going home

I got up and looked out the window. The snow was coming down softly and covering up the streets. Dave was due to head out to CalArts in California, and Amy was ready to head out for Portales. Mary was at work. The TV commentators brought us up short. I 40 was shut down going east from Albuquerque. and caustion was encouraged in travel west.

Computer sites told a story of wait unless you had to travel. Both of these had been with me in Costa Rico,in the sixties and of course had heard the stories of "The Trip around the world".

"Well Dad, you would take off>>>".
I didn't confirm or deny.

"If I can get through to Grants and then to Gallup, it should be a good trip through Flagstaff. "

It was probably true. He started packing and and with hugs around he took off.

The day progressed and so did Dave. He texted messaged to Amy.. I don't have that skill.

Dave and Mary had ridden up with me from Costa Rica . On that trip we had driven through a war between Nicaragua and Salvadore but that is another story.

NOw it is just wait and keep in touch.

got to keep going

I'm starting to get a few comments and that is incentive enough for me.
I feel fairly strongly that most people should have a globe or a couple of maps to check out where the places in the news are.
With this in mind we got each of our grandsons a globe and gave them a copy of our itinerary to use as a point of reference. It is interesting to note that Colombo Ceylon is now Sri Lanka. and many of the boundaries of countries have changed over the years.

Later I will tell a little about traveling through out Central America...sometimes with various family members and some times alone. In some ways language wasn't as much of a barrier as I thought it would be. but more on that later.

genesis

Many aspects of travel have influenced my attitude and behavior. Some of these will be chronicled in this blog. Some you can figure out from information on my geneology pages in my web pages.
It will give me a chance to get off the freudian couch.

Dec. 26

Roger the traveler is up and running. Kids have all been contacted and lo and behold they have been traveling while I sit here at home.

There will be the Trip around the world which starts this off and you and your family can see if you can locate these places which we docked at over the years and you can see if you can find them.
Have fun and Merry christmas!!!

A Synopsis of the Kroth/Burns Itinerary 1948-50

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Sep 28, 1948	Departed Winfield, Kansas
Sep 30, 1948	At San Pedro, California
Nov 16,1948	Sailed to San Francisco, California
Dec 7, 1948	At Manila, Philippine Islands
Dec.14,1948	At Cebu Island, Philippine Islands
Late Dec, 1948	At Tandjong Oeban, Bintang Island
Jan 2, 1949	At Sydney, Australia
Jan 9, 1949	At Melbourne-, Australia
Mid Jan, 1949	Uncharted mine field near New Guinea
Jan 21, 1949	At Sorong, Now Guinea
Jan 30, 1949	At Palembang, Sumatra
Feb 1, 1949	At Oeban
Feb 14,1949	Sydney, Australia
May 21, 1949	Left Sydney for Brisbane, Australia; Singa pore; Palembang and Oeban
Jul 18,1949	Yokohama and Tokyo, Japan; Singapore; Oeban; Singapore and Bombay, India
Jul 30,1949	Palembang and Oeban
Aug 5, 1949	Ceylon, (now Sri Lanka)
Aug, 1949	Singapore (dry dock)
Sep 14,1949	Showa,Japan
Oct 10, 1949	Melbourne, Australia
Dec 2, 1949	Singapore; Fiji Islands; Palembang; Oeban; Singapore; Karachi, Pakistan; Bombay, India; and Abadan, Iran
Dec 7, 1949	Karachi
Jan 23, 1950	Durban, South Africa and Ras-at-Tanura, Saudi, Arabia
Feb 20,1950	At Melbourne
c. Mar 10, 1950	Oeban
Mar18,1950	Bombay, India
Mar 30, 1950	Aden, Yemen and Massawa, Eritrea (Ethiopia)
c. Apr 23, 1950	Through the Suez Canal; Port Said, Egypt; Mediterranean Sea; Atlantic Ocean; Boston, Mass., USA, and New York City, NY, USA
c. Apr 30, 1950	Arrived in Winfield, Kansas, USA

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Itinerary

Sep 28, 1948	Departed Winfield, Kansas.
Sep 30, 1948	At San Pedro, California. Waited out a long strike by longshoremen.
Nov 16, 1948	Sailed aboard T/2 Mosbay, a Norwegian tanker, for San Francisco enroute to the Philippines
Dec 7, 1948	At Manila, Philippines for a six day stay.
Dec 14, 1948	At Cebu Island, P.I. for 2 days.
Late Dec,1948	At Tandjong Oeban, Bintang Island.
Jan 2, 1949	At Sydney, Australia.
Jan 9, 1949	At Melbourne, Australia.
Mid Jan, 1949	Traversed uncharted mine field near New Guinea.
Jan 21, 1949	At Sorong, New Guinea.
Jan 30, 1949	At Palembang, Sumatra.
Feb 1, 1949	At Oeban.
Feb 14, 1949	Signed off Mosbay in Sydney, Australia.
May 6, 1949	Still in Sydney. Ted gets married.
May 21, 1949	Signed on the Mosbay. Left Sydney.
(Next 3 weeks)	Travelled to Brisbane, Australia, Singapore, Palembang & Oeban.
Jun 12, 1949	Sailed past Luzon Island, Philippines, enroute to Japan.
Jul 18, 1949	At Bombay, India after docking in Yoko hama and Tokyo,Japan, and Singapore, Oeban, and Singapore.
Jul 30, 1949	In Oeban after leaving Palembang.
Aug 5, 1949	In Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) for a couple of days then headed for Singapore.
Aug, 1949	In Singapore for a two week dry dock.
Sep 9, 1949	Off the coast of Okinawa headed for Japan. (Rog, was this where we got hit by the typhoon?)
Sep 14, 1949	In Showa, Japan.
Sep 21, 1949	Still in Japan.
Oct 5, 1949	Eastbound off the coast of Fremantle, Australia.
Oct 10, 1949	In Melbourne, Aust. (Roger's birthday today - mine tomorrow!)
Oct 29, 1949	At sea enroute to Singapore.
Dec 2, 1949	After Singapore we went to the Fiji Islands,then to Palembang; Oeban; Sing apore; Karachi; Bombay and Abadan,Iran.
Dec 7, 1949	In Karachi, Pakistan.
Dec 31, 1949	Enroute to Durban, South Africa.
Jan 1, 1950	Southbound between Madagascar and the east coast of Africa.
Jan 23, 1950	After Durban we went north to the Persian Gulf and stopped at Ras-at-Tanura, Saudi Arabia.
Feb 15, 1950	After leaving Ras-at-Tanura, we plied the Indian Ocean sailing southeast to the southern coast of Australia on our way to Melbourne.
Feb 20, 1950	In Melbourne. Leave shortly for Singapore.
Mar 14, 1950	After Oeban we sailed west into the Indian Ocean on our way to Bombay.
Mar 18, 1950	In Bombay. Signed off the Mosbay and signed on the SS Exchange, an American freighter (American Export Line).
Mar 30, 1950	In Massawa, Eritrea (Ethiopia)on the Red Sea after stopping in Aden, Yemen
c.Apr 23,1950	In New York City after travelling through the Suez Canal.Stopped in Port Said, Egypt, then into the Mediterranean, past Gibralter, across the Atlantic to Boston, Mass., USA!!
Apr 23, 1950	Left NYC by bus. About a week later, arrived in Winfield, Kansas.