9:00 a.m. we finally woke up from a surprisingly good night’s sleep and left the rest area by 10. It was extremely windy. By 12:30 we were in Lebanon, Kansas. This is the geographic center of the continental United States. It was a tiny rural town (smaller than Roseville/Colchester – kinda like Good Hope). We stopped at a gas station and the ‘locals’ were sitting in lawn chairs inside drinking coffee. They gave us the directions to the monument that actually marks the center. Below are some pictures.
I found myself getting a little teary-eyed as we were in the chapel and standing outside looking at the crosses. All three kids truly thought this little place was cool and really appreciated it. I think we may have one or possibly two more years of Brady enjoying time with us and enjoying this type of thing. It won’t be long and everything we say and do will be dumb and annoying to him. It really was a sweet family moment. In the chapel there were free wooden crosses that the kids could have and each one had a scripture engraved on it. We looked them up when we got back in the camper and Brady’s comment was “Wow mom, it is crazy how each scripture is perfect for the person who got it.” Funny how that works! There was also a comment box in the chapel and each one of us wrote something. My comment was “Thank you for such a simple pleasure in a complicated world.”
We then headed to Cawker City, Kansas – home of the world’s largest ball of twine. We each took a guess at how much twine was used to make the ball. The winner got $1.
Blake: 1 mile
Madison: 99 miles
Brady: 700 miles
Justin: 388 miles
Heather: 276 miles
The actual measurement was 7,801,766 feet or 1,477.6 miles. Brady won!
1 comment:
Wow -- how fun that you are "roughing it" in an RV! We had friends drive through 10 states last year and go figure...they came through CA when we were in Russia!
Enjoy your trip - the kids grow up so fast and outgrow "family trips".
Blessings,
Laura
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