http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kechi/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Kansas , Kechi en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:22:19 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:22:19 UTC .It is another cold but sunny and clear morning thankfully the wind is blowing a little in the ldquorightrdquo direction and the aroma from last night has disappeared. As they say in Dodge City it is the smell of ldquomoneyrdquo but as we were not yet in Dodge City the smell was pure ldquoFeedlotrdquo We are now officially on our ldquoMad Dashrdquo back to Kechi with only on http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kechi/blog-103136.html Finally...Wichita is slowly receding in the rearview mirror... We blinked and Kechi was goneThe past couple of weeks have been filled with a persistent sense that we were only slowly making progress... The deck is complete the water leak in the living room has been fixed the kitchen painted house powerwashed bushes and tree's trimmed and other sundry yard work complete... We would have ha http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kechi/blog-87294.html Last Days... Yesterday was Maria's last day at work... Carl was more efficient and finished on the 17th To be fair it took both of us quite a bit longer than we had hoped to finish up at work as we tried to leave things in a reasonable state Of course as Carl reminded Maria she still has a week's worth of aerobics classes to teach before she is really done First Steps So here's the fi http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kechi/blog-83107.html Rattling around the house.. Here we are it is a Saturday night 2 to 3 weeks after we quit our jobs... We have packed up one set of boxes and driven them to San Antonio Texas to be packed into a container left along with a 1971 Chevrolet step sided pickup that Maria's brother is shipping to Australia. Packed a second set of boxes that we loaded into a big truck and drove to Manhattan Ka http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kansas/Kechi/blog-83105.html