Only days before leaving for India, I stumbled upon this travel blog site. So what with everything else to do, I'm trying to learn it's in's and out's. I'm not sure how to describe planning for this trip. Lots of busy work for sure but with only a carryon for luggage I'm traveling on fumes. More than anything else, its the anxiety of traveling outside of the US for the first time that accompanies the unknown. As I spend hours on the computer trying to learn and prepare myself for things I can't quite imagine I become more aware of what [View Full Entry]

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LOST MY PICTURES FOR THIS DAY.... STILL TRYING TO RECOVER THEM!! Over night while listening to the rain on the roof of the RV, I decided that our RV needed a name. I decided “The Ark” would be a good name. All it has done is rain since we left ---- thus the name. BEWARE of entertainment - there is a price to pay for it. IMHO ---- Indiana has the worst highways for traveling. I spent most of the day running around the RV closing doors and picking up fallen and dangling objects. I wanted to organize my pictures [View Full Entry]

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Hello all, and welcome to my travel blog. This is how I plan to stay connected to my friends and family while I am on my China adventure. As most if not all of you know, I am leaving for China early Friday morning and will return late Saturday night on October 31st (Halloween). I will spend 1 week in Nanjing doing the GK12 thing (I will tell you all about that later) and 2 weeks in Guangzhou doing the research thing (more about that later too.) I am totally new to this blogging thing, but I think that it will [View Full Entry]

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So, I am going to see my adviser tomorrow to get some information about study abroad. It is something I've always wanted to do, but now that it is upon me, I have to admit... I am a bit scared. I'll be leaving my entire support system back home, so if something should happen, I'd be on my own. I'll be in a foreign country, with limited knowledge of the language, and with extremely little to no knowledge of how to get where I'm going. It is a bit overwhelming. I've always thought of myself as very independent, a person who [View Full Entry]

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Greetings from Corydon Indiana, where the 50's never stopped. We are finally on our way after a fairly crazy summer. The from Virginia to here was uneventful, it rained most of the way. The only notable event was our brief stop in Roanoke to pick up Alec's wallet. Although he lost it in or around Warrenton, it some how made its way to Roanoke. Who knows. We are looking forward to seeing a good bit of the USA. I personally am very excited to be seeing the west coast. Other than a short stay in Seattle a few years ago I [View Full Entry]

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We have been at Camp Atterbury, IN since the 21st of August. Since our arrival we have gone through Soldier Readiness Processing (SRP) that covers everything from administrative records, medical, pay, and overall readiness for deployment. After that we worked in our assigned sections in Task Force Falcon HQ to support the seven Task Forces we support. Those Task Forces come from approx. 12 different states and equal about 1400 soldiers. We also train on various "Army" tasks so our skills are sharp and we are ready for "the worst day in Kosovo". Dallas and I don't see each other much [View Full Entry]

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Happy Labor Day weekend to you all! We had an interesting afternoon yesterday on our drive from Joliet to Kokomo, Indiana, where we are staying with Michelle & Kevin, Tom's sister and her husband. In Merrillville, IN we stopped at a candy factory, where we bought some goodies. I was enjoying some licorice taffy, and guess what? I lost one of my gold crowns. We called Michelle to get the number of her dentist. After several phone calls back and forth, I was able to get into the dentist's office, where he took an X-ray, checked out my tooth, and re-cemented [View Full Entry]

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What a Long Strange Trip it has been, and that's just "getting ready" for this road trip. Honestly it has been a blast tearing down and building back up my KZ-Gal getting her ready for the salt. Utilizing all the mechanical talents my Dad taught me over the years and turning a 33 year old piece of history into what should be a very safe and hopefully fast (for her) journey down the legendary Bonneville Salt Flats. So getting from torn down to built back up and now actually tucked inside her lil travel box :), special thanks to my Brothers [View Full Entry]

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Just watched the documentary "A Map for Saturday" - if you've ever thought about trekking around the world or just trekking outside of your country this documentary will provide you with a little push which may just be what you need to take that big first step out your door..... [View Full Entry]

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It was my last year of High School and looking to get myself that dream bike. I had been lusting after the new KZ 900 Kawasaki for about a year and now I was finally ready to buy. Well actually I "finally" got the unwilling nod from my parents to go out and "Kill Myself", so off I went. I ended up on a Honda 550 that year due to limited funds (dreams cost a lot) and admittedly I also had a mild case of intimidation of that KZ beast. Oh don't get me wrong, I was loving life on two [View Full Entry]

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