Bear With Us: From Missouri to Kansas 07042011

The Bear's Assignment

The Bear always seemed to be in the way, on the bed, 0n the sofa. He is called a Jingle Bear. Some long past and nearly forgotten Christmas morning he showed up under the plastic wonderment we called a Christmas tree. Round and fluffy white, with two small friends from the same realm. The friends have somehow dissapeared over the years but the big one had a real tenacity. He was just too round and cute to be discarded. What use is this bear? He always seemed to be sitting on the sofa or laying on the bed in the very spot one would want.

The Bear is going to earn his keep. His owners are going to employ him as their tour guide on their greatest adventure. An RV trip accross the country from Ventura, California, to New York City and back with many stops along the way. The Bear is going to help them meet many new people and explore many new places.

Many have said the journey is long and difficult, "Why don't you just fly?" Hopefully as you follow us on this blog you will get a better understanding of how much one misses as one soars a mile above the Earth to a destination. We aspire to make a journey not a trip. The Bear is our tour guide to make "every day an adventure" .

Monday, July 4, 2011

From Missouri to Kansas 07042011

330 miles to go today to get to the next stop in Kansas. We had rainy weather for the first 30 miles. Once we drove out of the storm the sky continued to clear. We crossed the Missouri River again.

We could see how the water has risen far above the normal banks and has yet to subside here.

Hey Emma! Here's your own town.

Missouri farm.

We have seen these flowers along the road side for a few days and finally got to get a close look at a rest stop.

These thistles were there, too.

Kansas City Royals Stadium. It caught us by surprise and we almost didn't get this shot.

Kansas City Skyline on the Missouri side.

Finally reached Kansas.

Kansas farm. Couldn't resist getting a photo of the bales of hey in the field.

Looks like we are running out of trees.

This reminds us of the road to Las Vegas, except with lots of green. It is, however, almost as hot.

Our destination town has a high of 96 today with high humidity!

We arrived at Junction city about 3:30 pm and rested before going to the town 4th event. We read about it on the Internet. This dog agility show began at 5 pm.