Missouri
Travel Blogs from Missouri, United States
And the journey begins...
Well, I'm starting out on my journey across the Atlantic. When I return I hope that I am much wiser, because I definitely won't be any richer. Stay tuned for updates on my bout with culture shock and my first adventure in ...
Trina at Shawnee Mission Park
Kelly and Heather took their dog, Harper, and me to Shawnee Mission Park for some fn at the off-leash dog park. There were lots of dogs, many paths for hiking, and a lake. It was a beautiful ...
The Amazon
From the Gran Sabana we travelled down by bus into Brazil. Having just got comfortable with our Spanish we're again in uncharted waters with Portugese! Our destination was the Amazonian city of Manaus, from which we could organise a tour of Amazonia. 24 ...
Sneak Peek--Chapter 1
Here's the rough rough draft of Chapter 1, from the previously-mentioned book-in-progress retelling the accounts of those who have benefitted from the gift card ministry this year. Some things in this chapter may be familiar to you if you followed last ...
Missouri
I have found it too difficult to continue with my blog, limited access to libraries and time to rest or type and I must take the latter. I will now be signing off for the remainder of the trip. I have three weeks remaining and I have begun the steep ...
Trina Explores Fort Lauderdale, Florida
With my friends Kelly and Heather, I explored Fort Lauderdale Beach. We lounged in the sun on the beach, went to the pirate bar, and explored the iconic wall and pillars that run along the beach. It was ...
Massive huge trees
soooo, we said goodbye to the fab san fran, drivin over the golden gate bridge which had amazing views of the bay, of alcatraz and the city that i had fallen in love.... and on we drove and drove to the famous wine area of napa valley. naomi really ...
The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread? Nope.
... our good old Ohio Amish. I only saw three horse drawn buggies (and fortunately never had to ride behind one). That's about it for Missouri. There's not much going on here. We're pretty settled into a routine and we're really looking forward to our day off ...
Packing Up
I was exhausted last night after getting to my parents house at nearly 1am and then unloading all of my stuff. I managed to carry most of it upstairs before I passed out. I did a test packing of my bag and daypack. It seems right now that my bag is ...
High Points
Well I am writing this the morning after sleeping in a BED!! not listening to the rain, and this place even has a sauna, *sniff,sniff*. So with coffee by my side, I will cover some of the high points. Mostly I think I will ramble ...
46eme jour ou un lendemain difficile
... à nouveau. Nous aimerions trouve un endroit pour notre lessive et pour nettoyer l'intérieur de Sanka. Une petite sieste dans le Missouri sur le bord de l'autoroute, après notre salade de midi s'imposera après la nuit précédente que nous avons ...
Horses, Dalmations, and Beer - Oh my!
(written by Justin) Today we previewed Soulard after stopping by K-Mart to pick up some sweet $20 snow boots. All of the tents and hundreds of porta-potties were already set up in anticipation for tomorrow's Mardi Gras festival. There seem to ...
Heading for Oklahoma (and Rules of Travel #2)
I spent the afternoon off exit 6 in Joplin, Missouri. First stop, of course, was The Candy House. http://www.candyhouse.net/ I left with beautiful handmade chocolates: a bunny and giant marshmallow egg for Will & Jake, multi-dipped pretzel rods ...
Day off in St. Louie
Pretty good day off. I went for a nice jog that morning on my own down to the Arch and around it a bit. Got hit on as I was nearing my hotel. One of the 2 guys made a running motion since I had stopped and was saying something to ...
Moving On...
So yes, I know, I'm no longer in Vienna and I already made my final post. But guess what - I've decided that I'm not done blogging. To continue the tradition, I unveil Folkor's Music Reviews: http://patricksmusic.blogspot.com/ Enjoy. See you next ...
Hollywood to San Diego
Nikki P. at Enterprise comes through in fashion and we end up tearing down the highway in a brilliant silver Ford Minivan....loaded with boards and backpacks - 'into the mystic'. We decide to stop in at Surf City U.S.A. (Huntington Beach)for Dylan's ...
Honeymoon Remix
Well we arrived in Branson, Missouri, today. We found ourselves with about six days off, and we have to be in this part of the state later in the week anyway, so we decided to revisit our honeymoon destination from a year and a half ago. Branson hasn't ...
Day 8: Mansfield, MO
... at our first Steak’n’Shake, which was quite tasty and also picked up some pie at "A Slice of Pie," in Rolla, Missouri. Remarkably, we got to our hotel just outside St. Louis shortly before midnight and we’re planning to get an ...
Magical Mr. Mistoffelees
Well I never, was there ever? A cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees! Worship! City Museum! Spaghetti Factory! The Arch! Cats! What an amazing, God-filled day we had. One of fellowship and joy, happiness and friendships! A day where many of us got ...
Logout
The last day at work. My friends decorated my cube with a "map of the world" shower curtain with my trip drawn on it. Not only that, but there were donuts and a cake too. I'm really lucky to have such good friends at work. One of the few things that ...
Hello Mr. President
... , but not even a cool, rusty, falling-apart antiquey type bridge. Lol Arrived at St.Louis after crossing the Illinois-Missouri stateline – unfortunately we couldn’t get out and take piccys as we were crossing a busy bridge over the Mississippi ...
First Impressions
We arrived to St. Louis Union Station at about 2am. It was FREEZING! We had checked the weather prior to leaving so we knew that it would be cold but it was bitter cold! Maybe the fact that St. Louis is on the Mississippi had something ...
Adoption Update
Hello everyone, Things are finally starting to move along and we are anxiously awaiting our departure date of November 6th. We bought our plane tickets last week. Please keep us in your prayers as we prepare to embark on this long awaited ...
Day Two
Before I go into today, I just want to say how surprisingly awesome Little Rock was to us. The Comfort Inn Downtown was the best hotel I've stayed in for a long time and last night we went to this bar on the riverfront called Willy G's Dueling ...
Benton, Illinois to St. Joseph, Missouri
The day started out so and so. Another huge storm passed over us in the middle of the night. It is so flat in the central part of America that storms just have there way around here. Right as we were about to go outside and DE-camp, it started to rain ...
Date night
We set aside our Saturday in Branson for a special date night. An unexpected addition to our date night plans was a free game of putt-putt at the local Pirate's Cove. Pirate's Cove was, and continues to be, our favorite miniature golf chain. The grounds ...
The Waiting pt.2
I have 7 days until I depart and the waiting is the hardest part. My impatience is a breeding gournd for doubts and fears. What if another wave comes? What if the Yakuza decide to go on a rampage and start rounding up 30 year old jewish amercian ...
An update from the Salley's
Twenty years ago today, I married my best friend in the world. As I remember Carl today, I found myself back to this blog to remember our final days together. It has been almost three years since his death yet in ways it seems like only yesterday. ...

