Blogs from Kansas City, Missouri, United States, North America - page 6

Good morning all. Slept well; awoke at 6:30 am CST. That's sleeping in for me. The Friends if the Congo explain the concept of time is more about the event than about the time of day. Rachel and I had dinner with them at Trinity United Methodist Church. The group I'm travelling with are members. Mark is the Pastor, and his wife, Julie. Steve, his wife Stephanie, and their two sons. And, last but not least, "Guy" Mande. He's from the Congo and has coordinated my entire event. He'll be interpreting for me on legal issues. Rachel has been phenomenal through all of this; I'm just along for the ride, she's handled all of the paperwork. I Love You Rachel! Well, time is tight. For now, at least, I'm still guided by the almighty Clock. My ... read more

7 June 2009, Sunday The Vintage Bike Show finished off a really great weekend. Well over a thousand miles and three days. Life is good. Today I slept til 11AM then called Darrel and asked if he was ready for go to a bike show. A call to Roger to confirm where it was and we were off. Darrels son Nickolas came with us. He was passenger on Darrels bike. I had planned to eat lunch there but there were not any vendors. I ran into several people I knew. Floyd Fleming was one of the first ones. Central Midwest HOG group. He was there displaying his 1950 Indian Warrior. It was a bike that he and his father had rebuilt and brought back to life. I asked hime why the hell he had a harley ... read more

At least, if a friendly twister decides to come along and give me a concussion that can send me on a magnificent dream, leaving me with a pair of...emerald boots...Anyway, Oz potential aside, I will be blazing a trail through Kansas tomorrow on my way to Jim Bishop's Castle. Today I departed at Noon after several final fairwells, and quickly made it to St. Louis before succumbing to my weariness, pulling over, and taking my first Volvo nap, a three hour slumber from which I awakened revitalized and ready to roll across Missouri in the dark of night. Reading the billboard signs as I drove along, a few stood out and especially intriguing to me. They all shared one common message "Free Wireless"!!!!!! So, thats how I came to be in this La Quinta breakfast area ... read more

I'm officially sitting and waiting for my flight to leave this city for just over five months. Crazy. I said the goodbye to the parents, the brothers, the dogs and now I wait to leave. My flight is a lil delayed. My trip is all ready a bit changed. I was going to Los Angeles early so I could spend a few days with Dave but he ended up getting a job in Toronto for a couple weeks. He is going to be in a movie called "Suck" with Iggy Pop, Moby, Alice Cooper, and a few others. I'm happy for him that he has been working so much but wish I could have seen him. Oh well. I fortunately have loads of friends in LA that are there to hang with me before I venture ... read more

A lot has happened in September. I had originally planned to just use this blog site for my '09 trip to New Zealand but have decided to modify it a little to lead up to that trip and include other stuff going on in my life. My dad died on August 29th at the age of 89. He had been declining for approximately 2-3 weeks. After surviving an untreatable blood condition 2 years ago his passing was sad but not unexpected. Two weeks later, Sept 9th, I lost my youngest son, Matt, age 34. Matt had suffered a severe brain injury at age 7 and even tough he was very functional we constantly lived with concerns of seizures which ultimately caused his death. I have not even begun to cope with his passing. He was a ... read more