We arrived late Wednesday night, not getting to bed until midnight, but that's how these things go. The brilliant portion of our arriving was when we fit 11 people, 13 bikes (in boxes, BIG boxes), and everyone's personal luggage (and emotional baggage?) into a 12-passenger van and a Dodge Caravan minivan for the hour long drive to Lawrence from Kansas City. We were sardines: Sam J was paked into a seat with only his head sticking up, the four people in the back had no leg room due to the piles of luggage on the floor, and Jane's feet were offensively stinky. But I think we're all a lot closer because of it.