Vacation Day 1

Here is what we did on Friday of our vacation. We went in the morning and picked up the rental car. After loading it up and double checking our list of stuff to bring we headed out at 9:30. We drove all the way to Iola with out stopping (I know it is not that far, but for me and my bladder that is a long way). It was a little before noon so we got McDonald's to go and were off again after a restroom break and leg stretch. We were headed to Springfield, Mo to meet the rest of the group (only stopping one more time). My mom and dad, my sister Cari, her husband Dan and their girls, Erin and Taylor, and my brother Lucas and his girlfriend Andrea were all going. We all met at Bass Pro Shop. We got there early so we looked around a little and ran into Cari's family so we walked around and looked at the fish. Then we saw my parents and we all went to wait for my brother to get there. When we all arrived we went to eat at Lambert's Cafe. It was a lot of fun. The kids liked the rolls being "throwed" and the food was really good. My favorite was the fried okra.
After supper we all headed to our hotel in Lebanon. It was about a hour away. We had 3 rooms for all of us. My mom and dad had a room and Lucas and Andrea had a room that was connected to my parents. The rest of us stayed across the hall in a room with 2 queen beds. The kids all camped on the floor. It was nice to have our rooms together and we were at the end of a hall so we were away from everyone else. The kids were able to play in the hall and run between rooms. After getting unloaded we all ended up in our room talking and planning the canoe trip we were going on the next day. We finally went to bed around midnight.
I will post more later. I am getting some pictures developed today and hopefully the ones we took with the water cameras will be developed tomorrow.
Randi