Olathe, United States Travel Blogs

1 week to go!
Sep 25, 2006

One week to go before leaving for Japan! On Sunday, October 1, I will travel to meet the other participants in the Japan Fulbright teacher program in San Francisco, CA. We will spend a couple of days there before heading on to Tokyo. On October 8, we ...

Unsure but excited!
May 9, 2008

Hi! I am really just trying to figure out this blogging thing... I leave Kansas City in two more days, and I am still preparing, these are things I continue to question: what luggage do I take, which shoes I pack, how many clothes do I need, ...

Just gettin' ready
Sep 9, 2007

Its the last weekend before we head out, and there isn't much left to do before we go. We've still got to pack, and am working on making jungle lodge reservations, but other than that, the trip is a go. I've been reading online all week at different ...

Adios!
Sep 14, 2007

Well, we're off! Actually we leave for the airport in about 2 hours. We still have a few last minute things to throw into the backpacks, and then we're on our way. Stella and I are snuggling one last time while we watch Regis and Kelly, and we might ...

Epilogue
Jun 28, 2009 (6 photos)

At the morning twilight, we began day 5 of driving home. Around 11:30 we rolled into Olathe, picked up our beagle, and rolled into the driveway. Not bad time, we made it 3700 miles from Fairbanks in exactly 4 days time. We spent an hour or so unloading ...

Road Trip Preparations
Jun 13, 2009 (1 photos)

I dropped $1000 at the camping store yesterday to finally get myself some good camping gear. Cari and I will be traveling north into Canada in the general direction of Alaska. I hope we can visit some good places in British Columbia, the Yukon, and the NW ...

First week on the farm
May 16, 2009 (5 photos)

... ; Gabriel and Pedro are very happy to let us practice our spanish with them.  Pedro also owns a panederia (Mexical bakery) in Olathe, which has the most AMAZING pastelas ever, for about 60 cents each!  He wakes up at 3am every day, bakes until ...

Felix has landed
Sep 5, 2007

So Felix landed sometime early this morning, and while things are looking up for Honduras as to what they could have been, things still are not looking up for our trip. I spent most of the day surfing the internet looking for ways to make the trip work, ...

Getting some Lemps
Jun 22, 2007

So today I'm headed to the bank to order some Lempiras, or Lemps as most people call them. The exchange rate right now is about 18.5 Lemps = 1 Dollar. I'm only going to cash in $100 for the start of the trip, and then just plan on getting more as we ...

There's no place like home
Sep 30, 2007

... after dark, and with only a few hours to play, decided just to wait it out in the airport till our Spirit flight to the States. Oh my, that was a long 11 hour wait! We did entertain ourselves with cards, books, and a little Wendy's food thrown in for good ...

48 hours and counting
Sep 12, 2007

We're down to the wire folks - 48 hours and counting before our plane leaves FLL and heads to San Pedro Sula for 2 weeks of fun in the Honduran sun! No really, Sue got our reservations for Roatan all cleared up and we're staying at a nice place she ...

Preparing for the journey
Oct 16, 2008 (1 photos)

Hi everybody- This is the first blog entry documenting our journey to the Philippines.  This is mostly a test blog to make sure that you receive it.  We want to work out the kinks before we go.  I'm still at home! I ...

Before I go
Sep 29, 2006

Welcome to my travel journal! I leave for Costa Rica in two days, but I wanted to get this set up so that everyone can read about what I'm doing. I will be studying at Veritas University, in San Jose, Costa Rica. Costa Rica is renowned worldwide ...

Working on the details
Aug 30, 2007

So I picked up the Lemps from the bank a few weeks ago, and they've been sitting around the house collecting dust. I've been reading up in the guide book and on the web as to where to stay. Still don't have any hard fast reservations except our first ...

Home Again
Aug 1, 2008 (4 photos)

So, after much time and traveling, I am back in America. In the meantime, after leaving Zürich, me and my three friends drove to Singen, the current hometown of one of our group. His internship is still continuing and thus he had to go back to work. ...

Dehydrators, Markets and Other Adventures
Jun 9, 2009 (2 photos)

Hi! Sorry it's been so long since the last post. We have been enjoying the farm.  We typically work from about 7am to 3:30, then we read, make a batch of soap, play in our little garden, or nap.  Our "garden" is about four small patches of ...

Ma's Residence
Sep 17, 2009

3:30PM Final I am here at the Ma's residence

Rain, rain, rain
May 25, 2009 (3 photos)

... We re-potted the flower baskets that had broken and the guys fixed up the greenhouse. We have discovered a little dairy here in Olathe, called the Rocking W.  They do milk and cheeses, no yogurt or ice cream yet.  Their cheeses are mainly the ...

Departure
Jun 13, 2009

Last night I realized that since we plan to spend at least a day checking out Edmonton, there's no point in trying to rush there. So, we slept in and are leaving now at 10:15am. We should get close to Canada today, and tomorrow we'll go for Saskatoon. ...

Pre-departure
May 20, 2008

Hello everybody. I don't leave for another five days, but I wanted to do a bit of an introductory post before I left and/or forgot. I know this trip won't be quite as exciting and dynamic as my study abroad in Vienna, but still, I figure there will be ...