Back to Texas - Day 2 - KC & Wichita

Back on the road at 8:30 after a long & busy first day.
We left Polk City, IA to drive the 3.5 hours to Kansas City, MO.

One might ask, "What exactly do you guys do in the van while traveling?"

Well...

David - drives mostly, calls family & friends on the cell phone, listens to sermons and the Albert Mohler Radio program on his iPod (which, by the way, today's episode was excellent...highly recommend it!)

Kristi - calls her mom & friends on the cell phone, hands out snacks to the kids, sometimes drives, occasionally reads and sleeps.

Jordan - makes forts out of his blanket and anything else he can find within reach.

Ben - writes stories in his journal & looks through binoculars

Kaylee - plays with her white kitty and dolls, picks on Jordan (who sits right next to her) and does the most napping.

We stopped in at David's childhood best friend's house for lunch. Ryan Prigge was the brother David never had and competed together in everything imaginable growing up. Moving to another country will be difficult in the fact that these meetings with special people in our lives will be few and far between.

Group shot: Our family with Ryan and Erin Prigge and their daughter Olivia.

After lunch, we were back on the road heading through Kansas. Funny story: Ben, when he realized what state we were in, said, "Jordan! This is the state where Dorothy lived."

We were all still pretty tired from yesterday's activities,
so we all took our turns taking naps.

Except for, you guessed it, Mr. I Am Allergic To Naps, Jordan.

Today's total mileage was 422.
We arrived at our hotel around 6 pm, and we all jumped into the outside pool to cool off. It was mid-90's all throughout Kansas today. This weekend in Wichita Fall, TX, looks like a scorcher...forecast calls for 105 degrees! Yuck.

Thanks for checking back with us on our journey back to Texas. We are thankful for a safe day of travel and air conditioning in our van. Continue to pray for us as we travel on our next leg of the journey tomorrow.