Texas, Oklahoma & Missouri

The hotel in Amarillo was wonderful.  Kind of funny that after leaving I got a message from a bloggy friend who said that she had gotten a text message from a friend traveling who had sat next to a family at breakfast at the hotel she was staying at.  She said that the family had many children of different ethnic backgrounds, although she had not spoken to the family.  Turns out, I guess, that it was us.  As the old saying goes, "It is a small world after all."

We were planning on meeting friends for lunch in Oklahoma and Dw had wondered what time we would leave the hotel in the morning.   The girls and I were in one room and the boys and Dw down the hall in another room.I told Dw that we would meet them at 7:30am.  The girls asked if I was going to set an alarm.  Naaaah.  No need to.  Ruby wakes up for a bottle in the night and never, ever, ever goes back to sleep, so I knew I would be awake, no matter what.

Since the van is the closest thing we will ever get to an RV or camper, 

I decided that we ought to call it the "cabin".  

It works for me and don't go saying, "it ain't no cabin, Linny."

If I say it's our cabin, then it's our cabin.

Well at 7:30 am there was a knock on our door and I woke with a jolt.  For the second time since coming home to us, Miss Ruby had slept through the entire night!  I could not believe it and am still shaking my head.  No doubt, traveling agrees with this precious little chica of ours.

We are settled in for the night in Springfield, Missouri.  Kids are playing in the pool and Ruby just had a bath...all is well.