Tuesday, July 17, 2007

The Kansas City Trip...

...or, "How I Drove 1700 Miles to End Up Back in Indianapolis."

Last Wednesday, Megan and I got in the car and drove to Kansas City to meet up with my dad, the Kansas City McCains (Ken, Courtney, Megan, and Mary) and the Gustins (Rob, Kelly, Madison, Jacob, and Jillian). To give you a brief overview of the trip:

  • Wednesday - Leave Indianapolis, drive to Kansas City.
  • Thursday - Everyone drive to Nebraska, meet up with my Uncle Hal and Aunt Marty. Look at a farm.
  • Friday - One group goes to western Nebraska to look at another farm, one group goes back to Kansas City. Megan, Aunt Marty and I go visit the Jarmans (Megan's parent's friends) and Lauritzen Botanical Gardens in Omaha (run by Megan's mom's cousin). We then drive to Salina, Kansas.
  • Saturday - Everyone drives to Salina. Most of the group goes to the zoo. That evening, everyone except Uncle Hal and Aunt Marty return to Kansas City.
  • Sunday - Leave Kansas City, return to Indianapolis.
It was a lot of driving, but we did enjoy ourselves quite a bit. We got to spend time with the McCains and Gustins, got to see some of Megan's family, and visited Uncle Hal and Aunt Marty's new house. Here are a couple of pictures to prove we aren't lying:

Jacob not breaking anything

Glenn in the soy field

Megan in the corn

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

WOW! Looks like an exciting trip! ;)

Anonymous said...

Stephanie: what are you smiling about? You drove to Lawrenceville,IL and the most exciting part had to have been either the cropduster plane that dive bombed your Mercedes or buying corm at the farmer's market. ..

Ken said...

Sure, catch the 1/500th of a second where Jacob isn't breaking anything (while awake)....what are you trying to do, mess up the little guy's reputation....

Thanks for coming, little Megan was especially happy to see Aunt Big Megan....and getting bigger :)

Anonymous said...

We are very glad that you guys came, as always you are great sports. You must have a camera with a very fast shutter speed to catch Jacob in one of his "being good' poses. What can I say he is all BOY.
PS Madie went off the high dive in Kansas ...should I be looking for a diving coach or are you free?