Four Points By Sheraton Wichita Airport

Today was the real beginning of our journey planned for this summer--our get together at Lunar Golf in Town West. We had about 20 students and several parents come out on a cold, dreary day. But it wasn't cold nor dreary inside golfing! We are looking forward to our first orientation meeting January 10 at the Ice Center. Can't wait to have everyone together--in the light-- so we will recognized each other!!

... here. Wichita is a nce place to live, the local economy is driven primarily by the aircraft industry. Most of the country's small and larger aircrafts are built here from Cessna to Boeing. On this trip we visited many of Susan's family and friends. From her mom and dad to brother Bryan. Trang, Tuyet and Thuy's family. We even had dinner several times with Melissa, Brandee and ...

... much cooler than it sounds), and a Chicago themed bar with 120+ beers on tap.

Salt mines; brown and red wheat? fields; Pink Floyd; huge fields with no trees; broken tractors and trucks; The Dead's "Truckin"; Rt 50 (runs from Ocean City, Maryland to San Francisco, California); loonnnggggg driveways; crossroads; the word Kanza being thrown around; oil wells!; excessive churches; one horse towns; WINDDDD; Joe Walsh;

Down the open road of ...

... this museum wasn't as astounding as some others we have recently seen they did have an interesting collection, particularly their Egyptian Mummy collection. However we weren't that sure about the claim to a piece of Christ's tombstone.

We hope everyone is well and enjoying life, we are whizzing off to Arkansas to relax in some hotsprings!! Love and Peace to you all, the slightly sceptical but still happy, Bek and Jesse Train.

... all with names of each person killed in the bombing) and the reflection pool with the two entrances showing the times of the bombing (which lies where the street had been).

It has been cold and rainy today, pretty much has not stopped. I type this as we drive to Wichita, KS and the rain is still coming down. We are nearing the exit for Ponca City, OK, brings back some memories of the trip down here to see Erik 9 years ago.

... they were so slow and some chick with a fantastic accent kept coming up to apologise for the slackness of it all!

Witchita is a LOT bigger than I'd imagined. I was expecting a quiet, rural town for some reason. But I did actually see linemen, which was fantastic!

... towel (and sunscreen)
Bring a snack or finger food to share
Bring a lawn chair
Bring any family members that would like to come

I've sent an email with directions to Chase's, but if you have questions, call me @ 620.842.3636 or 620.845.0083.

I'll be in touch with you early next week. Sure hope to see you on the 16th!

Here is the link to three photo albums I have posted on picasa:

www.picasaweb.google.com /ldills

If you have a terrific picture, be sure to enter it in the P2P Photo of the Year contest. See pages 38-39 in your protocol booklet for details.

Linda

... the greatest city in the world," and let me just say that it didn't dissapoint. Like the other cities, Paris has its own unique architecture, but unlike the others, every single building was a work of art in its own right. You didn't see a beautiful building every block or so, it was literally every single one!

Lunch and the Louvre came next. However, we ended up getting a disppointingly short amount of time at the Louvre. The Mona Lisa ...

... and horse farms also showed up along the way. Another feature were the oil pumps that appear in the middle of the paddocks or alongside the road like ancient prehistoric monsters, slowly bobby up and down, as it lifts the oil from down under up for us to change and convert to miles along a journey in the Castle. ( a note here the price of gas has dropped from a high of $4+ per gal [$1per litre] down to our purchase today at $2.39/gal ...