I’ve been living in Alabama since May 2007. Before that, I spent 2 years living on the road. The following page is the complete log of my journey.
This page is ordered from the most recent to the oldest. Some of the entries
have comments and links for notable events.
2007
| Tupelo, MS | April 1 -April 30 | a 2 day drive from Westcliffe to Birmingham, AL ended on the 3rd day in Tupelo |
| Westcliffe, CO | March 25 – March 30 | Located my inner electrician… wired up the top floor and part of the middle floor for the lodge on Dave Roever’s ranch |
| Roy, UT | March 9 – March 24 | |
| Gardnerville, NV | Feb 22 – March 9 | Sold off my stuff |
| Birmingham, AL to Gardnerville, NV | Feb 19 – Feb 22 | Longest, fastest week of the road trip… roughly 2800 mi. |
| Birmingham, AL | Feb 5 – Feb 19 | Looked like the beginning of the end |
| Peoria, IL | Jan 31 – Feb 5 | Thank you Christine, Cary, and Curt |
| Liberty, MO | fourth week of January | |
| Springfield, MO | middle 2 weeks of January | Nasty Ice storm and rampant power outages |
| Birmingham, AL -> Gatlinburg, TN | first week of January | Genesis Church youth group trip to the Smoky mountains |
2006
| Tupelo, MS | last two weeks of December | Celebrated Christmas and New Years |
| Peoria, IL | first two weeks of December | |
| Belleville, KS | mid September through November | Visited with Grandma in nursing home and after she returned from a broken hip |
| Westcliffe, CO | 10 days in mid September | Helped with forming and pouring a 90′ x 60′ concrete foundation for a maintenance building on Dave Roever’s ranch |
| Tupelo, MS | a few days in early September | Celebrated Granddaddy’s 75th birthday |
| Ocklawaha, FL | second half of August | left before Tropical Storm Ernesto |
| Pensacola, FL | first half of August | |
| Cottondale, AL | last week of July | |
| Tupelo, MS | next to last week of July | |
| Peoria, IL | July 13-19 | Roofed my sister’s house in 100 degree weather |
| Springfield, MO | July 10-13 | Got satellite internet access just after I left |
| Wichita, KS & Hutchinson, KS | July 9-10 | Great uncle’s funeral |
| Springfield, MO | June 30 – July 9 | |
| Liberty, MO | June 28-29 | |
| Belleville, KS | June | |
| Woodston, KS | end of May, beginning of June | Woodston Camp, best week of the year (spent a night in Frisco, CO on way to Woodston) |
| Ogden, UT | couple days near the end of May | |
| Vancouver, WA | May 23-27 | |
| Gardnerville, NV | mid April through the third week of May | Sold a bunch of stuff from my storage unit |
| Ogden, UT | April 6-11 | Aunt Teri’s wedding |
| Liberty, MO | a few days at the beginning of April | Recovery from flight back from Africa |
| Swaziland, Africa | February through beginning of April | |
| Liberty, MO | end of January | Preparing to leave for Africa |
| Tupelo, MS | third week of January | |
| Longview, TX | first two weeks of January | Helped David move into his new apartment |
2005
| Springfield, MO | returned from Tupelo until around New Years | |
| Liberty, MO -> Belleville, KS | a few days around Christmas | Celebrated Christmas with Grandma, Aunt Joyce, and the family |
| Springfield, MO | December until before Christmas | |
| Springfield, MO -> Tupelo, MS | a week around Thanksgiving | “The guy with the marble” |
| Liberty, MO | 2nd two weeks of November | |
| Belleville, KS | November 4-6 | Celebrated Aunt Joyce’s 50th birthday |
| Dallas, TX | ||
| Beaumont, TX | Arrived a week after Hurricane Rita. Volunteered at the Salvation Army and Cathedral in the Pines for hurricane relief. One of the best months ever. |
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| Cottondale, AL | Weathered Hurricane Rita here | |
| Tupelo, MS -> New Orleans, LA | September 3-7 | Helped my aunt move her stuff to Tupelo after Hurricane Katrina. Was in Jefferson Parish one week after Katrina |
| Cottondale, AL | Weathered Hurricane Katrina here | |
| Tupelo, MS | ||
| Springfield, MO | Cousin’s wedding | |
| Anthony, KS | House-sat for Pastor MacKinney during their second honeymoon to Hawaii. | |
| Springfield, MO | ||
| Liberty, MO | ||
| Woodston, KS | Woodston Camp, best week of the year (includes pre-Woodston Colorado roadtrip with my dad) |
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| Belleville, KS | ||
| Springfield, MO | May 6-7 | My sister’s graduation from Evangel University |
| Liberty, MO | ||
| Rapid City, SD | One Day in May | Hey, I AM a South Dakota Resident. Sort of. |
| Ogden, UT | Wyoming snowstorm turned me back for an extra couple of days due to travel on summer tires. |
Started in Minden, NV on April 29, 2005
