TWG :: vol 36 :: USI RV Park

USI RV Park :: Wichita, KS :: FL -> KS Trip

We left Missouri in some awesome thick fog!

And before we knew it, we had once again entered the land of sunshine and long, straight, flat stretches of road, otherwise known as Kansas!

It felt really weird to drive into Wichita and not go to our house.  We had to drive right on by the roads we've always taken for the past 7 years.  Sam, totally recognizing where we were, sat his rear end on Jayden's lap in the back and watched out the front window for the rest of the drive. 

Most people don't even know there is an RV park on the east side of town, but right off of K-96 and Hillside, there is a little campground that my parents stayed at the first few times they visited, when they would drive into town in their motorhome, and that's where we are parked now!

The kids rode their bikes and played on the little playground equipment they have set up here.  The only thing they are missing here is a pool!

Wichita was suppose to be a pretty easy and relaxing stop.  Sending Wayne home, picking up my parents at the airport, doing laundry, restocking food, sleeping in, visiting a couple friends, and maybe finding a pool to cool off in.  Well, thanks to our tire debacle in Georgia, that just didn't happen.  

Monday, was my birthday, and it was suppose to be the most laid back day of them all.  Well, we had to get the trailer to the RV dealership first thing in the morning because when we lost the tread on our tire, before the tread flew off down the road, it ripped a big ole hole in the bottom of the trailer.  So I went into the dealership begging them to please get it fixed that day, because if they didn't I would seriously be homeless for the night, and did they really to be responsible for all of us and a dog having to sleep in a truck for the night??? (just kidding, we would have gotten a hotel room, but still).  We left, dropped the dog off to be boarded for the day, got the truck an oil change, and then dropped Royal off at work.

The kids and I then went to hang out at some friends, stayed for a couple hours, and then we all went out to lunch together and the kids shoved balloons up their shirts.  :)

We stuffed ourselves with french fries and lemonades and then were sung an obnoxious Happy Birthday song - mostly because Willow thought it would be awesome, and Jayden wanted to eat my free birthday sundae.  We said a last goodbye to some really good friends, and the kids and I went off to see a movie to kill a couple more hours and sit in an air conditioned building!

By the time the movie was over, we had heard that the trailer was ready, but we only had about 30 minutes to get it before they locked the gate.  It's now about 4:30, and there's no time to get Royal from work, so the kids and I head over to the dealership, hook up to the trailer, and pull it back to our temporary home.  Thankfully, Royal got a ride home from work.  :) 

I then left to pick up Sam AND Scooter from boarding.  Scooter had been boarded the entire time we were traveling to and from Florida, but it was time to introduce her to her new temporary home in the trailer, and hope that she didn't hate me for leaving her for so long.  Also, since we will be traveling with her in the truck and I know how much she loves to be outside, we got her a hot pink harness and a leash to hopefully keep her from running away from us!  

Everybody was so glad to get her back and I don't think she'd every been petted so much.  And so far, she doesn't hate the harness too much (or me!).  We shall see how she behaves riding in the truck for hours tomorrow...somehow I don't think she is going to be too happy.....

Once I had the animals back in the trailer and scarfed down some Happy Birthday dinner Royal picked me up from Bella Luna, I got back in the truck to collect our last animal, Fido, the hamster. Sadly, Marshmallow the fish didn't make it.  While totally sad, it makes my animal care taking just that much easier on the road.  Willow cried for about 30 seconds and then she said, "Hey!  Now that Marshmallow's dead, that means I can get a guinea pig!!!!!"  Oy......  But it wasn't only the rest of our pets I was collecting, it was the rest of our passengers!

Nana and Papa are in the house!

Today, was a much more relaxed day.  We got up and didn't have too much to do.  I went and got a massage and then visited with a friend and said goodbye one more time.  Then the kids and I loaded up to go hang out with two of their best friends (and mine!) and cool off in their uncle's pool.  

We are going to miss you Boggesses!!!!

It was then time to eat dinner, do one last grocery store run, get Sam a bath, and now we are loading up the trailer and locking everything down because we start our journey west tomorrow morning!  

Here's hoping for easy travels!  But this time, not only is there me - the black cloud of mechanical issues, we now have my mother - the notorious rain cloud, who brings rain and stormy skies with her where every she goes....so it could be an interesting trip!  2000 miles to go and we shall be at our destination!