We're Not in Kansas Anymore...thank goodness

7:30am arrived quickly today after a late departure to bed last night in Kansas. While discussing our night's sleep, it came to Derek and I's attention that JD slept on the floor instead of the seemingly open couch. When confronted about the situation JD's comments went something like this..."I was going to sleep on this couch here but the cat was there." "Why didnt you move the cat JD?" "I tried to move it but it meowed really loudly so I just moved to the floor." Yes, JD lost his bed to a cat. Turns out, the cat wasnt even there in the morning. Sucks to be him.

This morning we had the chance to travel into Kansas City and meet with NAIA president Jim Carr and Director of Championships Laurie Thomas. We met with them for about a half hour and talked about their lives, jobs, and the NAIA in general. It was a great experience for me personally considering I am a sport management major. They gave us tickets to see the "College Basketball Experience" in downtown Kansas City but it turns out that the exhibit isnt open on Monday's or Tuesday's. What building closes on two random weekdays?!?!

So with the exhibit closed and the city explored, we took off for Denver Colorado. This means traveling across the entire state of Kansas. About 20 minutes into the drive we stumbled into Kansas University and decided to stop to see the sights. As fate would have it KU is an incredible campus that provided us with the highlight of our day. After scouring the campus and seeing the sights we landed in the Men's Basketball staff office wing. For what seemed like an eternity we debated whether or not we should walk into Bill Self or Danny Manning's office to introduce ourselves and maybe work out some kind of an interview. We eventually conceded to the fact that we didnt have the guts to do it and walked out. No more than 5 minutes later we were in the soccer office wing talking to the head women's soccer coach Mark Francis and two very interested administrative assistants. We bragged about JD for a while and discussed KU and Messiah soccer. As we were leaving the secretary uttered the words "JD you're the man, I read all about you."

On to the trip. 9 hours after we left Kansas University we pulled into JD's brothers house in Denver, Colorado. Kansas, although maybe the most boring state in the US provided for some great times. I seriously question if the government knows that Kansas exists. The world is overpopulated and 15 people live in Kansas. Games of "Hey Cow" and "Dodge the feeble old lady" kept us more than occupied.

Quote of the day: Happiness is a crock of beans- Colorado train station ad

Random Happening: While trying to take a really corny photo of the three of us in the middle of Kansas City with the nice skyline in the background a semi-truck decided to park directly behind us blocking the photo from taking place.

Road Kill Count- In skyrocketing fashion road kill jumped to 36 thanks to the gross state of Kansas.

The pull over count did nothing today remaining at a standstill- 19

We have now seen license plates from 39 states and 2 canadian provinces. Sipe claims to have seen a Puerto Rico plate but nobody believes him.

So the "hey cow" game- While driving by a herd a cows a person in the car rolls down the window and yells "hey cow" at the top of their lungs out the window. Points are awarded for every cow who acknowledges the call with a head turn.

Tomorrow is bound to be a delight as we remain in Denver to hike the rockies and visit the city.

*Pictures to be posted soon.

~Brett~