Comments on: Quick photo update on the gap year trip… http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/the-raving-writer/quick-photo-update-on-the-gap-year-trip/ my progress as I write, revise, send to my editor, re-revise, fact-check, galley-read, and promote a multi-volume history of the world. While living on a farm, educating my kids, and teaching. And doing a few other things too. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:35:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Sahamamama http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/the-raving-writer/quick-photo-update-on-the-gap-year-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-88338 Sahamamama Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:58:10 +0000 http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/?p=1446#comment-88338 Just to get an idea of the SIZE of these things, Google "sausage fruit," then click on images. They are HUGE! No wonder there's a sign. They're lethal. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://ugandaninsomniac.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/mr-sausage-and-i.jpg&imgrefurl=http://ugandaninsomniac.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/stuck-with-my-sausage/&usg=__2KqMHeW8JjfnxX0mNkiAcVL6iwI=&h=800&w=600&sz=103&hl=en&start=12&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=poC6uyDXXkljpM:&tbnh=143&tbnw=107&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsausage%2Bfruit%2Btree%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26tbs%3Disch:1 Just to get an idea of the SIZE of these things, Google “sausage fruit,” then click on images. They are HUGE!

No wonder there’s a sign. They’re lethal.

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]]> By: Sahamamama http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/the-raving-writer/quick-photo-update-on-the-gap-year-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-88332 Sahamamama Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:23:07 +0000 http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/?p=1446#comment-88332 Africa is life-changing, at least it is if you go when you're young. Good luck, Chris! You're on an amazing journey. Africa is life-changing, at least it is if you go when you’re young. Good luck, Chris! You’re on an amazing journey.

]]> By: polly http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/the-raving-writer/quick-photo-update-on-the-gap-year-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-88323 polly Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:08:08 +0000 http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/?p=1446#comment-88323 Love that last photo especially! Funny. The gap year is such a great idea. I went to college--W&M!--when I was 17, and I do think it was a bit young. I wish I'd thought of deferred admission and doing something else for a year, but it was go-go-go-go for me back then. Of course--my grandmother went to college at 16 and graduated at 19! But, times were different in the 1930s! Love that last photo especially! Funny.

The gap year is such a great idea. I went to college–W&M!–when I was 17, and I do think it was a bit young. I wish I’d thought of deferred admission and doing something else for a year, but it was go-go-go-go for me back then.

Of course–my grandmother went to college at 16 and graduated at 19! But, times were different in the 1930s!

]]> By: Alice http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/the-raving-writer/quick-photo-update-on-the-gap-year-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-88310 Alice Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:42:22 +0000 http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/?p=1446#comment-88310 My 3 yr old spends much of the day pretending to be a monkey. He was standing beside me when I clicked on this page from your other blog and thinks these pictures are about the coolest things ever. My 3 yr old spends much of the day pretending to be a monkey. He was standing beside me when I clicked on this page from your other blog and thinks these pictures are about the coolest things ever.

]]> By: A Daring Adventure http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/the-raving-writer/quick-photo-update-on-the-gap-year-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-88308 A Daring Adventure Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:58:50 +0000 http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/?p=1446#comment-88308 Thank you so much, Susan! Those are awesome pictures! I have to say that my favorite of the set is the last photo. What a great, funny photo. LOVE it! Thank you so much, Susan! Those are awesome pictures!

I have to say that my favorite of the set is the last photo.

What a great, funny photo. LOVE it!

]]> By: Heather Q. http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/the-raving-writer/quick-photo-update-on-the-gap-year-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-88307 Heather Q. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:08:38 +0000 http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/?p=1446#comment-88307 That is so cool! The concept of a gap year is what gives me comfort when I think of my two boys who are on the young end of the spectrum for their grade and will not be 18 until the summer they graduate high school. Sending a 17/18 yo boy off to a dorm and expecting him to study and act maturely seems like the height of insanity/naivety to me. It looks like he is having a memorable time! That is so cool! The concept of a gap year is what gives me comfort when I think of my two boys who are on the young end of the spectrum for their grade and will not be 18 until the summer they graduate high school. Sending a 17/18 yo boy off to a dorm and expecting him to study and act maturely seems like the height of insanity/naivety to me.

It looks like he is having a memorable time!

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