Blogs from Kansas, United States, North America - page 20

Jim and I will leave Kansas Wed., Feb. 3 and will drive to IL to Frank and Geneva Carlet's (Jim's parents). We'll spend the night there, load up their car with clothes to last each of us a month and hopefully (with a cartop carrier) we'll all fit and leave Feb. 4 to Florida. We'll stop and spend the night with relatives in Birmingham, AL, stay in a motel one night and then arrive in Orange City, FL noonish on Sat. Frank and Geneva will be staying with relatives in Orange City and will take us to the Orlando airport Monday, Feb. 8 afternoon to fly to Panama. I won't be writing anymore until we arrive there and I can upload some pictures (and hopefully some adventures). Stay turned....... read more

Welcome, This will be the spot where you can follow me on my semester abroad in Athens, Greece. I do not officially begin my trip until February the 3rd but I thought it would be good to get this up and running. I will be posting pictures, sharing experiences, and just generally keeping everyone back home updated on my trip. If there is anything that you would like to see in particular please let me know. With that said, welcome once again and I will be posting again soon. Have a great day! -Brooks Dozier... read more

Heipähei! USA:n hallitus julkaisee työttömyysluvun kuukausittain(mikä on muuten tällä hetkellä 10.2%). Ajattelin että tälläinen kuukausittainen blogikirjoituksen julkaisu taitaa sopia minullekin. Viitisen viikkoa sitten lähdettiin syysloman viettoon New York:iin. Reissuun meitä lähti minä, sami, elmeri, steffen(saksa), heini, trang(saksa) ja claire(taiwan). Jätkien kans mentiin keskiviikkona ja tytöt tuli päivää myöhemmin. Jätkien kans oltiin keskiviikkona jo päivällä nykissä. JFK:n lentokentältä mentiin suoraan metrolla meidän hostelin läheiselle pysäkille. Astuessamme ulos metrosta ja ylös portaita Manhattanille ja kun näki kaupungin, oli kyllä huikea olo. Heti tuntui olo siltä että oli tullut tosiaan New Yorkiin. Hostellimme oli nimeltään Chelsea International Hostel ja sijaitsi suunnilleen 20th streetin ja 7th avenuen risteyksen tienoilla. Meillä oli punkkapaikat varattu etuk... read more

One year ago Trang and her husband Huan came to the United States to have their wedding blessed in the Holy Nativity Church in Kinsley Kansas. Kinsley and the Kinsley Rotary Club were home to Trang when she was a Rotary Exchange Student. Trang was the first Exchange Student since the new government in Vietnam. I believe a few followed her but Rotary International now says Exchange Students must come from "Rotary Countries," so that has ended a great program to help poor kids of poor countries. Trang was an orphan, she lost her Father when she was eight years old. She has a Mother, but in Vietnam, if you don't have a Dad, you are an orphan. This is a good concept because most women of her Mother's generation are not trained to make a ... read more

DAY 16 - WED - 30 SEPT Everyday I have been entering my gas reciepts and mileage in a spreadsheet. Its been interesting looking at my MPG throughout the trip. As I am entering yesterdays reciepts I notice that the best MPG happened yesterday as I was heading north through TX and OK. Believe it or not I got 70 MPG. My average has been around 50, so I double checked my numbers. I have a slight noise in the motor but its not using any oil and I'm getting 70 MPG, make all the noise you want. This was to be a day of heroes. I only had 260 miles to go today. I had planned to take hwy 54 to Iola then head north on hwy 59 through Garnett and then on to KC. ... read more