Blogs from Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, North America - page 8

The lessons we learn which come at a great cost to us, often stick with us. This is what I tell myself right now to endure the suffering caused by TravelBlogs decision to wipe away an hour and a half of heart and soul wrenching writing rather than saving it, as TravelBlog was apparently preoccupied by database maintenance and could not be troubled with my little piece of creative writing, my meager attempt to entertain myself and whatever masochistic personalities might try to decipher my writings for some meaning or value. Speaking of which, shall I attempt to rewrite with the same passion my story of preparation for my voyage a second time, and reveal once more to the world the twisted blows that fate has dealt my agenda? That was rhetorical, whether or not you ... read more

The first time we came to Kentucky, last January, we ended up driving to Indiana for pizza. Today, I drove to Kentucky for pizza, but at least it was on purpose this time. I rented a car and drove down to Lousiville, KY to visit a friend of mine. Amy is from there, but lives in Spokane because her husband is in the Air Force and came home because he is deployed. I was going to see her on Sunday, but it didn’t work out because she has a sick baby, but I got to spend most of today with her today, which was fun. Let me tell you though, there are a lot of semi trucks on I-65 between Indy and Lousiville! And it’s two-lanes, and they want to pass each other, making it harder ... read more

The only purpose of today was to travel, which we did. We drove from Madisonville, Kentucky to Lousiville, Kentucky (which took us into Indiana first), where I was going to meet up with a friend. Unfortunately, her phone has been dead and it didn’t work out for us to connect today, but I’m hoping to go down sometime this week to visit. Then up to Indianapolis. We’ve got a few days off here, and we’re in the same hotel we were in last spring when we were here for a few days off. All of us have been starved for a church service, so Kyle found us a church with an evening service. I was a little hesitant about what kind of service it would be- my church is by far the least “traditional” out of ... read more

We are leaving Indy today headed first for London, and then on to Kenya. We are well prepared and have three checked luggages, all kinds of expensive yuppie hiking gear, a mandatory bag of trail mix (apparently a required item to take along for all Barretts leaving the country) and our very own sherpa (visible just to the left of us in the photo).... read more

So there are still a few things I have to get together before leaving... my camera-computer cord; dramamine (target was sold out); load up my ipod; get my voltage converters Other than that I am pretty much packed and quite proud of my minimalist packing--- this is quite the accomplishment.... This is crazy. Only a few more days than I am off to el sur (the south).... read more