Going to Kansas City...Kansas City here I come!

From the KU website.

You can see KU for miles around, its crimson roof lines accenting the wide blue sky. We admit getting to the top of Mount Oread is physically daunting at first. Stairs, sidewalks, streets - they're all a workout. But nothing worth achieving is ever easy, and from the top the vista is endless.

Our older son Michael was accepted into the Duke TIP summer studies program but wasn't old enough to go to the Duke campus in North Carolina. They offer the program at various other colleges across America, all sponsored by Duke University. The closest one with the classes Mike wanted to take was the University of Kansas.

Colin, Mike, and Jon in the dorm.

The boys and I headed North and Colin left work in Illinois headed East. We all got to the hotel at the same time. We had some much needed family rest time at the hotel. The boys had a swim and watched cartoons while we parents took naps. Later we met with some family at a shopping center for dinner and visiting.                                                               Mike will be at the Duke TIP summer camp for three weeks of intense study on Programming for the Web. He was excited to be there and hoping to make friends and learn a lot during his stay.

View from Mike's dorm.