Posts under ‘Vacation’

Today is the last day in February, and we’ve visited lots of great places in Wichita this month. Living in Wichita gives us a unique perspective on the town, but also means that we’ve been almost everywhere and seen almost everything already. That makes it hard for us to narrow down what we would blog [...]

Instead of taking one big vacation this summer (like we did last year), Ryan and I are trying out the “staycation” and taking short visits to local sites. Last weekend we drove 40 minutes up to Hutchinson to the Kansas State Fair grounds for the annual fair.

Earlier in the week our region had heavy rainstorms [...]

I safely arrived back in Wichita on Friday night at 9 PM. Thank you everyone for your comments, emails, texts, and most importantly, prayers! I hope you enjoyed reading my posts and following my trip.

The Mexicans we met were hard-working during the day and fun-loving after work. They know how to party and relax. Besides enjoying their food, everyone plays soccer, there is a large baseball stadium not far from the facility, and both the circus and an ice show were in town during our trip.
One night we drove [...]

I love maps and am pretty good at compass directions. When we go on trips I get to be navigator. Except for this trip. No maps, no grid streets (except downtown), no directional signs, nothing. Lucky for us there were three co-workers that had already been there for over a month who had learned how [...]

Chihuahua is in an arid climate and, except for areas that are irrigated, is covered in dried brown brush. Most of the city is encased in cement or mountainous rocky soil and green spaces are a rarity. Quite the opposite from the 40 shades of green we saw on our Ireland trip this past summer! [...]

This afternoon we drove downtown but went in the opposite direction from yesterday (I would give you the compass direction, but I really have no idea in this town). We parked and walked to a large building that contained dozens of shops the size of small shipping containers. The shops were laid out in a [...]