Traveling Home Today

I can't even begin to put into words how great this time with family has been. I'm going to miss traveling and adventuring with my best friend and our two amazing children. I am truly thankful to our Lord for the family He has given us and for this precious time to make lasting memories.

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Keeper of the Plains

We've taken over the whole place

The Peach Wave...super yummy yogurt!

More fun projects with cousin Lacey. Bekah is in girl heaven! :-)

Fun afternoon projects

Bekah and Lacey making duct tape wallets.

Couple's Night Out

Kelley & Jodi, Vicki & Kit, Lori & Bill eating dinner at PF Changs. Fun night out! So nice that the Landenbergers have lots of built-in babysitters. Sam & Bekah are having a blast with their cousins!

Oh yeah... Car Seats

It's been a while :)

The fam at Carriage Crossing

Fun with cousins

106 degree weather... HOT!!

Bekah and Kason at the Y

Bekah and Elkan at the Y

The Wickhams are in Kansas!!!

Yahooo!!!
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Broke the 5,000 barrier

On day 19 of our trip we broke 5000 miles, with a little over 2000 to go. We started today in Tennessee (chattanooga) then drove through Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, then back to Tennessee (Shiloh), then back to Mississippi, then back to Tennessee (Memphis), and we are now currently driving in Arkansas, on our way to Little Rock. This is one beautiful country!

Cracker Barrel

After all the thousands of miles we have traveled, this is our first Cracker Barrel...yum yum!

Shiloh, TN

Shiloh Battlefield

Rocket

Kids got a kick out of seeing a rocket on the side of the interstate, somewhere in Alabama.

Tonight.... Chattanooga, TN

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19 years ago

Tom and Bill started out in ministry together 19 years ago in So Cal.

Goofy kids!!

The Raven Family

Headed west for the first time since our trip began. We had a relaxing and restful time with our dear friends Tom and Sherri Raven. Our kids had a great time getting to know their kids, TC, Sierra and James.

The Raven kids and Wickham kids

...the only thing missing are cups of coffee.

Greensboro, North Carolina

Bill and our good friend Tom took all the kids to Wet n Wild Water park today. Now we are just Resting and relaxing in beautiful Greensboro.
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Bull Run

Stonewall Jackson

Udvar-Hazy Air & Space Museum

Sam and Bekah training for their flight simulator. One's the pilot, the other's the gunner...oh boy!

Above my paygrade!

Ahhh the dark underbelly of the road trip. That's right... it's 6:30am and the family is out of clean clothes... laundrymats have changed significantly since Lori and I were in college. 25 quarters for one load of wash! Not 25 cents... 25 Quarters!!! I knew I was in trouble when I saw that the change machine took $20's. Worth it though, because I was able to stuff 60 pounds of laundry in one machine.

King's Dominion

Taking a break from US History and American Government lessons to spend the day at King's Dominion amusement park. We are such wimpy Californian's...we don't know how to handle this humidity. Yuck!!!

Washington Memorial at Night

Bekah and Bill snuck out for a very late night subway run to see this incredible monument in the lights!

Sport'n the new hat!

Yum...Johnny Rockets

How true!!! Never realized how spread out everything is here.

Bekah taking it all in.

Air and Space Museum

Sam enjoying the museum as we sit and cool down.

Capitol Building

Lincoln Memorial

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

The White House

Lincoln Memorial

Washington Monument

DC Metro

Day 13 of the Mother Of All Road Trips and we are taking the Metro to the Washington monument!

Battlefield at Gettysburg

This morning I (Bill) had the privilege of looking out over the battlefield at Gettysburg as the sky turned from darkness to dawn. A thick mist laid over the battlefield much as it may have July 3rd 1863. On that day 12,000 of Lee's Confederate army attempted to cross this valley. Here at this very position however, 7,000 union soldiers held their ground. This is truly the sight of great honor, valor, and bravery!

Gettysburg, PA

We are about 2 hours from our nights stay in Gettysburg. Made our first visit to redbox for the kids. They are doing remarkable. Even though they liked NY, I think they were worn out after two full days of sight seeing. Earlier today they asked "when can we get back into the car?"

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The Empire State Building

Statue of Liberty and Sam

The Statue of Liberty

Times Square after Broadway Show

Taking in the overwhelming lights and activity of Times Square after seeing Spiderman on Broadway!

Spider Man on Broadway

Wow! Incredible!!

On our way to see Spider Man

Bill put Bekah and i on a pedicab. Fun!!!

Starbucks in Times Square

Central Park