Day 4 - Until Next Time…..Oh! Snowball & Da Crittaz!! | Rollin’ To Rolla

The final day is upon us and for a short visit, we had a great time seeing our sibs in their new habitat.  Our day started off early with dropping off Sedona to school.  Then we made a couple errands and had an awesome lunch at The Mandarin Garden. We made back to Erin’s home to see how Snowball was doing and she did fine, which reminds me.   

So, on Sunday we got to meet Snowball, the Adamson's dog they got back in El Paso, TX and of course, moved with them to Rolla.  She was described as a rambunctious and hyperactive dog who was incredibly strong.  There were a couple of times she kind of ran off in the new environment they moved into and she had destroyed her new kennel in the garage.  We met her and yes, she was very excitable, but she was all of the cuteness.  Her eye caught me and I could not stop talking to her and being all mushy, mushy with her.  

We had left for church on Sunday morning and when we got back we discovered how unhappy Snowball was with all of us.   She had destroyed the door from the garage to the house.  Oh my goodness that was wicked and a bit troublesome.   About a day later Jen came up with an idea of trying a temp solution of repairing her kennel with zip ties and see if Snowball would still break out.  At first she told Erin that they could just go to a home improvement store and get some, but then I remembered that I had some in a tool bag that I packed during our move in May.   I dashed back to the car and went to the garage to start implementation of Jen’s idea.  I felt very proud that I was prepared.  Well at least for that.  We zipped up the really damaged areas and reinforced the good ones.  It was then time to test it out.   Snowball fussed, cried and even tried to dig her bed out, but she could not break free of her kennel.  It was deemed a success and all that was left was for Snowball to adapt to it.  Now will this completely solve the work to be done with her?  Of course not, but the Adamsons can work the best they can to make things easier for them and they will.  They have been together too long not to. 

Snowball wondering what am I doing to her kennel.

Anyways, it was about that time to go and sadness did fall upon us all (I think David, too.  Tee Hee.  Love you man).  We said our goodbyes and ventured back onto the road.  He made a few more stops than we did on the way to Rolla, but made it back to home in pretty decent time.   We had fun and we will miss them so much, but we do plan to return and maybe sometime do a halfway meet up in Tulsa, OK.  I know that this city is not a very exciting one, but as most travelers know, you can find some interesting thing in almost anywhere.  Oh, I also want to point out that Tyson was going to be a concern on this trip, but with traveling in his new kennel with his sister and some help with essential oils, he ended up doing very well.  Slept most the way up there and back.  It was very comforting.  

Ok.  That is it on our trip since December 2015.  Next we will be doing a longer road trip back up to Minnesota.  To see the Crouches and VanBurkleos.  Who knows who else.  

Until then…..

Day 3 - City Tour | Rollin’ To Rolla

We actually got to sleep in today and once we were up, we were told that there was a little bit of the fire that was still burning.   Actually one log that was still pretty hot.  Anyways, sis-in-law (SIL) made us a boss breakfast IMO. Very, very noms!!!  

We chatted it for a while and it was time to head out.  We met up with some family at a local restaurant called Tater Patch.  It was a nice place with some pretty sweet food with a lot of focus on the taters.   I did not have much of the taters, instead I had some pasta.  My primary love ❤️

We then departed to have our tour of Rolla.   We saw some of the stores local and national.  We saw where SIL will be working starting next week and then stopped at BIL’s place of work.  We managed to find him there and he was in the process of coaching some student athletes in the weight room.   He broke off to chat with us for a bit and then we headed out to finish the tour.  

We then got back to the house and decided that a long time issue must be resolved, Wil Must See The Princess Bride.  I know!!!!   I ended up liking the film, but unfortunately it will not make my Top 10.   Not even my Top 20.  Sorry.  My niece had to later retire because she returns to class the next day and after daddy got home we all retired.   

A less eventful day, but still a great day.   Final day approaches.  

Later…..

Day 2 - Church ‘ N Fire | Rollin’ To Rolla

Day 2, which starts out with some yummy coffee and a good walk of the dogs.  We then headed out to the Adamsons church, which was having a special event at one of the member’s house.  It was huge and beautiful.  The service was held in their storage or secondary warehouse.  Not sure exactly.  After the service, as Kenan Thompson portraying David Ortiz would say, “ They had a biiig lunch!” And a big lunch it was.  Pretty much, too much to choose from and not many of us went back for seconds.  

While we adults were stuffing our faces, the kids went off on a hayride around the property.   When they returned, they said that they had a great time and later dashed off to some games.  Some of us adults, including myself, then went on the hayride and it was fun and uneasy.   We returned and prepared to depart.   

We arrived home as later was greater by daddy Adamson.  He then proceeded to the backyard and prepared for the mighty bonfire that night.   We enjoyed a very yummy dinner and then head outside for the s’more making.   

The bonfire was very big and lasted very long.  The heat radius seemed like it was almost 30 feet wide.  The marshmallow roasting went ok and a few of us were left with sticky fingers.   Check out photos on my Facebook page @becauseimwil and videos on My YouTube Channel called CocoaVision: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvIM0NVVVLjKhSGSSfUNpFg

Day 1 - Rolling Out | Rollin’ To Rolla

So the time has come to make out exciting trip to visit the Adamsons at their new home in Rolla, Missouri.  If you are not familiar with this small city, that is fine.  It is pretty much in the middle of the state just 1.5 hours east of Springfield and is in the northern portion of The Ozarks.  

Our day started with a very busy first half of the day as I attended my last class of the week and my wife was at the last day of her conference.  We met back around 2:30 pm, got packed up, gathered Da Crittaz and rolled out. The traffic out of DFW was great as we left at an ideal time on a Saturday.  Didn't run into much construction either as we headed through Sherman and approached Oklahoma.   

In Oklahoma, I will admit that I was somewhat on guard for reason some folks would find ridiculous, but I kept focused on the road, hanging around the speed limit.  My philosophy on driving now is why rush it, I will still make it there, God willing.  In almost every smaller city though, there was at least one car stopped in the opposite flow of traffic.  Kind made me a bit more nervous, but I made through the state with no problem.  We made one restroom/gas/food stop and proceeded out of the state.   

Kansas was pretty ok.  No police presence in the sense of any pullovers and I felt more comfortable driving.  My only issue is with the Will Rogers (I-44) turnpike as we entered from US HWY 69.  We received a ticket as was instructed to turn it in at the next plaza and pay $2.  We arrived at the next plaza and was about to hand the attendant our ticket where she all of a suddenly blurted out, “$4!”.  Then she saw the ticket in my hand and said, “Oh psych! $2”.  We paid and left wondering one thing, if that small strip was just $2 and she said $4 does that mean the whole turnpike through Kansas cost just $4?  If so, then I deem that as crap, but it has been a long time since I drove the whole turnpike. Will have to look that up. 

We finally arrived in Missouri and right after we left the rest stop, I started to ware down.   So my wife took over and we made it to Rolla around 2:30 am.  We fell out almost an hour later.  

Ready to enjoy our time with the Adamsons.