http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Fayetteville/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Arkansas , Fayetteville en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 11:02:10 +0000 Sun, 19 May 2013 11:02:10 +0000 It39s finally here The planning is over. Also over is heavyduty shock absorber research detailed discussions of diesel engine performance endless Amazon purchases of Roadside Geology of WyomingMontanaIdahoAlaska... Amazon super light wine glasses Amazon photography books the list doesn39t end there but is too embarrasing to continue. I39ll be expecting a gift from Jeff Bezos http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Fayetteville/blog-722020.html Although the weather has been fantastic for the whole time it's been gonesevere clear and in the 70's the nights have been pretty chilly. Sunday night the low was in the mid 30's. So I figured I would hang around until the temperature warmed up a bit. Easy to do when you're comfortable drinking coffee and eating sausage rolls.Jim had a conference call for work but he decided to ride with m http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Fayetteville/blog-537150.html After we arrived at Jim's house and I said my hellos to his wife Sherry and my nephew Josh we headed into town to check out the fest. The main part of the rally is on Dickson Street. Fayetteville is a college town. This is the home of the University of Arkansas the Razorbacks. Dickson Street has lots of bars. Just what every college town needs.The place was rocking and rolling with hundred http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Fayetteville/blog-537117.html My apologies to Jim H. I should have called you about ths trip a long time ago but I wasn't too sure if I would go here until I got back from Europe and I thought that would have been too short of notice.I knew that if I took all two lane roads on this leg to Fayetteville Arkansas it would take me forever to get there so I took Interstate 44 for about 175 miles to Springfield Missouri. At http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Fayetteville/blog-536879.html As I was laying out the route from Russellville AR to the WinnCreek RV Park and Retreat in Winslow AR I found there was no uncomplicated way to make the journey without backtracking to Fort Smith. Obviously revisiting those visual stimuli was not my itinerary of choice. Since I would be pulling the Pilgrim I wanted the route to be a reasonably direct path over fairly well marked hopefully http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Fayetteville/blog-504797.html Fayetteville home of the University of Arkansas Razorbacks has become one of the top destinations for bikers who rally at the Bikes Blues and BBQ festival.The 2008 event attracted over 300000 people and 100000 bikes and attendance has grown every year. This yearly celebration is fun for the bikers and the families watching from the sidewalks as the spectacle of thousands of chromed bikes wi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Fayetteville/blog-471513.html The waters have started to flood under my feet granting me the buoyancy to continue down stream on this adventure across America. I would like to recap those events which have created a beautiful picture for my memory along with the deck building cheers Jeff Wendy family Homers the favorite local restaurant watching Keith dance his rumpoff to live gospelfolkblues chatting with craz http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Fayetteville/blog-392564.html I am in Fayetteville but going to Rogers tonight because Emily is in town... Did you know I am moving to New York City in August Miss you will... http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Fayetteville/blog-370147.html The journey back to CIMBA was officially the worst time I have have ever had traveling. My flight was to leave NWA Regional Airport at 6am on Jan. 2 2009.But before thatI had had a sore throat the for a few days and had now developed a cough with crud yes that's the technical term. As usual Mom had asked me to go to the doctor the day before but I didn't want to. But thinking that I didn http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Fayetteville/blog-361067.html This week has been a lot of studying mixed with cleaning and packing. The GMAT is this saturday and I would like to be out of the apartment in a week.A new skill I learned this week is to ship luggage. I sent a large 55lb piece of luggage out with LuggageFree. It was full of bedding and ski clothes. They will drop it off at my dorm. Let's just say I'm paying to not have to lug that thing arou http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Fayetteville/blog-317032.html This week has been a full week. I got 2 cavities filled which of course is always fun. But before I go away for a year I'd like to make sure my teeth a healthy. I can check that off my list. My VISA came in the mail today. No not a credit card. My little piece of paper that says I'm allowed to be in Italy for the 330 days. Which is kinda neat. It's a sticker inside my passport and some http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Fayetteville/blog-310484.html I have 5 weeks to go and the frustration with everthing and everyone has reached its peak. I have a massive todo list and have purchased hundreds of dollars in things i need for the trip. Things live voltage adapters financial calculator easytravel clothing slashproof purse and so on. I'm going to break make sure it's not on youAnd all the red tape from school is getting ridiculou http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Fayetteville/blog-308431.html Hey everyoneI came home from camp on Saturday July 19 2008. A very emotional thing to do. I love Dwight Mission with every fiber of my being but everyone has to leave at some point. I know I'll be back to visit some to alumni retreats and family camps but it will never quite be the same.I came home 2 weeks early so I could spend time with my family and take care of paperwork for school. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Fayetteville/blog-303827.html In response to Joe Stubberfield's email which read Maybe they should have traded the planes for that RV they were looking at. I have driven from MD to LA in two separate legs in a total of 41 hours. They could have split that up among drivers and spent and extra day or two in Grand Canyon Monument Park etc. Wouldn't have to worry about bathroom breaks cause they would have one http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Fayetteville/blog-274338.html Well after a very long day Friday all seven of us finally made it home. We were honestly concerned that we might not have made it back before Monday but the Lord took care of us and got us home we just had to be patient. We received an email from Brad the pastor of CrossChurch this morning that said that they had 83 people at their first service last night And more than that 14 people http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Fayetteville/blog-259318.html Last night there was a winter storm advisory. Im sure an inch of snow would shut down the city. It rained pretty hard and there was some awesome thunder and lightning but nothing much. It wasnt even freezing rain this morning just cold and a downpour which was in fact pretty exciting.It was so nice being back in a theater today Load in was wicked early 7. Thus far getting http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Fayetteville/blog-248822.html Finally were back on the road YeaBusy morning of packing and making breakfast and a zillion egg salad sandwiches. If this trip has done anything for me its make eggs less appealing to eat. We left the church almost 3 hours after the kids so we just sort of hung out with the staff there. Good times.Then we hit the road. Just Beth Sarah and I in the van. Background when I was litt http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Fayetteville/blog-248456.html Well we're back now and I thought I'd wrap this blog up with a few interesting statistics about the trip Over the course of 18 days from June 11th to the 28th we travelled by train 3060 miles and car 1478 miles a total distance of 4548 miles through 9 states Arkansas Missouri Kansas Colorado New Mexico Arizona California Nevada and Utah occupying an area 904055 square miles tha http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Fayetteville/blog-176091.html Sarah and I thought it would be fun to keep everyone updated on our travels through the West this summer so we've set up this blog. We'll try to update it somewhat regularly as we go from one town to the next. For those who don't already know here's a brief itinerary Albuquerque NM San Francisco Salt Lake CityPark City UT DenverFt. CollinsWinter ParkThat's all for now but expect more som http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Fayetteville/blog-166161.html So you guys probably weren't expecting to here from me via travelblog again but I have good news. As of this morning I am accepted as an International Student at the University of York in England. There are some problems that need to be fixed before I can once again study abroad namely amassing the necessary funds and making sure they know when i'm suppose to show upthey were so confused b http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Fayetteville/blog-104695.html