Our summer trip is actually two separate trips in one. There is this trip, our 3 week RV adventure out to Denver, Colorado and back, and then there is the real reason we are making this trip, the 10 day South Eastern Pa Lutheran Church, mission trip out to South Dakota.
Missy and our middle daughter Sammi along with around 100 other high school kids and adults will be flying out through Denver to spend about a week in South Dakota on an Indian Reservation. There, they will learn and experience the Native American culture while doing work, like building a library, teaching bible school and generally helping the local tribe.
In the meantime, Daniel and one of his friends Alex and I will be taking the scenic route out to Denver to sync up with them on July 8th. We will follow Interstate 80 West to Denver, then return on Interstate 70. Along the way, we plan to stop off in Chicago; Omaha, Nebraska; North Platte, Denver, Colorado Springs, Kansas (see my previous post!), St. Louis and Columbus.
We plan to travel a total of about 3567 miles round trip, with the hope that gas prices keep trending lower! FYI, for those of you who like this sort of thing, I have a new iPad App that will help me to track and report on our MPG and other related statistics along the way.
So with one week before departure day, we continue to make preparations. Packing is ongoing. We are loading in food and supplies to at least make it a week or so without a major grocery run. And most importantly, I've run around the house collecting as many quarters as I can find for the customary laundry machines and dryers, and the occasional shower at the campgrounds!
On to Ohio we go!
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