Red Roof Inn Kansas City Overland Park

... The first night was spent at Sakura with everyone including Ricky and Kim. Of course Sakura is a sushi train with all the fixins. The rest of the trip was spent at the Legends Shopping Center and The Books A Million book store. The last evening was dinner at Oklahoma Joe's Bar B Que. The french fries were great but everything else paled in comparision to Rudy's.

... butt across five states until stopping in KC.

We arrived around 4am. I got up around 7am to capitalize on any time with my sisters, nieces, and nephews. Brett slept in until around 12nn. We ate breakfast and the kids played for a couple of hours. Then it was on the road again..

... considered...one bag each (plus the golf clubs) which served as a nice spill over for all the bulky items that didn't make it into the regular bags......hair dryer, shoes, life jackets et al.

KC to LAX on Southwest went well. Aubs didn't sleep much so she was pretty exhausted when we got to LAX. now we just hope to get on the plane tonight! We're on standby with staff travel. More about that in the next blog.

... want to give a quick shout out to the Healthe Pharmacy here at Cerner, they've been so helpful in purchasing supplies and getting me good deals on high impact items to take with us! Also, the mail room staff that has been so helpful in packing and sending all those large boxes back in August and then helping yesterday with padding and packaging for items that might burst in transit.

We will make it to Lima tomorrow night, fly up to Piura ...

... you can purchase as well as roast and sell local coffee which I hear is very good (but should be dilluted!)

I'm slowly but surely getting everything together and ready to pack, I'll have some helpers on Sunday that will help me unpackage everything and get my supplies bags packed so that will be good to have done. Our dog Sebastian gets nervous when he sees luggage being packed so he's probably in for a wild week :)

... links you might enjoy:
the organization I work for- First Hand Foundation: www.firsthandfoundation.org
The organization I'll be traveling with: www.globalhealthministry.org
Wikiped ia page on the Piura region of Peru: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piura_Regi on
I find it appropriate that I'll be in the pottery "capital" of South America and my mother is a potter- I'll have to pick up some fun ...

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... I said. Needless to say, I was a little freaked out. What if Jack got lost? I called Ethan's mom the next morning and got everything straightened out. I picked up Jack and was able to send him safely on his way to Katey in Michigan. Bye Jack!! You're one odd little dude!! http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh27 5/momtopiglet/?action=view&current= 5e0e736b.pbw

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