Every time I watch my girls perform, I marvel at their talent and appreciate the long hours they have spent with their coaches, instructors and mentors to get ready for these events. I’m proud of all the girls out there, actually! It’s impossible for me to watch one of these performances without a smile on my face!

If you would like to see other performance, you can visit our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/ourwildfamily.

Enjoy!

This is one of the greatest choir experiences I’ve ever witnessed in my entire life. Period.

I’ve had the pleasure of watching my daughter’s perform in many choirs. I am often brought to tears as I watch them share their passion with the audience.

In July of 2011, my daughter Sommer and I had an opportunity to travel through 7 European countries in 16 days as part of the Northern Ambassadors of Music Tour.

The choir is a combination of students from North Dakota and Montana and was directed by Larry Swingen.

This song, “Oh Lord, Please Hear My Prayer” by Moses Hogan was always the highlight song for me. I was moved to tears each and every time I heard it. This recording was from the St. Oswald’s Church in Seefeld, Austria.

I am grateful that I could be there to witness this.

If you would like to see other performances from this concert, you can visit our YouTube.com channel at www.youtube.com/ourwildfamily.

During our July trip to Europe in 2011, Sommer and I had a lot of chance to see some amazing scenery on our coach (driven by “The Amazing Alfred”). We even had chances to hold our breath from the beginning to end of each tunnel. This became an increasing challenge in the alps as the tunnels could stretch out over a mile or more.

Then we hit a NINE MILE tunnel on our way to Innsbruck, Austria! Here it is in all its glory, only instead of the 12+ minutes it actually took us to navigate it, we are going to let you experience it in only one minutes.

What’s the longest tunnel you have ever experienced? Leave your comments below!

Today we started with a French continental breakfast that was a big hit with many. French bread and pastries were the highlight.

We boarded the coach and marveled as Super Alfred took on the Paris drivers!

We are in Paris on Bastille Day so we waited until after the parades to head out. By the way, the fireworks display last night was epic! Most of the shops will be closed today, so shopping will be limited.

We headed to the world famous area Montmartre. This is where some of the world’s most famous artists (Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso, etc) made a name for themselves and were inspired to create the works that inspired the rest of the world. Continue Reading…

Today was a travel day. We had to have our luggage down to the coach for loading at 5:20am!

We drove down to the White Cliffs of Dover. It was great to see them again. We boarded the P&O ferry for the two hour trip across the English Channel. The white caps were out today and the ride was a sea-sickness nightmare for many adults and kids. I typically don’t get sick from boats, but it was rocky enough to make me stay close to a bathroom at all times.

We arrived in Calais, France and moved out clocks ahead one hour. We are now 7 hours ahead of home. Continue Reading…

I got up extra early this morning to head out on a quick mission and FOUND MY FIRST INTERNATIONAL GEOCACHE!

I found the cache about a block away on WhiteCross Street. It took me a bit, but my new GPS unit got me there! I found the little black box stuck to the back of a power box and had to use some stealth (because of all the “muggles” walking around) to make the swap. I picked up a couple trackables to bring back to the USA. I also left a tracking coin that I found in Bismarck and the four cachekins (frogs) that we are going to “race” back to the geological center of North America (Rugby, ND). The four trackable frogs were named as follows: Hoppy Potter (Sydney), Mick Frogger (Sommer), James Pond 007 (mine), and Toady Blair (Brian’s family). We are calling it the Wild Global Hop 1. Continue Reading…

Today we were up bright and early for our group breakfast. The big buzz is that tonight is Theatre night (yes, Sommer FINALLY gets to see WICKED!!)

We piled on the coach and meet our London tour guide, Rodney. He was one of the best tour guides I have ever experienced. He gave us great insight into the two cities (London and Westminster) and the 32 Burroughs. Continue Reading…

It’s been a long time coming, but ScottWild.com is about to gain new life. I figured a European trip with my daughter, Sommer. We are headed over the Atlantic with the Northern Ambasadors of music group. Over the next 16 days will set foot in England, France, Swizerland, Austria, Italy, Liechtenstein, and Germany. They will perform 5 concerts.

The following posts are the highlights that stick out in my mind: Continue Reading…

This project has been a long time coming! I’ve been blogging for my business (Wild Inspire) for years now, but since I’m leaving with my daughter, Sommer, on a European Vacation (ok..get your Chevy Chase lines out of your system now) for 16 days I figured it was time to create my new journal.

I welcome you to what will be an experiment in video, audio, photos, text and whatever else my brain can muster up.

Thanks for stopping by. I sincerely hope you enjoy the ride!