Camp Geiger - Sat. June 18

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And so it begins...

This morning at 7:27 a.m., armed with a box full of donuts, Starbucks coffee, 27 iTunes playlists and a Penske truck loaded to the gills with foot lockers, cots, sleeping bags and Indian costumes, the first 26 of us set off for our summer stay at Camp Geiger in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Normally, our first stop would be a lunch break at the McDonald's travel plaza on the Kansas turnpike, but this year, we decided to give the boys a little treat and we switched things up.

In Arcadia, Oklahoma, about 4 miles east on Route 66 (yes, THAT Route 66) sits a cool restaurant and gas stop called POPS that offers great food and more importantly, more than 600 kinds of ice cold soda pop in glass bottles!

Seriously, this place had everything! Colas, Root Beers, Cream Sodas, Ginger Ales, Cherry this, Vanilla that and every kind of "pop" in between. They even had an international section for all the Italians and Venezuelans who magically find themselves in Arcadia, Oklahoma.

After a quick scan of the store to find the most obscure bottle of soda they could find (can you say Green Apple Chocolate), the boys all settled in for a tasty lunch and a discussion of what the next week will bring.

Now for those who know this crew, this may be hard to believe, but the grownups are having a little bit of fun too. Everyone seems to have picked up right where they left off last year and we're all looking forward to a great week together.


Many thanks to Shelly Koonce for the heads up about POPS! The boys loved it and it looks like we have our new morning stop for years to come.

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