The first picture was taken today as we got close to Alamosa. The picture of Mike's family was taken at Alyssa's farewell/birthday party on Friday night.

We left home on Saturday afternoon and got as far as Bethany, Missouri on Saturday night. Bethany has a great Wal-mart!!! Then on Sunday we got to Emma and John's around 10:30 am. We had a great time with them and of course John was up to his usual good cooking. We had ribs on Sunday night- aren't you jealous. Emma went to work on Monday and John went to grandparent day with 10-year old Emily. We checked out the nice little town of Plattsburg. We left their house on Tuesday morning and headed toward Colorado.

We did not realize what a big/almost boring state Kansas can be. We did not make it quite into
Colorado on Tuesday. Today we left from Colby, Kansas and tonight we are at Alamosa, Colorado.We are camping at a KOA, where we have internet access. Yah! We have driven through some mountains but we will see more tomorrow as we head toward Durango.

Today we met Phil Kinsinger at Walsenburg, Co and we had lunch together and it was good to get reacquainted.

Wilbur has been having 2 to 3 conference calls a day, which had hampered us making much time on the road. MDS is concerned about Hurricane Ike and where it will hit.