DAY ONE - Friday, March 25
Around 5:30, we all met at the top of Virginia Avenue Parking Garage with the vans to pack up and hit the road. Unfortunately, the elevators were broken, which meant we all had to climb up at least 5 flights of stairs while lugging backpacks, duffel bags, and sleeping bags. After that feat of physical endurance, we strategically piled all our stuff in the trunks, put on some sweet road trip tunes, and made our way out of town.
Two hours into our trip we stopped in northern Kansas City (my hometown) at a little local diner called Hayes. Hayes had all the ingredients of an excellent diner: it was open 24 hours, had dirt-cheap food, and had just enough shady people eating there to feel authentic. We ordered miniature hamburgers covered in grease, grilled cheese, breakfast for dinner, fries, strawberry malts, pie, and ... fried cauliflower, a Hayes specialty. (My parents made a guest appearance at the diner, too, and my dad may or may not have Tweeted about it.)
From there, it was about a four-hour drive to Bellevue, Nebraska. In the vans, we passed the time by sleeping, playing Desert Island, jamming out to our Eagle Butte playlists, or just talking. Once we were in Bellevue, it took us a little time to find the church we planned to stay in, but we eventually made it. We spread out our sleeping bags on the floor and went to bed.
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