Thursday, June 12, 2014

Kansas Awaits!

Greetings from Oak Grove, Missouri, just east of Kansas City. We'll cross Kansas today and head through Denver to a very nice campground I've stayed in before. The highlight of the day, though, will be crossing into Kansas and finally completing my collection of 50 state visits. My kids will still have plenty to tease me about but missing the state smack-dab in the middle of the country will be off the table ;-)

Speaking of Oak Grove, thanks to a loyal reader for the offer last night. Unfortunately, we got in a little too late, but gotta love those Dartmouth connections! Thanks again.
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Time is short so the blog will be short once again, but I'll start it with a mention of Saturday's Friends of Dartmouth Football golf outing. I'm disappointed that I will miss it (I'll be riding the Zephyr to Denver in advance of my red-eye home while the golf is going on) but thought I'd share with you a little more news on the auction.

Added to the list of items up for bid online are Red Sox tickets, a Rex Ryan-signed helmet, a goalie stick signed by the Rangers' Henrik Lundqvist and more. The online portion of the auction closes at noon Friday. Check it out and make bids here.

C'mon people -- it's for a good cause!
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Add to the list of recent alums pursuing medical careers, Will Montgomery '11, a PhD candidate in organic synthesis chemistry doing cancer drug development research at the University of Texas in Austin. He's finished three years of study and has two remaining. Folks, I saw his senior thesis on the coffee table in Coach Teevens' office one day and I think it took me five minutes to copy the title, one letter at a time.