Tales of the Travels, 5

My sister, Emily was kind enough to drive the 30 hours home with me and the girls, since King was already home.  She drove most of the way, as I was pretty miserable and over vacation by then.  What a trooper she was!  We made stops in Colorado Springs to stay with our friends, Connie and Dave, and then in Kansas City, Missouri to see my aunt and uncle and to see some church sites.

Colorado Springs was beautiful, as was the drive through Southern Utah and Colorado, however, we were caught in weekend traffic and it took us about two hours to go 30 or so miles.  Ugh!  Not what you want at the end of a long day of traveling.  The girls were great, though.  They had two DVD players, (thanks for the loner, Dad!) and kept busy watching movies most of the time.  We did listen to Sarah, Plain and Tall, but the other CD books we got from the library had scratches in them.  Bummer.

Kansas was a little less beautiful than Colorado.  All through Kansas, we saw these fields and fields full of wind farms.  Emily was amazed.  I'd seen them before, but they were cool.  The girls took a look and went back to their movies, which was fine, because they weren't fighting, so we weren't complaining.

It was fun to see my Aunt Donna and Uncle Terrell the next night.  They have been serving a mission in the Kansas City area, taking care of the church buildings.  We stayed in nearby Independence in a horrible hotel King found for us on the internet.  As we were leaving, we ran into a boy about the girls' age in the lobby.  He lived there and his dad worked all day and left him there.  We decided to be very grateful we only had one night there, and then we could go home to our cozy beds.  Phew.


After our lousy hotel night, we stopped at the Historical Site, Liberty Jail.  There is an amazing Spirit there.  It really does give you a perspective on bearing your afflictions in patience. (D&C 24:8)  It sort of made our stay in a gross hotel seem like a picnic in the park.  (We forgot our camera, of course.) 

After Liberty Jail, we went to the temple of the Community of Christ.  We had a very nice older woman (84!) give us a tour.  The kids loved the seashell shape of the spire and standing "inside the shell" in the sanctuary.

 outside with Auntie Em

 

inside the shell

And then we were on our way home.  We got home late, but it was so nice to sleep in our own beds.  Emily stayed for a few days to play.  They were some of the hottest, most humid days of the summer.  Emily hated the humidity.  I can't say I like it, but at least I'm used to it, and it was nice to not feel like my skin was scaling off like It does in the desert.

And that, my friends, is a comprehensive look at what made up most of our summer. 

The end.