Amerisuites Overland Park

Today was another day of interstate driving, but there were a few adventures along the way to report. My day started out with a glance out the window. The view confirmed the weather predictions: it was snowing with a few inches already accumulated and more steadily coming down. We were confident that the snow would slow us down but not stop our ...

We haven't left home yet. We'll leave Wed. morning to drive to IL, stay and Jim's parent's house, trade cars so we'll drive their car, and all four of us (with luggage for a month) are going to try and fit in the car for the next 3 days until we reach Orange City, Florida (near Orlando) where Geneva and Frank (Jim's parents) will be staying. We'...

So, my goal this year should be to finally get prepared for a trip before 3am. It shouldn't take so long, but I just never start until after dinner on the night before. Not that there is a lot to pack for this trip, but I have a lot of technical changes to my routine:

I've dropped the Dell 600m laptop (5 pounds) for a Nokia N900 smartph...

Arriving in the Kansas City Airport on December 16th was really surreal. The last time I flew in was mid-July. Emily Evans had picked me up to surprise my parents who thought I was still at a music festival in Spain when in reality I had been in D.C. for the past few days.

This time, the weather was colder and my parents were the ones p...

Home sweet home. A red slipper wearing Kansan gal once said, "there's no place like home," and she might have been onto something. I have been over the big blue and back. I’ve ventured down under and still made it back to good ol’ Kansas. I didn’t tap my heels together while abroad, but I’m sure if I had, I would have end...

Last night I got the last of my supplies packed in the bags, got the bags weighed, rearranged, and packed and weighed again. I think I am at 49 and 47 lbs each on the checked bags and will top out my carry on with 40lbs and then cram whatever is left into a backpack. I will be hauling more than my weight in luggage so I hope we don't have to run...

I have packed and unpacked and packed once more. I am happy living out of a suitcase. As I look back at the last few years, that holds true. I loved going to Young Life camps. I loved my times with Kailey in California. I loved my trips to Indiana to see Samand the WC pals. I loved surprising Lauren in Spokane, WA. I love my suitcase life.
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Hello! I am, as you know, safely back in Kansas City. However, I've been getting responses from people and a lot of questions, and it inspired me to share some thoughts about my trip in perspective and to, in a way, finish the story. I'm not sure if this is my last entry on the subject. But it is for the moment. The most common questions I've re...

Wow! Hard to believe but we are 39 days from leaving on our dream trip!!!! Just checking to see if you are getting ready. I still need emails addresses and names from Molly, Lynn, Erica, Mel and Sam. Unless you don't have any friends that want to follow your awesome adventure.. how sad:<( Hope to hear from you soon...send to my email address ...