Blogs from Kansas, United States, North America - page 35

. It is another cold but sunny and clear morning - thankfully the wind is blowing a little in the “right” direction and the aroma from last night has disappeared. As they say in Dodge City it is the smell of “money,” but as we were not yet in Dodge City the smell was pure “Feedlot!” We are now officially on our “Mad Dash” back to Kechi, with only one “scheduled” stop along the way… Statistics Starting Destination: Lamar, Colorado Ending Destination: Kechi, Kansas Ending Destination GPS: N: 37° 47.875’ W: 97° 16.752’ Elev: 1380’ Miles Driven: 372.2 Estimated Total “Round Trip” Distance: 11,507.3 miles Follow the Yellow Brick Road Lamar is not very far from the Kansas, so we didn’t have to go far before we were back in Dorothy country and had to change ... read more

For the last 4-5 days we have been staying with Carl's Parents just outside of Manhattan, KS. If we thought that once we had left Kechi we were ready to "go," we were sadly mistaken... *Saturday - we packed up all the stuff that needed to go to climate controlled storage in Topeka. *Sunday - was Carl's families annual "reunion," much of the family lives in the Manhattan, KS area, but some arrived from California, Utah, Missouri, Colorado and even Cuba (well, he's not quite part of the family yet)! There was much talk along the vein of "I have alway's wanted to visit Australia - I will have to come and visit" or "take care of yourself and don't get into too much trouble." Our responses are always - "Come and visit, everyone is welcome ... read more

Hey everybody, So I decided that i would put together a little travel blog of sorts so that I can keep you all up to date to what im doing and where im going. For now I am trying to pack and get ready to leave. I will leave 5:30pm on Wednesday and get into London at 7:30am then transfer to Rome a few hours later. My address in Rome is: Via Costabella 26 Scala C, Int 4 00195 Roma go to maps.google.com to see exactly where it is, but it looks to be about a mile north of the Vatican in a neighborhood called Prati, known as an upperclass area of Rome buildin the 19th century. But i suppose i can tell you for certain in a few days! Please pass this URL on to ... read more

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 pick-up 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, Kansas to put into a storage unit close to Carl's parents. Met with real estate agents about selling the house only to find out they think it will be easier to sell the house if we replace the deck, get rid of the cheezy 80's wallpaper in the kitchen and resign ourselves to potentially have to pay closing costs on ... read more

It is too hot for me here in Kansas so... I am going back to Costa Rica. I know, that sounds backwards, but it really is cooler there than it is here. My reason for going is more professional than anything. I have been given an incredible opportunity to do some independent consulting work in the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica. I have been asked to be the primary designer on what my client hopes will be an example of how to build in a way that is not detrimental to the environment. In his words: We are convinced small, environmentally smart and economically self-sufficient communities will be a growing market trend in the 21st century. Pueblo Verde will be the first of what we hope are many such eco-villages in central America. The place that ... read more