Fairfield Inn By Marriott Manhattan

I arrived in Manhattan KS on Sunday the 4th. Monday the 5th, we started to work on Custer Hill, which is on Ft. Riley. We are working with the 2nd Brigade which just returned from a year in Iraq. HUA! The first Saturday, I visited my wife's cousin, who lives in the thriving metropolis of Herrington KS. (500 pop.)? The next Saturday we were treating to tailgating at Kansas State, and witnessing them whup up on Texas A&M 62 to 14! This weekend I ...

... ate dinner and bought some cool stuff while we waited. We finally got on board and our seats were right across from these super nice people from Texas. They were a mom and daughter driving the country also! :). It was fun to get to know them on the ride up the mountain. Finally we made it to the top and it was so cold!! Thank goodness we had on jeans and sweatshirts, but I was still freezing. I took lots of pictures and we ...

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The UP tower is 8 stories high and is located on the south side of the yard. I could go into all kinds of details but the main thing was the west hump was not too far to the left of us and the east hump was quite aways from us across the span of the yard. So here we go with a brief description of the operation.

Trains coming from the west coast go to the west hump for processing. The trains consist is then pushed up the hump where a ...

... from .... Banana Republic, Louis Vuitton, Macy's, Calvin Klein, Gucci, Nine West and more. We had sun downers at the Rockefeller Café, the vibe was great. The Rockefeller Centre consists of 19 commercial buildings. It is situated between 48th and 51st Streets, spanning between 6th and 5th Avenue. In winter the Rockefeller Café is converted into an ice rink.

... Ben, Becca, Jessie and Rachel have a fun time with their thirty something chickens and many chicks. Unfortunately, Caden didn't get to enjoy any eggs in the morning as he was sick all night and we moved him three times as he kept throwing up on everything. Lesson learned; don't put a child that is throwing up in your bed with you or on fabric cushions. TJ

... Theater, Actors, Restaurants, Madison Square, Central Park and so much more. It's all happening in Manhattan. One trip simply wets the appetite for another taste of the Big Apple. The funniest thing we saw was a dude walking down the road with his cat sitting on the top of his head. We have yet to experience Manhattan by night. Some pictures from our drive.

Four days before we depart for Hawaii! We are busy packing: summer clothes, shorts, sunscreen lotion, umbrella, rain jacket, mosquito repellent, insect repellent...so many people commented so highly upon the lengendary islands, what will my feelings be? Remember Wal-mart CEO David Glass declared to dance hula dance on Wall Street on cracking the $100 ...

Left Branson early this morning, drove about 5 1/2 hours in pretty high winds, (yes, Dorothy, we ARE in Kansas!) which were blowing south to north. Luckily, our rig has something called "Howard Steering", which can be adjusted to apply pressure to the steering wheel so that you're not fighting it all day long in the wind - even with that, Greg had ...

I was in Manhattan, Kansas and I did see the wheat field swaying in the sun when I was a young man. I also liked piano music... A very long time ago. In a small town called "little apple" for it was also named Manhattan. They took me to a small mound of a hill and proudly told me "on a clear day, you can see all the way to Wichita". All I saw was a flat land golden with ripening ...