Day 1 Joplin 211

Whoo!! Finally leaving Lawrence! We met at Sam's apartment complex on 11th street and we are headed out! We stuffed the van to maximum capacity. Thanks to my prior knowledge of mini vans (which is so helpful) we found out that there were secret compartments under all of the seats so that we could stuff even more of our stuff. I was in the back seat and my knees were pulled up to my chest... what a long 3 hours! After a pretty decent nap and an awesome jam session we arrive at KOA camp ground site a couple miles past Joplin. With six girls and one guy we managed to set up three tents which only took less then 30 minutes... that has to be some kind of record. After getting settled, we made a Walmart run to collect our groceries for the next couple days for sack lunches. Driving around the commercial part of Joplin, I did not see a whole lot of damage, which was kind of shocking, I didn't know what it would look like when we got there.

Arriving back to camp, we made friends with a flock of ducks that call the camp grounds their home, and they made friends with our Alternative Break Jayhawk! We spent the rest of the night cheering on the Jayhawks with fellow KU alumni at buffalo wild wings in Joplin! What a stressfull game! Then we arrived back at the campsite and celebrated with smores and group bonding time!