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Guthrie, Oklahoma
We left Kansas and drove through the sunshine to Oklahoma. Before we left Wichita, we downloaded Oklahoma! from Amazon and by the time we reached Guthrie, we all had the song memorized. Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain And the wavin’ wheat can sure smell sweet When the wind comes right… Continue reading Guthrie, Oklahoma
Music for leaving Kansas and driving through Oklahoma – suggestions appreciated!
1. Wichita Skyline 2. Wichita Lineman (Glen Campbell) 3. Dust in the Wind (Kansas) 4. The entire soundtrack from Oklahoma! 5. Red River Valley (Marty Robbins) 6. Your the Reason God Made Oklahoma
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita is a beautiful city, filled with art and lovely buildings, parks and bike trails and museums and gardens. Wichita was also empty. Like there were no people. Anywhere. We were there on a Wednesday morning and stayed the night and saw almost no people at all. We wandered through a beautiful park built along… Continue reading Wichita, Kansas
Kansas — Ryan
http://ryandecorso.us/wichita-kansas-united-states/ The journey across the Great Plains has been intriguing, bizarre and disheartening. I would call Kansas the New Jersey of the Midwest, but I’m not sure the term quite fits. I approached Kansas with an open mind, expecting it to be somewhat like Nebraska or Iowa, with quaint, picturesque small towns that embrace a… Continue reading Kansas — Ryan
Kansas
Kansas In our 1800+ page Lonely Planet guide to the USA, Kansas gets only 5 pages. And now we know why – if you can’t say something nice, say nothing at all. 1. Flies 2. Facsimilies 3. Tornadoes 4. Horrible radio stations 5. The Westboro Baptist Church 6. AT&T censoring the internet so you can’t… Continue reading Kansas
La Junta, Colorado, United States — Ryan
We stayed in Denver over Halloween with my Aunt and Uncle in Aurora. I got some work done on my website, there’s now a ‘Photography’ tab at the top. It doesn’t look stellar because it’s still with WordPress, but I didn’t want to break my site and have to leave it down for a few… Continue reading La Junta, Colorado, United States — Ryan
Make a $25 loan on KIVA — A loan of $525 helps Anselma to buy ingredients like potatoes and oil.
Anselma, 36, sells stuffed potatoes, turnovers, vermicelli and ‘silpancho’ [meat and rice dish served with fried egg] in a small eatery she has located in a strategic spot in the city of La Paz. This loan is her first sequence in the institution and Anselma will use it to buy ingredients like potatoes and oil… Continue reading Make a $25 loan on KIVA — A loan of $525 helps Anselma to buy ingredients like potatoes and oil.
Halloween in Denver
Halloween!! We bought 6 pizzas from Little Caesar’s – this is a new thing for us Alaskans Jack and Cassie and Ryan