The journey begins......

Good evening,

Since Friday afternoon we watched the boys all day Friday and their parents got them early evening. Our friends came over after supper for awhile. We will definitely miss them over the summer. We can always find something to chat about.

Saturday am early Topeka had a storm move through.... Megan and Jeff came over around 11 and then Megan and I went over to Erin's to do some last minute cleaning for her surprise birthday party. Ryan and Erin had gone to KC to do some shopping so the plan was that we could get the cleaning done and his parents and sister came later to set up the party. They arrived around 6 and she was definitely surprised! She said she really didn't have a clue it was all planned.... she was suprised to see us and of course tears flowed..... she thought we had left that morning! We had a nice visit with everyone.

This am we went back to say goodbye again and visit with them a little bit.We got on the road around 11:30 and got to Stockton just in time before the storms hit in the area. We got here around 4. It was great to see our friends and know we will have lots of time to catch up. Our friend, Connie has just retired from teaching Kdg. so she has not had time to relax and enjoy her newfound freedom. She worked all morning in the yard and then trying to get the camper ready besides. We rode out to Webster lake to see their son and daughter-in-law for a little bit and also to see their new to them 5th wheel camper. After that we went back to their house and the guys routed our route for tomorow and Connie and I did some last minute things for her. We got home around 9 and it began to rain..... sounds like the rain is over for right now but storms are all over here...... glad we got here when we did. We are down at the fairgrounds and not at the park as it was completely under water yesterday and we were afraid if it rained again we might get stuck.

Well, we are on our way for our life's dream or a "bucket list" of ours...heading to Alaska... thanks to everyone who has written and sent emails..... we really appreciate it and look forward to staying in touch.....

take care and .....
until next time up the road!

BJ