Day one is officially in the books. I left the Law Enforcement Center at a little after 11:00 this morning. My wife and mother in law, several close friends and co-workers, and a few news reporters came out to see me off. I was escorted out of town by Sgt. Gardner and Officer Monasmith (my partner) from the Bike Unit and Officers Hollar and Stuart escorted me out of town on Topeka Blvd. Of course the bike guys had to stop and help a stalled car at I-470 & Topeka (always vigilant.) It was a beautiful day! I had just enough sun and when it started to get hot, I had a little rain-just enough to cool off. To top it all off, I had the wind at my back almost the whole way. That was especially nice on some of the loooonnnnggg hills in southern Osage and northern Coffey Counties. My father in law will be proud that we even stopped at BETO Junction where Toby was introduced to the world famous "giant" cinnamon rolls. We got into Burlington a little after four and have been resting here at the church. Getting ready to go eat now. So far Burlington has been great-but more on that later. I'm late for dinner.
12 comments:
Jayme,
wanted to let you know that I just saw this story on the Topeka news and immediately got on the website to see how I could contribute. I am still a full-time college student and cannot pledge a lot, but want to give some. I will be mailing a check first thing in the morning to the bank in Bolivor.
I know that you and your family are amazing people and hearing this news breaks my heart. You have such a strong and brave heart to be doing such a loving thing for Jenni and Danile and their son Granton.
I will be keeping you all in my thoughts and prayers!
Good luck on the trip and may god ride with you!
Jenna Erickson
jbelle@ku.edu
Go, Jayme, go! Glad your first day went well! God Bless, Uncle Jerry and Aunt Ellen D.
praying for you as you ride....our family will be cheering you on in Bolivar! ~Froelich family
Hi guys,
Mom here, just letting you know how
much we love you and we are proud
of you. You have a brother here who
was wishing he could be with you
today. A Dad too, guess we'll have
to hold the fort down here and be
with you in prayer. We'll call
tommorrow, get a good nights rest.
Love, Mom
Hey man...good work. Saw you on the news tonight. Keep it up!
Jayme and Toby,
We are waiting for you in Caney! Looks like you had a very successful first day. I'm glad to see that you received some good news coverage and that the weather was not much of a deterant. Weather should cooperate for you on your way to Caney, as well.
Godspeed,
Blair and Amanda
Jayme,
Keep up the good work. I think it is great what you are doing for that little boy. What a blessing it is to have such a wonderful uncle like you. God bless and keep safe.
Sue (from CPCC)
Jayme,
Thank you so much for what you're doing for Granton and his family. We hope you have a safe trip today and we'll see you this evening after you ride into Caney.
Jordan and Ellie Atcheson
Great Job Boys! Keep the positive attitude Jaym & Tob!
Jayme...Anita would be Real Jamaica'n Proud of you!
Kyle HAD to take Meg flowers and coffee last night and sneak them onto the porch! he left the goodies, and ran back to the car...then when Meg answered there was your beautiful little boy peeking around her legs! You could see him yelling "KYLEEEEE!!!!"
Have a great Day today Guys!
I am Proud of you! Prayers to you and Granton!
Jayme & Toby:
You two are doing a great thing! Hope all goes well and you both stay safe!
Blog Readers:
Looks like Jayme and Toby are making better time than expected! They should be in Caney no later than 5pm. They were in Neodesha for lunch at 1:25pm. So, if you want to come join us at the Caney Highschool parking lot, be there by 5pm!
-blair
You know, we should have gotten you one of those "PetSafe" GPS trackers so that we could see where you are in real time!
"hey, look, Jayme is in the bathroom at BETO Junction!"
"Hey, look! Jayme is in the bathroom at Burlington"
That would be cool.
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