Blogs from Kansas City, Kansas, United States, North America

My luck is still holding, the first museum I went to, The Corn Cob Pipe Museum was closed. Yes, not only is there a Corn Cob Pipe Museum, But I did try to go there. It wasn't a big deal that the Pipe Museum was closed, it was along the way to my next stop, Auto World Museum. Auto World is a cool little Museum with about 80 automobiles ranging from 1903 through 1987. The cars were originally the private collection of Bill Backer the owner of a local potato chip company who eventually decided to share his collection with the public. Somehow when I visit these museums there is always some connection to home. This 1932 Franklin was built in Syracuse, NY. After Auto World it was a short dri... read more

18 JUNE 2011 -- Well my 1st trunk's time was up. When the lid broke I knew I needed a new trunk, I had been kind of looking for one because my Nolan103 helmet that I bought this year would not fit in this trunk. The trunk was too short, I needed a taller trunk. The helmet is 11 inches tall. The trunk lasted me a good 3 years and I got more than my monies worth out of it. Anyway I searched and searched and finally settled on this trunk from ebay vendor Halfpricetrade. The trunk was $88 with $25 shipping and handling charges. Here is the text from the ebay auction: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Extra Large Motorcycle Trunk Honda yamaha harley 250 This is one of the largest motorcycle trunk in the market. The outer dimension ... read more

Hei hei! Ja da kom jeg meg over! Sikkerhetsspørsmålene begynte spørres ved innsjekkingen og tok ikke slutt før jeg landet i Kansas! Ingen som skal beskylde vaktene for å ikke gjøre en grundig jobb iallefall! Hadde store planer om å sove på flyet siden jeg sov så lite natta før men det fungerte ikke helt. Vedsiden av meg satt det en norsk gresk-canadier (ja du leste rett) og prata i vei, før han insisterte på å spandere drinker på meg siden jobben tydeligvis betalte omtrent alt.jadda.. Ble invitert på date og alt mulig rart heh! Tror jeg sov en time på nesten en 9 timers flytur og det var kun fordi sjampisen slo meg ut:p han og kollegaene skulle videre og bra var det så jeg ikke rota meg bort. Newark er ikke gruelig fælt å ... read more

Made it to Kansas! Starting the 'blog' now. Just to catch up, I left CT last Wednesday afternoon, made it to Miami on Friday. I spent a wonderful weekend in Miami with my Amie and then headed to Kansas City on Sunday. Finally made it here this afternoon. Just going to get some final things ready and spend time with my sister and her family before I leave for Mexico, most likely on Sunday.... read more

As many of you know, I just spent the last week volunteering at a hospital in Port-au-Prince (PAP), Haiti. Actually, I was in Petionville which is basically just a suburb of PAP. Just now I found the website for the hospital (http://www.haitihosp.org/lHopital_de_la_Communaute_Haitienne/Home.html) and became a fan on Facebook. Feel free to check both out if you want. As for my experience, I am still digesting most of what I saw, smelled, heard, and felt. The destruction in Petionville was relatively scarce compared with the utter devastation in downtown PAP. When we drove through downtown last Saturday we passed by blocks and blocks of crumbled, flattened, and teetering buildings. There were vast stretches where literally every building was affected and nobody was inside. After seeing that, I began to understand why even our ICU patients moved their ... read more