We arrived yesterday to Basehor, Kansas which is near Kansas City to visit Bill's cousin Susan. Since they still have dial up I was unable to write a blog successfully so I am writing this now In a McDonald's in Kansas City that has wireless internet.
Uncle Ed and his wife Mary was there for dinner and since he is the oldest remaining family member we reminisced with him about his memories of the Quick family. After he left Susan brought out a huge family tree that she has been working on. We had fun contributing more information for her and Bill plans on photographing what she has done for our records.
This morning we had one of Eddie's famous omlettes. He took us to Fort Leavenworth and Atchison to visit museums. We learned that Kansas was named after the Kanza Indians and it became a state in 1861 (after California) We also learned that David Atchison was actually the president of the US for 23 1/2 hrs. President Polk was going out and Zachary Taylor was coming in. Taylor did not want to innaugarate on a Sunday because he was religious so Atchison who was the President Pro Tem took over during that Sunday. He was so excited that he celebrated too much Saturday night and had to sleep it off all Sunday during his entire presidency. Now how interesting is that!!
We took a tour of Atchison and learned that a lot of the house are haunted...they were highlighted on the Travel channel.
Eddie and Susan both look terrific. You wouldn't recognize them...they have lost so much weight! Good for them! Heather is working at JC Penney and Ashley is doing summer sports in everything!
We are enjoying sleeping in the basement (especially me) since the basement is so cool. Eddie is fixing it up and is in the middle of building a very nice bathroom.
Eddie, Susan and Ashley leave for New Orleans tomorrow to do some mission work. Keep them in your prayers.
Tomorrow we head toward Manhattan which is about 2 hours away to see Bill's cousin Dee. We are looking forward to that.
Thanks to the Roberts for their great hospitality!
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