--they have volunteer opportunities in Scotland and Greece to help with research on whales and dolphins.

The image you see is the Zuni-Bandera Volcanic Field in western New Mexico. It is the easternmost potentially active volcanic field in the United States. I like maps, but the incident maps kind of freak me out. (I, kind of, don't want to know.) It is nice to have a reference of maps for different circumstances, which might come in handy for school projects.

Relocating with Online Maps (no. 33 Act. 1 and 2)

I have scoured har.com for the perfect house (and a ton of individual real estate pages as well) and I am just not happy with what I find. The pages themselves yield almost enough information to make at least the most basic decision (the I wouldn't live here if they paid me to buya house here or I have got to go see this one) regarding the house. I just don't like the neighborhoods that have houses for sale. I know most of the ones either by reputation or because I have driven and been overwhelmed by the cars that crowd the streets.

I tried all three of the sites listed and I liked har.com the best. The urban living one had so many cabo san lucas, tx or orlando tx listings that it was just unreal. or only four listing to a page where on har.com you would get more houses to explore. Plus it was fairly easy to adjust the criteria I was searching with. I would reccommend this site above others.

I also tried the walking score site. I liked how easy it was to use, but heavens, it was depressing. Nothing is really within walking distance of the house I live in or the house I want to live in.

This is some of what I found around the house I live in now; Grocery Stores0.8 Mi
Country Market 1 Mi Creeks Grocery1.05 Mi Time Saver Food Sto1.1 Mi
Snappy Mart1.24 Mi Angel's Gas & Groce1.37 Mi Gerland's Food Fair1.37 Mi
Gerland's Food Fair2.66 Mi Jack's Grocery IncRestaurants0.87 Mi
Country Pride Resta 1.09 Mi El Rio Mexican Rest1.1 Mi Backdraft Bar-Be-Qu1.12 Mi
Jose's Mexican Rest1.26 Mi Subway Sandwiches &1.32 Mi Sonic Drive-In1.37 Mi
Jack In the Box1.43 Mi Domino's PizzaCoffee Shops3.36 Mi Starbucks 4.39 Mi
Starbucks4.46 Mi Starbucks4.7 Mi Victoria's Gourmet 5.61 Mi Starbucks Coffee Co7.44 Mi Mexican Cafe Comala8.43 Mi Shipley Donuts9.52 Mi Beyond Latte LLCBars1.24 Mi
Sunset 2.47 Mi Dimes4.07 Mi Bob & Jean's4.12 Mi Don's Place4.93 Mi Besaw's Cafe & Salo4.95 Mi N Main Ice House5.39 Mi Sheldon Road Ice House 5.6 Mi up's Sports Club Cinema IV 3.15 Mi Premiere Cinema11.11 Mi
Highlands Jr High 1.03 Mi Nena's Child Care1.28 Mi Highlands Elementar1.34 Mi Chinquapin School T1.42 Mi Bonnie P Hopper Pri1.42 Mi Hooper Primary1.42 Mi Goose Creek School 2.16 Mi Baytown Junior SchoParks1.01 Mi Highlands Park 1.34 Mi
Edna Mae Washington1.39 Mi Kaminski Park1.74 Mi Highland Community 1.74 Mi Stratford Park1.97 Mi Stratford Library 4.52 Mi Exxon Corporation L4.72 Mi San Jacinto Museum 6.03 Mi Sterling Municipal 6.34 Mi Fina Oil & Chemical7.05 Mi North Channel Libra20.83 Mi Houston City Aviati22.59 Mi Liberty Muni LibrarBookstores3.14 Mi Waldenbooks
4.92 Mi Anchor5.04 Mi

I also found a site that are specific to Highlands (which is where I live and where I plan to build at some point in the future. http://www.highlandstexas.com/
There was also a wiki article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlands,_Texas and some sites related to organizations and businesses in town.

My Life in Maps (No. 31)

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My life in maps
I have added most of my Texas life. Places I have been. Places I enjoy. It's not complete in any way, but it is kind of fun to touch all the places one has been and think about how they have affected me.