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Kansas Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Kansas, United States
The day I met Jesus
... and then passed me off to two Missourians, Heather and Kelly. They're from Kansas City. Louise made the trade in the River City Brewery in Wichita, Kansas. Jesus was at our table, too! Heather and Kelly say we're going to Tulsa, Oklahoma ...
All Fixed up
Today we were able to fix all of the issues that poped up along the way. We found a generator repair guy in Kansas who fid our AC issue which turned out to be nothing more than a loose connection in the transfer switch. I also fixed the cruise control ...
Inventions
I am not sure, but I think when the CD or DVD goes in it spins. Spins a lot. I can't see it, but I think I can hear it. And I know they used to spin. And when you use a laptop without a cord then that spinning requires a lot of battery ...
Picnic in Central Park
A sunny day to visit Central Park, it was boiling hot... was this the day to chill in the park. I took the train to the city, walked up Lexington Avenue, 45th Street up Madison Avenue. I was so engrossed with all the different shops that I nearly forgot ...
This is a test...only a test!
This is just a practice run to see if you are receiving this notification. If you did receive it, and don't want it, just let me know and I'll delete your email address from the address ...
Off again!
hello again! a little over a year ago i was leaving for india for the first time, and now im about to head back! it seems like just days ago i was there, though alot has happened since my return to the us. this time around i feel more relaxed about ...
Epilogue
102 days... 43 cigars... 22 airline flights... 16 hotels... 4 rented scooters... 3 train rides... 2 digital cameras... and 1 pussy show later.. I am home again. ----- The return flight was as quick and painless as 30+ hours ...
School What?
Ah! I gotta go to school again! Well, I came in, unpacked, repacked ordered pizza with the chicas and crashed! Then got up went to class and headed to the airport! I'm skiing in the Three Event World Championships! Rock on ...
Reunion - August 16 @ 1:30 @ Chase Blasi's
Hi Delegates & families, We are looking forward to seeing all of you (or as many of you as possible---I know it is the last week-end before most of our schools begin and you may already have plans.) BUT...if you can be there, we all will be so ...
Gift Card #25: Hugh
We're in Kansas City, MO in the middle of a snow storm that's pretty much taking over the entire United States. There was not a show scheduled for today, but if there were it would have been canceled as are all the schools. We don't want to be ...
Packing and saying good-by
Saturday- Garbage to the dump, pack the suitcases, leave instructions for the neighbor, put out the dog and get the paperwork together. Lock the house and make our first stop -Turlock, Ca. to say gd-bye to the grandkids. All is in order and the ...
Nine Days & Counting
I hope you all are as excited as I am! I hope that if you aren't packed already, you have started to lay out everything you think you might want. Then when you are really closing up that suitcase to go to the airport, you can throw out ...
Day 5
DAY 5 MONDAY December 13, 2010 Seems like 5:30 a.m. is just going to be our wake up time! That would be 7:30 p.m. Sunday evening for those of you on the west coast. Ken bagged his first African trophy last night . . . a prize winningly ...
Hiking around Sequoia National Park
... very special for me. The trail goes by Mount McKinley (71 miles away) which is the highest mountain in the lower 48 states and is located in the Sequoia National park. We of course, did not hike to Mt. McKinley we instead just hiked about 1/2 ...
Emiliano Zapata Morelos Mexico
I was born in Emiliano Zapata Morelos Mexico. Adopted when I was one & brought to the US. Im now 23 & would love to find my birth mother, I have all my original adoption document papers with names & numbers. I believe she may still live there ...
Day 9 – Saturday, April 6
... . The land is mostly flat with some rolling hills. We had a beautiful sunny for driving. The outer loop around Kansas City went very smoothly with light traffic. We are staying at Covered Wagon Campground. It's for sale and the ...
A visit with friends
I knew that I should have written a blog entry last Thursday (November 1), right after we arrived in Louisville, Colorado, so that the memories of the day's travel would be fresh in my mind. But I got caught up in the fun of catching up with old ...
Bowling in YAAAhmoth
We have been here since the 19th, but have finally secured access to the internet! The condo here is great - a small, sleepy little town on the Cape, about an hour an half from Boston. We went bowling tonight - a little different. ...
Back on Kansas soil!
... was quite happy to collapse into our beds in the Britannia that night. July 9-10 by Molly We arrived at the United Kingdom Sailing Academy about 7ish that night. They showed us our dorm "thingy" and let us chill for a bit. Then ...
Checking out Tribune
... exhibit on the wall - a sword blade and knife traced to the Spanish Coronado Expedition. These were also found in Kansas. Many of the exhibits through out the building were amassed by one man and his family who quietly collected memorabilia ...
Farewell to friends and continents
From Copan in Honduras I travelled straight back to Guatemala City on 7 August. Spent my last 5 days saying sad farewells to the friends I've met, doing a bit of last minute shopping and a final weekend in Antigua. We'd hoped to get to El Salvador but ...
Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Park
... Tree Trail. Just pulling into the parking lot and seeing these majestic trees was amazing. Most of the trees are named after states or presidents. The General Grant Tree is the world's third-largest living thing and has the greatest base diameter of any ...
Back Home - Cherish even the little things!
Feeling like a stranger in my own home, I've been gone so long. Worse part about a 2 week vacation from work is I'll barely be overcoming the jet lag when it's time to go back :( But I was blessed to be able to come home at the same time as my ...
Hold the Fort!
Teens like to sleep late. Hey, I remember being a teen. "Do you want to get up for breakfast?" I prodded my sleeping teen and reminded him that breakfast was part of our package plan. "You go ahead," he mumbled. It was nice, served in the main dining ...
18 more days til
Greetings future travelers! This entry is just a trial run for you and your families to become familiar with our blog. While we are on our trip, one or two students will be asked to write about our day. These entries will be posted to ...
Day 8 or is it 9?
THURSDAY December 16 WOW! What a drive! This is a beautiful Country! I'm sitting on Debbie's Lake Kariba island watching the sun rise, listening to the hippos snort. Word has it that four people have been eaten by a croc this month (to ...
Day 10 I think?
FRIDAY December 17 Ten Bull Elephants! Remind me to tell you the story! I do have some frightfully up close and personal photos to post when I can! We got the boat, took a swim at the marina's pool and watched hippos and crocs from the ...
Chicken, gasoline, and a tornado
Stopped to get gas and bought chicken. It's like KFC but with a gas station. Anyways, I stayed in Hays for the night and the next day headed to Denver. While I was on my way there I stopped to get gas about a hour out of Denver and the lady told me I ...