We stopped in Austin to begin the last preparations we need to do before we leave the USA. We had a lengthy shopping list which included: Stocking our medicine (Benedryl, peptobismal, etc) The much-anticipated Yellow Fever and Typhoid Shots! A visit to a doctor for broad spectrum antibiotics (Cipro) and epinephrine Ink for the printer Car… Continue reading Preparing to leave the USA
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Dallas
We camped in severe wind, so severe we signed up for texted weather warnings and watches before we went to sleep. We woke up to thunderstorms and drove towards Dallas. In Dallas, we visited the site of President Kennedy’s assassination. It was interesting to be some place you have seen so often in pictures. Jennah… Continue reading Dallas
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Oklahoma City, OK
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
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.