May 24, 2013 - Preparing to Depart

Welcome to my Trip Journal! The countdown to India is 4 days! I will be trying to document my trip daily in my trip journal and encourage you all to follow and keep in touch. Preparing for my trip has been a whirlwind of excitement, anxiety, burrito making fun, and confusion. As of now, I think most everything has been figured out, and I have been purchasing the last of the supplies; bug spray with DEET to kill those malaria-ridden skeeters, protein bars to keep me beefed up, and light-weight pants to battle the 100-115 degree daily...

Sep 14, 2011 - We leave St Louis, packed to the gills with donuts.

We woke up at 6ish. it would be the last time we managed this feat. AND we stopped after only an hour, to sample the delights of QuikTrip one last time. (Actually i think we also stopped in at one in Kansas somewhere.) We picked the icing off the donuts. Popie drove allllllll day. We drove through Kansas city without looking back, all the while listening to the Great Gatsby on CD. Kansas was uninspiring. We stopped off in Russell Kansas and attempted to dumpster dive, to no avail. We played on the play equipment at sonic for a while, took a...

May 24, 2011 - Leaving Kansas City for Home

We are heading home. We will not be going to Branson due to the weather. I am really bummed, since I will be miss seeing my niece and her family. We will also be missing the performance "Noah". But...it is better to be safe. There is an 80% chance of tornados and severe thunderstorms today and 90% chance tomorrow.

May 21, 2011 - Kansas City, Mo

We arrived in Kansas City in the early afternoon! Of course we began the day again at o-dark thirty! Lane got his catfish lunch today at the Jumping Catfish! We then spent the afternoon at a little league baseball game! It was great seeing the young boys play baseball...it brought back lots of old memories with Brad and Darin at baseball! Of course, we had to get BBQ in KC. Oklahoma Joes has some of the best BBQ that I ever tasted. 5/22 Today we went to church with one of Lane's old friends. He grew up with this gentleman and had not seen...

May 26, 2010 - Going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come

We have camp set up and are ready for our nine days in the Kansas City area. On Sunday, we attended worship service at the First Southern Baptist Church in Lawrence, Kansas. It was a beautiful church and the folks were friendly. They gave us loaves of banana bread, since we were visitors. After church, we drove around the University of Kansas campus quickly and with a watchful eye, since our car had North Carolina license tags and UNC Rams Club stickers on it. Our first outing was to attend a Kansas City Royals baseball game on Memorial...

Jul 14, 2009 - GETTING READY

JULY 14, 2009 GETTING READY TO LEAVE ON THE 17TH FOR OUR FIRST LONG TRIP IN THE CAMPER. WE HAVE HAD THE CAMPER FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS BUT HAVE ONLY GONE TO LOCAL LAKES AND CAMPSITES. THIS WILL BE OUR MAIDEN VOYAGE. I KNOW I SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING NOW TO GET READY- BUT - ALL THAT IS LEFT IS PACKING. MY HUSBAND NEEDS A STRAIGHT JACKET. I THINK HE WILL CALM DOWN. WE ARE GOING TO BEAUFORT, SC. TO SEE OUR DAUGHTER AND GRAND DAUGHTER. WE ARE STOPPING IN CLARKSVILLE, TN TO SEE MY BROTHER AND FIANCE LUANNE. I CAN HARDLY WAIT.

Mar 30, 2009 - Day 3

Day 3 Last night when we arrived in Denver, CO we went downtown the Hard Rock Café was closed for a private party so we decided to hop on one of the three carriages that were standing by. Noah chose “Nala” the horse to take us on our tour. Downtown also has a free bus ride so we hopped on and went down the strip. Noah loves being able to ride a bus with no seatbelt. We woke up to snow again but packed up and headed up to Red Rock. It was Beautiful, even with all the snow! We saw the famous sinking ship rock and got some great photos. We...

Oct 4, 2008 - Jim's Big 6-0 Bash At Ks Speedway!

Writing from the Lawrence KOA, Lawrence, KS. Well we had quite a day at the racetrack! Jim says it was the experience of a lifetime! Quite different than he expected, for you “gear heads” out there he got up to 128.99 mph! I was a beautiful day at the track. We had 24 of our friends and family attended. A little “tense” for a while with me calling Jennifer wondering where she was and she was lost! But hopefully she accepted my apology and all is well. After the race we went to Arthur Bryant’s BBQ across from the track and over indulged in...

May 24, 2008 - Kansas City, KS - Visiting with the Bakers

(Ron Writing) We had another stormy night with very loud thunder and what seemed like non-stop lightning. There were no serious winds and we slept well. This morning we drove from Topeka to Kansas City, MO via I-70. We found the Apple store in Kansas City and were there for our prearranged appointment to have them diagnose our sick computer. After a quick check they said they’d have to send it to the factory for repairs. After hearing the minimum charge for this repair and weighing several other considerations we decided to get a new...

May 12, 2008 - Traveling through Kansas and Missouri

On Monday, May 12th we again traveled about 7 hours stopping periodically at rest areas. We enjoy reading the historical information sometimes posted around the buildings. We had planned to catch I-70 just south of Marshall, Missouri and start toward the west. Missouri and Kansas are pretty but nothing we saw was spectacular. We enjoyed the colors of the fields of crops along the interstate. While the terrain changed the further west we got, the windier it got too. We ended up staying at another Wal-Mart in Salina, KS where we withstood...

Apr 24, 2008 - Kansas City here we come - Let's go racing !!

On April 24, 2008 we left on our first trip with the truck and 5th wheel. We were leaving on a 5 day mini vacation to Kansas City Speedway. We would be seeing ARCA, NASCAR Truck, Indy Pro and Indy Car races plus numerous practice sessions and qualifying events. It's alot of racing packed into 3 days. We were excited to be going on our first trip and seeing our first Indy Car race in person. It was also going to be exciting to see Danica Patrick since she had just won the Indy Car race in Japan the previous weekend and was the first woman to...

Aug 9, 2007 - New Orleans to Kansas City

After leaving New Orleans we travelled to Bossier City, LA for one night then on to Alma, Arkansas. We had a wonderful visit with some friends we had not seen in years. Jim and Dinae Parker have retired from the working class and not reside on a beautiful 18 acre hillside in the moutains of northern Arkansas. With lots of animals and space the really have a great place , peace and privacy to enjoy in retirement. From there we travelled to Bonner Springs, KS . Visiting was the agenda and we had time to see Gary and Kris Brees, Verne and...