Guymon, OK to Payson, AZ

December 8, 2012

Trip so far: 72hr 43min, 4846.6 mi Saturday: 9:40am CST to 10:31pm MST Today’s journey went well enough us, but not for others on the road. Midway through our day, Amy witnessed the final seconds of a horrifying crash. A 55-65 year old man in a silver F-150 appeared to have lost consciousness while driving, […]

West Des Moines, IA to Guymon, OK

December 8, 2012

Trip so far: 62hr 21min, 4172.4 mi Friday: 9:30am CST to 10:59pm CST Another day of tough goodbyes… while we struggled to say ‘see you later’ to our good friends Dave and Danielle, Elayne broke down crying because she didn’t want to leave her friend, their daughter. Every opportunity we have to spend time with […]

Waukesha, WI to West Des Moines, IA

December 4, 2012

Trip so far: 52hr 18min, 3545.1 mi Monday: 2:16pm CST to 9:32pm CST With Waukesha in our rear-view mirror, our cross-country journey is picking up steam! Oklahoma, Missouri, Michigan, and Wisconsin lay behind us… and suddenly, we’re down to Iowa, California, and Washington on the road before us. I’m afraid that if we blink, we […]

Spring Arbor, MI to Waukesha, WI

November 28, 2012

Trip so far: 46hr 49min, 3175.0 mi Wednesday: 1:30pm EST to 7:38pm CST It’s always hard to say goodbye to close friends, and today was no exception. Our time in Michigan had been wonderful in so many ways – but Christmas is coming whether we’re in Washington or not, and so we found ourselves forced […]

Roach, MO to Spring Arbor, MI

November 21, 2012

Trip so far: 41hr 11min, 2854.4 mi Monday: 10:10am CST to 11:50pm EST Although we had more to do in Missouri than we’d imagined, our time at the Missionary Training Center had to – and finally did! – come to an end. We shared impossible farewells with friends we’ve grown to love dearly over the […]

Rolling Along

November 20, 2012

This story was originally posted on Facebook, but was re-posted here to ensure everyone hears the details! A TUESDAY NIGHT FAIRYTALE (11/13/2012) Once upon a time, Jordan was changing the oil in the minivan. Job done, he slowly started easing the minivan out the back of the garage. The back wheels went over the edge […]

Return of the Stolen Laptop!

November 7, 2012

Amy and I found ourselves in shock Monday night, trying to wrap our minds around everything that had just happened. Sitting on the couch beside us was my stolen laptop – along with all of the peripherals that had been taken with it. Although the computer had at one point been completely taken apart, the […]

Laptop Stolen; Write-Up Gone!

October 29, 2012

It took me a minute to realize what had happened. I walked into my work space early Saturday morning, ready for a 12-hour workday that would wrap up my Cherokee linguistics write-up. After shutting the door behind me I carefully set my coffee cup on the table, then threw my jacket over the chair in […]

Almost there…

October 21, 2012

With nine weeks of Cherokee study complete, that means there is only one more to go! How has so much time flown by?

Back in the Groove

October 14, 2012

It’s only been five months since I (Jordan) analyzed my last linguistics problem… and while in some ways it seems like it’s been forever, for the most part everything is coming back quickly! The first of three write-up weeks is over, and 7.5-hour workdays in a quiet classroom have been very profitable. I estimate that […]