After staying with friends in Madisonville, TX and enjoying their company, we headed out again to put the final two days in. This will be our longest day on the road so far, getting us from one hour north of Houston to Topeka, KS. It is refreshing to see prairie again. Another 700 miles of it should cure that.


A funny thing happened along here. We ate donuts for breakfast, and McDs for lunch. The next time Kiefer wanted Crispy Cream donuts for a snack. Well, we decided that we needed to draw a line somewhere, so we drew it right in front of the Crispy Cream shop. As we were leaving, Kiefer was complaining so I told him he should eat an orange instead. Kelby started sing-songing "I want an orange, I want an orange." I asked Kiefer to get him an orange out of a bag in the back of the van. After a half hearted try, he said it was too difficult. I asked him again, but it was just too much work. So I told him he could have any Crispy Cream donuts he could find. All of a sudden he had Herculean strength, and was moving the largest of bags with ease, and Kelby got his orange. It was kind of a dirty trick, but he had it coming, especially after pulling the same stunt the day before. I think we lost his vote for "Parents of the Year".

We may have lost Kelby's also. He said, "Is anyone ever going to buy me strawberries on this trip?"

Here is a pic from back at Disney with the fireworks.