Yes, I was able to find wireless internet for free : ) I'm at my sisters house taking care of her kids while she is in the hospital. You can be praying for her and the family. She essentially has no amniotic fluid left for her baby. The doctors say that she could deliever at anytime, but then again, she could keep baby in for quite a while longer. Pray that she is able to have a late July delivery! It is all up to God right now as to when it happens.
Now, on to part two of the saga of the trip Sarah and I took out west...
We arrived at the campground late in the evening on Sunday night. Since we had no propane, and were a bit tired, we set up the tent then opted for quick sandwiches. After looking at the stars a bit longer, we headed for bed. In the morning, I woke up to find that someone had visited our site... someone small, with small feet, someone who enjoyed climbing all over our car!
Can you see the small footprints among the glare from the sky. We had many of those footprints stay with us throughout the trip, mainly because we never took the time to wash our car. That day we traveled through all of Missouri and part of Kansas. These areas are rather flat! Although the beginning part wasn't too bad, the trees disappeared and the grasslands began.
Yes, I actually took this picture, and many others while driving... it doesn't require much concentration when you have cruise control on and the road is straight! Sarah also found ways to occupy herself during the many hours of straight road and flat landscape...
 
She was originally just playing with her computer, but then pulled mine out (notice the little bit you can see on the floor in the second picture) to see if she could network them together. We nearly had it done... but must have missed one step because it never worked for us.
We traveled for quite a while, stopping very rarely for breaks. Most of our stops were either at a state border to collect maps and other information pertaining to attractions and camping places or else at a random rest area for lunch. But our lunches weren't the boring ol' sandwiches and chips. Instead, we usually fixed something on the grill. This lunch consisted of grilled pizza sandwiches, carrots, pringles and marshmallows (I think) for dessert. Most of our lunches were of this variety.
We cleaned up from the meal and continued our trek across the west. Finally...
We're not in Kansas anymore... We reached Colorado... the first part of our trip was nearly done. After a few hours of driving through the same type of dry, flat, rather uninteresting landscape, finally in the distance... can you see them?
Mountains! We had nearly arrived in Colorado Springs where a friend of ours lives... the main reason for the roadtrip!
More later... I need to take care of the kids now. Naps are done and they are anxious to play with us. Have a great day! | 
