Day 36

Wednesday – We were on the road by 8am and made it to Davenport, Iowa by 3:30pm. Trip went very well and now we are 450 miles closer to home. It is hard to believe that just 8 days ago we left Hyder, Alaska and that it is so far away now, but when I look at the odometer I realize it is 3072 mile behind us. We didn’t even take one picture today. Basically the scenery consisted of miles and miles and miles of soybean and corn fields. We were really missing the seafood from Alaska so we eat supper at the local Red Lobster when we got into town. We are now parked at an RV park at route 80 exit 292 in Davenport and Debra is washing clothes for what she hopes is the last time before we get home. Tomorrow we have a much easier day. We have about 265 mile to Bremen, Indiana where we plan on meeting Larry Burkholder around 1:30pm at his place of work. He would like to show us around before we go to their home in Goshen. Larry and Vanita Burkholder and we became good friends when they started attending Hammer Creek church in the mid 80’S. In March of 95 they moved to Goshen to do 2 years of service with Gospel Echoes. When their term was up they stayed in Indiana so we like to visit them when we go west. For those that are not aware Larry is a brother to Raymond who had our evangelistic services at Shiloh in April. Friday morning we plan on driving to Wooster, Ohio to take in the BMA convention Friday, Saturday and Sunday.