Road Trip

On Thursday, We headed down to Des Monies, Iowa with Levi's parents. We pulled in late to the camp ground and packed up early to get a head start to Castle Rock, Colorado. Our plan was to go through Kansas City and stop at IHOP (International House Of Prayer) then through Kansas to CO. After almost an hour of maneuvering through the big city with a 40 foot fifth wheel on the back of the truck we finally got to IHOP. The fact that IHOP was under construction didn't help our time because then he had to find the second location where they were holding worship. After a strenuous drive of finding the place we were all humbled by the beautiful worship. People of all races and ages worshiping the same God was overwhelming to us.

Then back on the road to CO. By the time we were in the middle of KS it was well over 100 degrees. Levi's parents dog was with which is a pug named Baby. Baby is very cute but is very old and has a hard time with heat. She was panting like crazy and her tongue was turning gray. We though she was about to die. Then a tire blew out on the trailer and took out some of the paneling and scuffed up the side. After Paul got the spare tire on we had to stop a few miles down the road a luckily the guy that owned a tire shop said he would meet us at the shop to help us get another tire on. It was very stressful but we were all safe at the end of the day. We were running behind so we had to make reservations at a different site closer to us than the one that was planned.

In CO we went to the Hoyt Reunion. It was great seeing all of Levi's family. All together there are 8 brothers and 1 sister and they all are very funny.

Now were are at the Black Hills in South Dakota. We went up though Wyoming and got here last night. It finally feels like a vacation. Today Levi and I went to Mount Rushmore. Next we are off to go shopping at a cute little town. We will be leaving tomorrow afternoon and not getting home until late.