Lara and I shared a cab down to the bus station where there were still a few bums loitering about but they don’t seem as harmless during the day as they do in the night time. There are a few people coming in off other buses and the terminal slowly fills up. Even though Lara is only going a few hours west to Memphis, she has to battle for a seat on a bus heading all the way to Dallas, TX. By looking at some of the baggage left around the terminal, there are some that will make the big [View Full Entry]

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The 2nd leg of our summer holiday. Staying with Sarah and Paul in St Louis, Missouri. [View Full Entry]

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I touched down in St. Louis on Thursday at 6:45pm local time. The sky was clear, the sun was bright, and the afternoon glow warmed everything it touched. By the time we got settled in for our connection flight, my sister and I noticed the darkening sky out the north bay of windows directly across from our gate. In fact, the sky wasn't merely darkening.. It was dark. "Due to high winds, Lambert Airport asks that you keep small children away from the windows." OK...we were getting concerned. The lights were flickering, the vents were spewing out large balls of [View Full Entry]

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Prague is in less than a week. I'm excited, a little apprehensive, but most of all I can't wait to see what a month in Europe is going to bring. I feel like I should have been doing more prep work on the trip, but maybe that is what an 8-hour plane ride is for. I have two more days of work, three days of loose ends and good-byes, one (well, actually two because of time differences) day of travel, and then Prague (plus excursions to Belgium and Italy, and really wherever else we feel like going!!!) [View Full Entry]

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Hey all, This entry marks the beginning of my trip around the world. In a few days, I head out to Camp Bow-Isle. I'll spend about a month there as a senior counselor. After that, I start the long haul of flying across the US and over the Atlantic. I'll land in London and make a connecting flight to Munster, Germany. My guess is that my next entry will pick up from there. I'm sure that entry will be much more interesting. -Donnie [View Full Entry]

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I'm testing this out. It looked like a good blog site. I will be going to Prague later in the summer with a study abroad group. For now, just looking forward to the cruise, my family vacation to the Caribbean. It's a hard life. [View Full Entry]

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One more exam... My walls are white and posterless. Moriah has stripped her side of pictures and books. All that's left are duffel bags and our bedding. Ugly! This is what it looked like before we packed... The reason I'm starting this travel blog is because I'm going to be all over the Western Hemisphere in the next year. Thursday, my mom and I are leaving St. Louis and driving home, so that covers a bunch of states east of the Mississippi. This summer, I'm so excited to be working at North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA). It's only the [View Full Entry]

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Springtime here in St. Louis means the start of baseball season. This year it is made even more exciting than usual with the opening of our new stadium. Whether you were for or against the building of it, you have to admit it is a classic looking baseball stadium, much better looking in my mind than the concrete bowl it replaced. For my family and me, spring this year means the start of what we hope will be a great year of travel. My wife Jo, two children Viv and Will, and I, Keith will be headed to Southeast Asia for [View Full Entry]

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Back in the states… I am back! What an interesting transition that has been. While I was off on my trip, many things happened. There was a death in the family. My father had a pretty serious stroke, which no one told me about. My middle child had a freak accident. We were certainly blessed it was not worse. All this to say, that leaving your reality, for a month, things still happen! I know that my friends and family protected me from a lot of these situations, knowing that it would have made it extremely difficult for me, being away. [View Full Entry]

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Yeah, I know it's January, 2007 but am trying to get some of my old trips and travel journals posted for those interested. With that...on June 9, 2005, I was in St. Louis for business and had a couple hours to go see the sites before meetings started. I had never been to St. Louis before and was anxious to see the famous Arch. Walked down to the Arch and around the sites. It was a miserably hot and humid day as one can imagine June in Missouri. The Gateway Arch is 630 feet high. You ride up in an old, [View Full Entry]

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