http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kansas-City/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Kansas , Kansas City en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 14:41:09 +0000 Sat, 25 May 2013 14:41:09 +0000 The holidays always bring a flurry of activity to Kansas City. The colder weather does not seem to slow anyone down as they journey to The Plaza to witness the annual Christmas lights being turned on or the lighting of the Mayors Christmas tree. There are theatrical shows such as A Spectacular Christmas Concert and The Salvation of Iggy Scrooge.On Friday November 25 The Mayor http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kansas-City/blog-669069.html 18 JUNE 2011 Well my 1st trunk39s time was up. When the lid broke I knew I needed a new trunk I had been kind of looking for one because my Nolan103 helmet that I bought this year would not fit in this trunk. The trunk was too short I needed a taller trunk. The helmet is 11 inches tall. The trunk lasted me a good 3 years and I got mor than my money from it.Anyway I searched and searche http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kansas-City/blog-620406.html After going to sleep shortly after 1am I was woken up at 2.30am to view the full lunar eclipse.All 5 of us and our new friend Jamie from Couch surfers were all standing outside viewing the orange tinted moon with binoculars.Shortly after watching the eclipse we all went back downstairs and slept.At 7.30am we woke up showered and changed. Jamie made us all pancakes with pancake syrup berry sauc http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kansas-City/blog-554909.html Hei hei Ja da kom jeg meg over Sikkerhetssprsmlene begynte sprres ved innsjekkingen og tok ikke slutt fr jeg landet i Kansas Ingen som skal beskylde vaktene for ikke gjre en grundig jobb iallefall Hadde store planer om sove p flyet siden jeg sov s lite natta fr men det fungerte ikke helt. Vedsiden av meg satt det en norsk greskcanadier ja du leste rett og prata i vei http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kansas-City/blog-517113.html This morning Mike helped Shelby repair his rock guard that decided to come loose from one side coming around St. Louis during rush hour the day before. It was great to have a place that had everything needed and Mike there to take charge of the task of replacing the rockguard. Later that day we were invited to join in a family pool party and cookout at Rhonda's cousins house. Gary and Sherry http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kansas-City/blog-511182.html Made it to Kansas Starting the 'blog' now. Just to catch up I left CT last Wednesday afternoon made it to Miami on Friday. I spent a wonderful weekend in Miami with my Amie and then headed to Kansas City on Sunday. Finally made it here this afternoon. Just going to get some final things ready and spend time with my sister and her family before I leave for Mexico most likely on Sunday. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kansas-City/blog-504879.html Just in case you didn't get the email. Here is a URL to some videoshttpwww.perceptionfunding.orgPerceptionfundingHaitiReliefBlogEntries2010315HaitiReliefVideos.html http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kansas-City/blog-484319.html As many of you know I just spent the last week volunteering at a hospital in PortauPrince PAP Haiti. Actually I was in Petionville which is basically just a suburb of PAP. Just now I found the website for the hospital httpwww.haitihosp.orglHopitaldelaCommunauteHaitienneHome.html and became a fan on Facebook. Feel free to check both out if you want.As for my experience I am st http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kansas-City/blog-479692.html Since my previous Xmas letters are posted in the blog I thought I would post this one too.2009 Seasons Greetings. I hope this letter finds you well. Seems like it was not that long ago that I was writing last years Xmas letter but here I am again. I have had a pretty full year. I took advantage of being able to pay someone else to do my job at the American Legion and took 3 trips this year. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kansas-City/blog-462580.html In DEC 09 I found a bunch of my old Xmas letters so I thought I would post them here in my blog. This is the letter that is send with my Xmas cards. You can find each one posted on Xmas day for that year. 0305 06 08 GreetingsIts that time of year again not that I have been very good about getting Christmas cards out the last couple years. I hope this card finds everyone in good healt http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kansas-City/blog-459236.html In DEC 09 I found a bunch of my old Xmas letters so I thought I would post them here in my blog. Merry Christmas to yall.Its been a pretty busy year. We are busy as beavers at work lots of new products coming in and lots to do. Its been a good year for us and promises to be pretty good year next year. I spent most of JAN and most of MAR in the Philippines. I really like the people ther http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kansas-City/blog-459234.html Every year I write a Xmas letter that goes in the Xmas card. In DEC09 I found a bunch of the old letters and I thought I would post them here in this blog. Please notice in this the 2005 letter I say I can not win the ABCs of Touring because you couldn't hold a 5 day a week job and have time to win. Funny I would end up winning it for 2006 while holding a 5 day a week job. Cindys Christma http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kansas-City/blog-459232.html Every year I write a Xmas letter that goes in the Xmas card. In DEC09 I found a bunch of the old letters and I thought I would post them here in this blog.I hope this find everyone well and looking forward to great xmasAnother year is getting ready to be a memory. Time flies doesnt it The older I get the faster it seems to go. As I write this I am once again working in FL. The office http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kansas-City/blog-459230.html I thought I'd include some pictures of relating to the Blues Jazz Scene for my friends Dan Soulideth and anyone else.One of the coolest jobs I ever had was being on the stage crew for lots of Kansas City music events. I worked on the KC Blues and Jazz festival for about 7 of it's 10 or 11 years. Got to work for lots of big name acts but especially enjoyed getting aquainted with several Kansa http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kansas-City/blog-442650.html Today has been a good day. Long but good. we started out around 845 am today and drove for a good long while. Mother dearest went ahead and got her alloted speeding ticket for the trip in illinois going 15 over The police officer was nice at least...Then we ate lunchdinner it was around four at Denny's where i had french toast YUMS The only other eventful thing that happened today was that http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kansas-City/blog-428526.html It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon. My morning had started early as usual on Sundays I am at the Legion by 715AM to unlock the pantry and anywhere else the breakfast crew might need into. The legion has an all you can eat breakfast for 7 every Sunday from 9am to 12 noon. The different groups at the legion each sponsor one of the Sundays. But all but the first Sunday is actually done by the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kansas-City/blog-423735.html Some discontent has been shared about how I never officially returned from Nairobi. I apologize for not updating my blog but let's be honest...nothing too exciting happens to me in med school. That said I finish my 2nd year out of 4 this week and then progress to take the STEP 1 Board Exam and take a year break from med school to earn a Masters in Public Health MPH. Yes I'm going to ad http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kansas-City/blog-398067.html I just decided the week before that I was going to take the opportunity that Easter brought and use 4 days to get to Vicksburg Military Park then ride the Natchez Trace. It was funny that the trip originally started as just heading to Eureka Springs AR for a couple days but the weather wasnt forecasted to be that great there. And I wanted some warm weather. Farther south it was looking bet http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kansas-City/blog-391482.html On the train to Kansas City we meet a woman and her son returning from Washington DC. They had been invited to the inauguration of President Barack Obama as the son Rexy Planner had been the president of a youth movement for the Obama campaign in the state of Missouri. They had met Obama during the early stages of his campaign the boy was only eight or nine years old. The mum showed us photograp http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kansas-City/blog-368057.html Yet another blog on how I installed something on my 2005 883L Sporty Effie. Working in electronics for 30 years I have no fear at tearing into her wire harness to add another component. I will warn you that my electrical system has been modified so my bike supplies 32 amps of current instead of the stock 21 amps. If you double click on the pictures TravelBlog will take you to an area where the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kansas-City/blog-363586.html