Day 0 Introduction

Day 0 Introduction 

Today will be the day for the introduction of this blog. 
Another trip: another blog.  It's my FIFTH travel blog!  
--I created my first one in May of 2010 when I took a group of Grenoble's Université Inter-Ages du Dauphiné students to the Far West, California and the National Parks.  http://uiadfarwest1.blogspot.fr  
--The second one was for our trip to Louisiana in May of 2015.  http://uiadinlouisiana.blogspot.fr 
Then came June 2017 and June 2019.   I have just returned from a trip with students to The American Southwest. 

The blog is my way of preparing the students who will be taking the trip and at the same time sharing the trip with others who can "travel" in front of their computers as we all discover a little information about our destination....in ENGLISH!

2017 was a trip to Wyoming with a group of 30 students, many of them learning English at UIAD.   We were in four states, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota and Utah.  It was such a fantastic trip that I decided to do it again this year, 2019, with another group!

This is Day 0, the introduction.  For now, I'm asking you to first go to the Louisiana blog to read the last entry which I wrote on May 9th, 2016.  A good transition from Louisiana to Wyoming.
It's a little long, with a Voice of America (VOA) link to read.  You have time; it's summer vacation now!
  
So, Day 1, tomorrow, will be (D-62); Day 2 will be (D-61) and so on until the day we leave on September 7th.  That means we have 62 days of preparation, and IN ENGLISH!

Beginning on July 7th, every day you can come to this blog for little bits of information about the places we are going to visit.

So come and join us!  Sometimes just a few sentences. Sometimes a paragraph.  Sometimes more.  Sometimes very easy English. Sometimes a little more complex. Sometimes I'll give you a site you can go to for more information. Sometimes you can read; sometimes you can see photos; sometimes you can listen.  Just click on the links I give you.

Using your English to discover Wyoming, Yellowstone, The Grand Tetons, South Dakota and the Badlands, and much more.

A trip for everyone.

My best,
Jane
PS  Just click on the links to the other blogs to open them.  You can "travel" there too if you like!
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--Vocabulary: and so on = http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/and%20so%20on

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