Topeka
Travel Blogs from Topeka, United States
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Found our Kicks on Route 66
... the Old Route 66 Bridge going from Illinois to Missouri. As you can see Bill wasn't sure which way to go he was between states. We walked 3/4 of the way across and I took these pictures of the water flowing across the rocks which I guess this is where ...
Just passing through Kansas to get to Missouri
We only stopped in Kansas to spend the time, so we won't be too tired driving all the way to Missouri from Colorado...so we didn't visit much....check out Missouri ...
Hilly Hundred
... leading the team (and I thought I drank a lot of water). We left the hotel in Abilene hot and we pulled into the hotel in Topeka covered in sweat from head to toe. The humidity and the heat has a way of just sucking the energy out of us. Our ride started ...
The world isn't flat
... of the largest newspaper collections in the nation. Potwin Place, begun in 1869, is a community of stately homes and circular parks with walking and driving tours. Topeka, Kansas Population 122,103 Elevation 951 Central and Mountain time ...
Day Three
Day Three: Had rain much of the way from Springfield to Topeka this morning, but it cleared up really nicely and it was 78 and sunny the whole time we were at Heartland Park dragstrip. Wanted to take the Nova down, but they stopped the racing ...
Excited about leaving for the trip
A week from today we leave for Bejing and on to our trip of a lifetime! I have been reading as much as I can about China,thinking a lot about packing, and getting all of the stuff together they say we'll need. OAT, our tour company, gives us lots of ...
Further adventures in Junction City and Topeka
... , so much so we had to go next door to Walmart and buy a new suitcase! So much for travelling light! Tuesday 1st May !!!! - Topeka and the Attorneys We got up late yet again and missed the breakfast, I don't know how we are going to get into school ...
Topeka, KS
The holidays were spent at the Barnett Resort. It was so nice to be back and really great to celebrate both Christmas and New Years with Eddie's sister and family. Christmas day was spent at Grandma Flora's house where we were treated to her famous ...
Day 30 - 316 Miles - Toto, we're still in Kansas
Daniel here again. Today was a long hard ride. We did about 300 miles again today. Winds probably 20 miles per hour right in our faces most of the day. Blasts of crosswinds that almost kicks you off the road. Whoever called Chicago the ...
Day Three down.... how many more?
We're not in Kansas anymore Toto. Wait... yeah we are, never mind. We're in Topeka. Heh, thats fun to say... Topeka Topeka Topeka..yeah Kali's weird... :]] Alrightt, entry 3 here we go. We started out the day in Wyoming, and ...
bruddah we are not in Hawaii anymore
... pieces (everything from slap bracelets to key chains of the with the rattle). On the road again..... 45 minutes outside of Topeka I got a glimpse of Mother Natures firework display. I only saw lightening on the islands 1 or 2 times while I lived ...
Arrive in Kansas
We left NYC on July 26th - Had lunch with Todd at the Country Kebab then went to the closing -- right after the closing we went to our former home, picked up our last remaining belongings, spent a wonderful 45 minutes with Parham, and headed to the ...
Long Ride; just beat the first rain
... have completed half the distance. The staff think the halfway point was a small town called White City. I think halfway is here in Topeka but either way we have passed the halfway point. White City is the only American village we have seen with stone ...
ToTo (Loki) I'm in Kansas!
Apparently when I wrote my blog last night, I was not exactly as ready as I had thought. It occured to me around 2 a.m. that I needed my birth certificate to show Vista Verde that I was legal to work in the U.S. It's been nearly six years since I've ...
Another day of tumbling
... girls. From being served to serving. I'm certainly not disheartened by that fact, actually it's quite exciting! Took time to read the Topeka Capital-Journal and work a crossword puzzle this morning. I tell you, it's been a LONG time since I've worked a ...
Day 7
Day count: 7 State count: 12 (CO, KS, MO, IL, IN, OH, WV, PA, NJ, NY, CT and MA) Mileage: 1,880 Interesting things I saw today: 1. One of the last three remaining Atomic Cannons in existence. Doesn't that seam like a dumb weapon? Wouldn't one who ...
Anticipation
Less than 3 days before we leave! Here's our basic schedule: Leave Kansas City Wednesday May 14; arrive Rome morning of May 15th. Rome: four nights 5/15,16,17 & 18 Sorrento: three ...
Topeka Day Trip - the Zoo and Brewery Tour
The temperature was cool as we drove from Kansas City, Missouri to Topeka, Kansas early on Saturday morning. We enjoyed our coffee and brief rain showers as we made the hour drive on the Kansas Turnpike, confident in the directions from ...
Bobo's Drive In and Brown vs. Board of Education
... headed to the Brown vs. Board of Education Museum. The museum documents the major events of the civil rights movement in the United States. It was pretty interesting, even though we were the only ones in the museum. We planned to drive until ...
Dorothy !!! We're in Kansas....
Very flat drive in western Kansas, not much here.....I saw lots of wheat, quite a few cows, a train,and some telephone poles... The rest of the time I was looking for funnel clouds...Missed the storm by 40 miles....fewwwwwww that ...
When do we leave?
Claire is flying in tomorrow from San Diego, and we will get on the road sometime within the next few days. There is supposed to be more snow to the West, though, which could be a problem. Denver was snowed in this past week, and if we want to make it to ...
Topeka, Kansas
... We then found the BNSF (ex-ATSF) Topeka Shops and Yards (don't forget that ATSF stands for the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe). The shops/yard is big and interesting but hard to really see well from the outside -- fun to see ...
Day One - July 8, 2006
We leave from Kansas City International Airport at 2:15 pm, on our way to Ireland! We'll arrive in Newark on Continental Airlines flight #2259 at 6:05 pm. After a VERY short layover, we'll depart Newark at 7:15 pm on Continental Airlines flight ...
The Fourth of July!
One hundred and eight miles! The weather cooperated especially after last night, we had the tornado sirens going off and they brought the second floor guests down to the first floor hallway. Lot's of thunder and lightning along with the ...
Full steam ahead!
Today- got up early, and drove from Denver, Co to Topeka Kansas! I don't know how Bobby can drive for 9 hours, but when he wants to to do something he does it! I think it also had a little to do with the fact that baseball sized hail is common in this ...
Kansas makes fun of itself
(Mom's big journey to Colorado) We stopped at a rest area in Kansas. There was a gift shop that sold Wizard of Oz and tornado memorabilia. It made me very happy. I got a t-shirt about what happened to everyone in the movie. It was very wrong. :D Driving ...
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