http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Lawrence/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Kansas , Lawrence en-us Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:56:58 BST Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:56:58 BST GreetingsSometimes your that bat... sometimes your the ball as my friend Pewamo likes to say.This weekend I get to participate in the first annual Lawrence Busker Festival. Along with my band Zydeco Tougeau we did not have to travel a long ways to participate but it was fun Educational.The thing I really like about performing on the street is the close contact with the audience who oft http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kansas/Lawrence/blog-321613.html Hey Everyone As most of you know I've spent the past year clerking for Judge Deanell Tacha in Lawrence Kansas. Unfortunately my time there has come to an end and today I'm taking off for five weeks to backpack through Europeone last attempt to avoid the inevitable arrival of the real world. I start private practice in DC this fall. I'll be overseas until September 10 and my itinerary i http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kansas/Lawrence/blog-308643.html This summer Axel is working in beautiful San Diego as a part of the staff for CORTRAMID basically an opportunity for all NROTC students who have completed their first year to be exposed for a month to all of the Naval Communities Aviation Submarine Marine and of course SWO.Because Axel wanted to have his car with him we decided to steal the opportunity todrive cross country well 23 of t http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kansas/Lawrence/blog-307205.html about 2 days and i'm off.this feels big and i believe it will be a big movement in my life. i am excited for change and the unknown even though sometimes i let my mind convince me that the unknown is scary not usually for too long though. i have felt my life is too stagnant for quite some time and am ready for that feeling to dissipate with visions of things i will be seeing for the first ti http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kansas/Lawrence/blog-292888.html Part of the reason I am doing this is to make sure that I don't completely lose every single bit of grammar knowledge I once had I need to maintain my habit of typing correctly. i don't want 2 get lazy and start typing everything like this and not now how too spell or use the right words or a period i also dont want ppl too get upset wme 4 not caplitalizing they're name so i will use this web si http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kansas/Lawrence/blog-280091.html One will do anything for a chance to sleep in their own bed even if for one night. On the road usually most of the week I have driven home straight 17 hours to be here. Also 14 hours 11 hours 15 hours and from locations such as New Orleans New Jersey Atlanta and Houston. Driving is different from flying as it puts you behind the cockpit. There isnrsquot a security person asking you http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kansas/Lawrence/blog-215851.html I have SO much to share but for now I just want you to know that I have just gotten home safely. We were 53 hours in transit this time...instead of the 21 hours it was supposed to take. Whew.This was one of the most amazing months of my life. Now I need to go rest. More soon http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kansas/Lawrence/blog-188893.html UntitledBetsy K.This is a test post. If you get thishello family friends colleagues and students I have recently created an online travel journal to write about my South America trip this summer as well as other future travels.I have already posted a couple entries explaining my plans for this summer. If you scroll down my webpage you will see themIf you do not wish to be on the list http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kansas/Lawrence/blog-162865.html This morning I received my flight itinerary for my trip to Asuncion I had checked travel sites to get a basic idea of how many miles and hours I'd be traveling. I had gotten myself used to the idea of my travel taking the better part of a day and it looked like I'd have 3 legs to my trip KC to AtlantaHouston there to Sao PauloBuenos Aires there to Asuncion. Imagine my surprise then w http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kansas/Lawrence/blog-162549.html The most common response when we tell people we are going to Laos is WHY.I think that the question also contains hints to the answer. Laos is off the map for most people. 9 years ago when I was working nights as a custodian at the University of Kansas Library I came across a book about Laos Stalking the Elephant Kings. Oh yeah...Laos... whatever happened to Laos anyway. I remember Laos http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kansas/Lawrence/blog-116183.html It's back to the grindstone. I've finally gotten my pictures uploaded and will post some this weekend. I will also put them all on kodakgallery so just let me know if you'd like to see all of them and I'll email you the link. I'll try to remember what all happened since I last wrote. We spent a couple days in London doing prairie dog tours. You know the ones where you pop up out of the t http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kansas/Lawrence/blog-82868.html It is too hot for me here in Kansas so...I am going back to Costa Rica.I know that sounds backwards but it really is cooler there than it is here. My reason for going is more professional than anything. I have been given an incredible opportunity to do some independent consulting work in the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica. I have been asked to be the primary designer on what my client hopes http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kansas/Lawrence/blog-77759.html I am actually not packing at this very moment. Everything is basically bought organized and scheduled on time. I am extremely excited about this trip. I have always wanted to go to Central America and it is never too late to learn Spanish. I have had a little problem with getting the correct AntiMalaria medication but after getting a second medical opinion I think I am prepared. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kansas/Lawrence/blog-75176.html Getting ready to head to Eastern Europe to travel and study. My friend Linda and I head to Budapest on July 21st and will wind our way through Hungary Slovakia and Poland. We'll end up in Berlin where we will study for two weeks. After the final we'll head to London for a few days.I'm worried that my luck will follow me. My car was broken into two weeks ago. Days later I was effectively evicte http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kansas/Lawrence/blog-73553.html Well I'm all packed up and ready to go. I have my suitcases zipped up and my backpack full. I don't know if my spanish skills are ready but I have definitely packed them. I'm worried that I won't be able to speak very well but I'm confident that as time goes by I'll get better. I had to say goodbye to all my friends yesterday and it was pretty hard. Especially Owen and Rahul because I beca http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kansas/Lawrence/blog-60429.html I am University of Kansas PhD student travelling to Antarctica as part of the Polar Radar for Ice Sheet Measurement PRISM project. However I do not work on radars. I work on the mobile robot that will tow the radar across the ice sheet. I have spent the past three and a half years developing and testing this robot. The first team of PRISM researchers departed last Thursday. Their goal is t http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kansas/Lawrence/blog-29937.html