Blogs from Garfield, Kansas, United States, North America

In October 2008 my former Rotary Exchange Student Trang Nguyen and her husband Huan Tran came to the United States to have their wedding blessed. While they were here they also performed at the 2008 Rotary District Conference in Wichita Kansas. It was also an opportunity for Huan to see some of the places Trang enjoyed while she was here as an Exchange Student in 1999-00 and later as a college student in Barton County Community College in Great Bend Kansas. Huan is an actor and Trang is an Airline Flight Attendant for Vietnam Airlines. Experiencing a Kansas Milo Harvest was one of the highlights Huan got to enjoy. Since 80 % of his countrymen work on farms with mostly hand labor, experiencing a mechanized harvest operation was something very new to him. In 2000 when ... read more

Rotary International has over a hundred fellowships. Just about every thing from golf, flying or any special interest. One that I belong to is the International Travel and Hosting Fellowship. If you like to travel and meet people this is the fellowship for you. I joined this fellowship years ago. Most people see Kansas as a place to drive through or fly over. Actually, we have a lot to see. Within an 1:30 of driving time from my home you can see Dodge City's boot hill, Fort Larned (the only intact Indian fort west of the Missisippi), Santa Fe Trail Museum (the official museum of the Santa Fe Trail), Central States Scout Musuem and Hutchinson's Cosmophere. Two hours away is Wichita which has about everything you want but especially the Museum of World Treasures in old ... read more