We're HOME!

Well, here it goes...

We made it all the way to Missouri and were faced with a decision! Here were the choices: 1. Continue on and make it to Kentucky (or as far as we could get until Oct. 11) and make it there SUPER DUPER broke (like $0 for both of us), or 2. Take two free buddy passes provided by my wonderful aunt and uncle and come home broke! They also agreed to pay for the shipping of the bike in this deal! So, we chose option #2.

Now the story doesn't end here! In order to get to the airport we had to bike 120 miles off-route to get to the Kansas City, MO airport. We didn't care one bit! We were soo pumped about coming HOME! So, we started our trek to the airport! We make it about 50 miles and then our route turned into an Express Way! Yeah, ppl were flying by us going about 70 mph so we took a break at the nearest gas station! Here, we tried to arrange for some type of shuttle/taxi to come and pick us up because it was just too dangerous to keep riding on that Highway! As I was talking on the phone, a young girl overheard my conversation and offered to give us a ride! It was her, her brother, and her dad! They were heading to Kansas City for a NASCAR event! Lucky us! :) So we made the 120 mile trek no problem! That night Mr. Kirby put us up in a hotel because it's hard to find a campground in the middle of Kansas City!

The next morning we woke up and headed to the bike shop where my sister had arranged for us to take the bike to have it packaged and shipped. It was about 30 miles away on the very north side of the city. This day was tough...if we could only ride our bikes on the Interstate... So we zig-zaged through town until we made it to the bike shop! This was the last time we would get to ride Miss America :(