We arrived at Joe & Angela's in Sedalia, MO at exactly 2:30am Saturday night/Sunday morning. Poor Joe got out of bed to let us in. We are such horrible guests! We spent all of Sunday with the family. They have 4 kids, Sean (9), Calvin (5), Cedric (3) and Eva (2). Calvin is our godson! They have all grown up SO MUCH since we saw them at our wedding in August! The boys have shot up like weeds!
Calvin shooting a basket
Cedric riding his cycle up and down the driveway.
Me, Calvin and Elise playing his Superheros card game before bed.
Group Picture! Sean ran from the scene... Cedric, Dave, Eva, Elise, Calvin
My two favorite ladies! Eva didn't want Elise to leave. Eva wanted Elise to move her bed into her room and said they could share her closet!
We took off from the Schwartz house around 11am on Monday and went to Lee's Summit, about an hour away. Dr. Amanda Campbell's office is located there. We had an hour to kill before her office opened for its afternoon shift, so we toured around Lee's Summit. What a great city! I can honestly say that Missouri is at the top of our list for opening up at and living in in the future. We'll see what the rest of this trip brings, but as of now, Missouri is winning.
After leaving the train station, we drove around a little while to see the downtown, then searched some activities on our GPS. We found a nature park and decided to check it out. When we got there, the parking lot was empty and the buildings looked dead. The sign said it was free to the public, open from 8am-4pm and to just go inside. So, we did. Luckily there was an extremely nice lady inside. Apparently they were closed for the winter until May 1, so we were a couple weeks early... ;) But she was nice enough to let us in to at least the downstairs of that one building where the reptiles were. Here are some of what we saw. This little guy above was the brightest green snake we'd ever seen. He was almost a neon green!
This was an absolutely HUMONGOUS elk's head.
And this little guy was so weird looking. It's a soft shell turtle, common to Missouri. We'd never seen a turtle with a nose like this. Probably our favorite animal out of them all.
Next, we found signs to a campground with trails. We thought maybe we'd have some time to take a walk. As we turned into the park, we immediately came up to these bison. Quite the startling experience when you're not expecting it! A few feet down were some elk. It was quite the campground!
A painting on a building coming into the downtown.
We found this little park near the still functioning train station. This station was in use during the early 1900's. There was also a museum at the station, but was closed when we went unfortunately. You can see a train coming down the tracks just to the left of the station.
We were standing right next to the tracks. The train was so close and so loud! We'd never been so close to a moving train before.
We were standing right next to the tracks. The train was so close and so loud! We'd never been so close to a moving train before.
After leaving the train station, we drove around a little while to see the downtown, then searched some activities on our GPS. We found a nature park and decided to check it out. When we got there, the parking lot was empty and the buildings looked dead. The sign said it was free to the public, open from 8am-4pm and to just go inside. So, we did. Luckily there was an extremely nice lady inside. Apparently they were closed for the winter until May 1, so we were a couple weeks early... ;) But she was nice enough to let us in to at least the downstairs of that one building where the reptiles were. Here are some of what we saw. This little guy above was the brightest green snake we'd ever seen. He was almost a neon green!
This was an absolutely HUMONGOUS elk's head.
And this little guy was so weird looking. It's a soft shell turtle, common to Missouri. We'd never seen a turtle with a nose like this. Probably our favorite animal out of them all.Next, we found signs to a campground with trails. We thought maybe we'd have some time to take a walk. As we turned into the park, we immediately came up to these bison. Quite the startling experience when you're not expecting it! A few feet down were some elk. It was quite the campground!
Luckily (for Elise), we didn't have to camp there. Our friends from the Cities, Neal and Bri, were visiting their sister and brother-in-law in Lee's Summit, just a few miles from Dr. Campbell's office. They all were so nice to let us spend the night. You guys have no idea how nice it is to have a warm place to sleep and a shower in the morning. Thanks!
So we went to Dr. Campbell's office after the campground tour. Let me just say that her office is one of the best we have ever seen! She let us observe for her entire afternoon shift, and afterward she joined us for dinner. We spent 2 and a half hours getting advice and visiting with Dr. Campbell. Then we headed to Neal and Bre's sister's house for the night, visited with them a bit, then turned in for the night.
We left at 9am this morning and have been touring neighboring cities within an hour from Lee's Summit. Like I said, we are really enjoying Missouri and can definitely see us living here and raising a family in the future. So we'll see how everything pans out. Right now we are in Kansas driving to Dr. Georgia Ohlmberg's office in Wichita. Don't know where we'll be spending the night tonight. We'll probably need to look for a campsite somewhere or else sleep in the car. (Don't worry, our back seats fold down and we'll just blow up our air mattress over them. Quite nice if it's necessary.)
And one quick note on the weather. We heard that the UP is having April snowflakes instead of showers. Well, we're enjoying extensive sunshine and 70-80 degree weather down here. Texas in the coming days... We wish you blizzard dwellers luck with the snow! :)
- Dave
So we went to Dr. Campbell's office after the campground tour. Let me just say that her office is one of the best we have ever seen! She let us observe for her entire afternoon shift, and afterward she joined us for dinner. We spent 2 and a half hours getting advice and visiting with Dr. Campbell. Then we headed to Neal and Bre's sister's house for the night, visited with them a bit, then turned in for the night.
We left at 9am this morning and have been touring neighboring cities within an hour from Lee's Summit. Like I said, we are really enjoying Missouri and can definitely see us living here and raising a family in the future. So we'll see how everything pans out. Right now we are in Kansas driving to Dr. Georgia Ohlmberg's office in Wichita. Don't know where we'll be spending the night tonight. We'll probably need to look for a campsite somewhere or else sleep in the car. (Don't worry, our back seats fold down and we'll just blow up our air mattress over them. Quite nice if it's necessary.)
And one quick note on the weather. We heard that the UP is having April snowflakes instead of showers. Well, we're enjoying extensive sunshine and 70-80 degree weather down here. Texas in the coming days... We wish you blizzard dwellers luck with the snow! :)
- Dave
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Those Schwartz kids have to be the absolute cutest I've seen! ;O) We were happy to have you here. Glad you enjoyed Missouri!
Angela
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