Mrs. Noonan's (our niece) 4th grade class had been following our blog since we left and it was fun to communicate with them throughout our trip. They researched and guessed about birds and animals we were posting, the places we were traveling by; they even went to their school gymnasium and laid out a tape measure the length of 42 feet (same as Free Bird) to get an idea how big she really is. And they made us super cool Christmas cards! We were so delighted to have them virtually on board during our entire journey!
We had always hoped we would make it back to Dubuque in time and be able to meet them face to face before the school year ended. Friday, May 8th we made that happen and were so glad we did as it was so fun to meet them! They had a lot of great questions for us. They were very disappointed that we were not able to bring boat cat Molly along but we all made the best of it. Molly was having so much fun just being home we couldn't bear to take her away.
Thanks to them for being a part of it all and especially to Mrs. Noonan. You'll never know how much this meant to us. Hope we all have the funnest Summer ever!
