Well Colorado pretty much lived up to all the hype from past
JOH’ers. It was a lot of fun with
a lot of great experiences and memories.
Today we entered yet another state: Kansas. At the beginning of the trip, it seemed like new states we a
rarity. Now it seems like time
does not even go by before we are in another state. There are not really any huge expectations with Kansas
except for a lot of rolling hills and farmland. Our PM and crew chief keep saying this is the part of the
trip that the days get long and boring and it is very easy to become
lackadaisical and get involved in a wreck, so we will see how this stretch of
days go. 
If today was any indication of how Kansas will be the rest
of the days, then the expectations will be far surpassed. Today was awesome. Yesterday, our PM (Project Manager)
received a call and an invitation to come to a dance party today. We did not originally have any
friendship visit on the sheets for today, so of course we could not say no to a
friendship visit, let alone a dance party. We love dance parties.
We got there and immediately threw ourselves onto the dance floor. The clients were kind of skeptical at
first because most of them are normally shy when we first get there no matter
what the activities are for the day.
Once they realized how much fun we were having, they joined us out there
and it was a blast. There were
balloons everywhere, so the added games of hitting the balloons up in the air
while dancing made it even more fun.
We met a guy named Joe who was sitting at a table and not dancing, and
he absolutely loved Coke more than anything in the world. When he saw me carrying a coke over to
a different table, he asked one of my friends what my name was and called out
to me. He motioned me over to his
table and we started talking and had a great conversation. The Coke cans were the special Olympic
editions and had an athlete on the can.
There was a face or anything; it was just a white figure. He started talking about his days in
the Olympics (he was talking about Special Olympics but we kept egging him on
that he was in the real Olympics and he loved it), and then explained that the
figure on the can was actually him.
Every person that passed our table was told how great of an athlete Joe
was and how famous he was for being on the Coke can. Little did we know he was actually a professional arm
wrestler, too. He challenged all
of us. When it was my turn, I was
expecting a pretty fair match and I may knock him out of the winner’s seat
because he had already beaten five of us.
I did not stand a chance.
This guy was so strong I could barely last five seconds. After almost two hours of nothing but
dancing and hanging out, it was time to head back to lodging and get ready to
head to dinner.
Dinner was unlike any we have had so far this summer. We went to the fancy, tasty, classy Golden Corale! We had an absolute feast. Some people had four or five plates full of food. If you think about it, that is not very surprising because of how many calories these guys are losing every day so they have to stock up. After we were finished, you could tell people were hurting because their stomachs were so full, but we did not care one bit. Back to THE HOTEL we went for yet another great night of sleeping in a bed. I am not sure why the sudden string of hotels and beds, but I am not complaining at all. Thanks for reading!
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