http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Kalamazoo/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Michigan , Kalamazoo en-us Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:23:06 BST Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:23:06 BST So my trip begins along with my first blogging experience. I intend for this to primarily be a photo journal but captions of sorts can be helpful too rightDad and I met this morning to begin the convoy at 5 A.M. in Kalamazoo and headed west on I 94. We didn't stop until after merging onto 80 west in Illinois a few hours later. The weather was really humid and hot the whole trip today. Th http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Michigan/Kalamazoo/blog-284244.html THE WEDELS gt WALT AND ANN WILL BE WITH US ldquoWe are from Kalamazoo MI and spend our winters in Bradenton FL. Just a few words on our expectations of our trip to Germany and Holland. As we have never been on an INAGURAL we are looking forward to this one.We are excited to be with our Shuffle Friends Family Hussmann and Family Runge this time in their home country. We also want to tra http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Michigan/Kalamazoo/blog-258061.html Howdy everyone Benji here Thot I should report in on our dayBoy did they get me up early They really had to bribe me to get me to come out of my spot under the table where I was sleeping. But a wiener was all it took And then I also heard those magic lettersCAR That will do it every timeAnyway after a quick stop at Tim's for guess what yup my Timbits of course my masters got a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Michigan/Kalamazoo/blog-251403.html I've been back in Michigan a week now and everything has been FABULOUS The food's great my family is wonderful and my friends are the best And I'm having so much fun DRIVING again I missed my little car and that incredible freedom WhoohoooThe other day I went to the mall with a friend. The strangest part was seeing all the people. We have such a beautiful and random mixture of people here http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Michigan/Kalamazoo/blog-229603.html Surprise I'm BACK in MICHIGAN WhooHoooI arrived this weekend for 3 weeks with family and friends in the BEAUTIFUL state of MICHIGAN then I head back to Honduras early January for another 8 months. It was a complete surprise to my family except my sister Angel knew and it was great to see their reactionsIt's fabulous being home I was a little concerned about adjusting etc. B http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Michigan/Kalamazoo/blog-228436.html Jon and Tracy were married on June 24 2006. What a fabulous weddingBut first letrsquos go back two days agohellip on Thursday the guys took Jon to the local Hooters for drinks and cigars. After Tracy and the gals crashed the party a few of us decided to continue on to Cruisers for more drinks and a few games of pool. We all felt great that nighthellip until the next morning what a h http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Michigan/Kalamazoo/blog-69667.html Hi everyone Wersquore very sorry for not updating our travel blog for the last few days. I wish I could claim that1. Our computer died just as I was writing our first travel journal.2. Our car broke down as we left our house and we didnrsquot leave until now.3. None of our hotels had internet access until today.Unfortunately none of these things have happened. But we have been on the roa http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Michigan/Kalamazoo/blog-68442.html We'll we're back in Michigan although I'm not quite home yet. Things in Chicago went very smoothly and I escaped U.S. Customs without losing anything. I had checked a box saying I was bringing in food although it was only commercially packaged curry spices and as soon as the customs officers saw that he sent me over to U.S. Agriculture and decided to pull apart the suitcases of some other vic http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Michigan/Kalamazoo/blog-28085.html