The World is Our Friend

Here is the official road trip update!

Friday, 3/5

• Left ONU
• Passed through Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee
• Went to the Nashville Predator's Arena and got VIP parking - got to go backstage
• Stayed at Jen's (Katie's sister) apartment in Brentwood

Saturday, 3/6

• Left Jen's at 9AM
• Passed through Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma
• Drove through Memphis
• Ate lunch on the border of TN and AK overlooking the Mississippi River
• Saw nasty Tyson chicken houses in the Ozark mountains
• Went to the Ozark National Forest and set up camp in the mountains
• God scared our of our minds, packed up and left
• Drove until late in the night and slept in a rest stop in OK
• Sonic :)

Sunday 3/7

• Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico
• Went to church at Bethany First Church of the Nazarene and Southern Naz University
• Stopped at a starbucks and paid for a car in the drive through
• Drove on Route 66
• Talked about Chili's a lot, then saw one!
• Got free chips and salsa and left a big tip
• Saw a GIANT rainbow!
• Stopped at the Flying C Ranch - proud owners of 50 billion billboards on I-40
• Stopped at a Denny's in Santa Fe for coffee and Bible talk
• Rick was our waiter, we talked to him
• Drove north until we found a rest stop that wasn't sketchy

Monday 3/8

• Woke up freezing and left the rest stop at 6:30AM
• Washed our hair in a Sonic bathroom sink
• New Mexico, Colorado
• Went to Capulin Volcano and ate breakfast
• Peed at the base of Capulin Volcano
• Had a snowball fight in Northern NM
• Topped in Trinidad, CO for an oil change (got ripped off, I'm still bitter), walked through an antique shop
• Went to the Great Sand Dunes national park - saw nothing, too foggy
• Drove past the 38th parallel (separates N and S Korea)
• Saw many mountains
• Drove through a blizzard
• Stopped at the Red Rocks open area and went walking/climbing
• Agia Sophia coffee shop - great coffee, in a house, religion books everywhere
• Katie sat on my camelback and soaked her butt...haha!
• Went to a thai restaurant for dinner in Colorado Springs
• Texted Katie's friend Buck, who said we could stay at his sister's house, whom we have never met
• Stayed at his sister, Lauren's, house. Hung out with her roommates. Slept in warm bedS! :)

Tuesday 3/9

• Katie showered
• Saw Pike's peak
• Passed Castle Rock
• At breakfast at the Red Rocks Amphitheater
• Walked around, stood on stage, went to the visitor's center
• Hiked along Dinosaur Ridge and saw fossils!!!!
• Drove into Denver and went to the greatest bookstore in the world - Tattered Cover Bookstore- after getting lost many times.
• Browsed for hours
• Went to the world's largest REI
• Bought turkey jerky
• Went to Colorado State to stay with my friend Mike
• Played rummy 500
• Slept on a futon

Wednesday 3/10

• Slept in and at warm breakfast
• I showered - PTL
• Went to Mugs coffee lounge and it was wonderful...we got silverware made from potatoes
• Mike showed us around
• Walked around Old Town Fort Collins
• Went to 10,000 Villages fair trade shop and bought cool things
• Authentic Thai food from Toy's Thai for lunch
• Hung out at Wild Boar Coffee Shop, read, did a puzzle
• Ate dinner in a bomb CSU caf - mongolian gril. yes!
• Hung out the rest of the night

Thursday 3/11

• Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri
• Left
• Drove, a lot
• Saw a sign in Nebraska that said: Outlaw Sodomy. Haha!
• Stopped in Lincoln, Nebraska for dinner. Katie got lost
• Read The Life of Pi a lot
• Went to the International House of Prayer in KC, it was their student awakening so we went to that. Big crazy party.
• Sonic
• Got pulled over by officer Valentine bc my tail lights were our
• Went to the actual prayer room

Friday 3/12

• Missouri, Iowa, Illinois
• Worshiped, prayed, and slept until 4am
• Katie drove until 530
• Slept in a McDonalds parking lot until 7
• I drove after a big coffee
• Finally made it to illinois
• Katie thought it would be a good idea to throw her apple out the window, but instead she opened the car door, WHILE she was driving 70mph down the highway. Dumb.
• Finished The Life of Pi...Pi was our friend.
  
• Made it home around 3 in the afternoon and slept the afternoon away
  

3,832 miles.



Done.