Day 23- Return


Day 23: HOME
Grrrr... The Grumpys are back for the LAST TIME!!!!!!!

Today we were woken up at 6:30AM by Dal Dal's famous "Wakey Wakey" song! We loaded up the bus and vans for the very last time in Kentucky to head home!

Our first stop was the truck wash to get the vehicles squeaky clean before we got home! Then we headed straight to Wally-World in Tennessee for the LAST TIME. :(  For breakfast, we had BIG muffins and grapes! After, we signed all of the KFC buckets and journals, all while jamming out on the road. There are all kinds of mixed emotions, like excitement to see our families, but also we can't imagine leaving our new TWB family. We took a potty break at the Marion rest stop and then had chicken ranch wraps for lunch.


Finders keepers!!

Enjoying our last bus ride with our new family, we made our way to the next rest area to clean out the bus and distribute all of the gifts from the gift trailer. Our last stop before coming back was a church for our final special moment. After we made our way back to Mallard Creek, our adventure would come to an end. Returning with new memories and epic new friends, on the same bus but as different people.






            WE MADE IT!!!!


















    TRIP 1 WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!! THANK YOU ALL FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE SUMMER!




Day 22- Kentucky

Day 22: Kentucky

    Grrrrr..... Happy Fourth of July! It's the GrumpYs once again. Today has been our last full day of TWB Trip 1 2026. 



CAAACAWWWWW!!!

Toby Keith would be proud...

Lauren gets to put the IN sticker up!!

And here's Morgan with KY!!

All girls van!!! Plus Pickle...

This morning we traveled from Illinois to Indiana and then to Kentucky, where we stopped at Churchill Downs, the site of the Kentucky Derby. While at the Kentucky Derby, we got a tour of the property; we also had free time to walk through the museum, along with the other events. We sat through a brief short film of the preparation and the day of the Kentucky Derby.
Churchill Downs gets invaded by TWB!!!

Wells presents on Churchill Downs

Willa presents on the Kentucky Derby

Zac presents on Kentucky


Wells.. your not Grant! Put the America sunnies AWAY

Classy Ladies

Derby Dayyy

I don't think Maddie got into the lucky #5 slot 

Watching the short film

Our first steps onto Churchill Downs 





YOUR WINNERS PRACTICING!!!!!!


After we stopped at Churchill Downs, we went to the original KFC and ate dinner: fried chicken, green beans, mac and cheese, and mashed potatoes!
Our AMAZING cooks hard at work to serve KFC


POV: Henry begging for more food already...










Houston and Jax tearing up the chicken







This chicken is finger-lickin ' good!!!!


Henry enjoying his drink

Well, well, well, what do we have here??

THE LION'S EATING KFC


Bros for life

GIRL DATE!!!!


Ben from Union

Kap and the Colonel 

Besties for life

Holden's newest friend



We got these shirts where it all began!

We are spending tonight in Corbin, KY, for our last night together! We also had a talent show between the dwarf groups where the Grumpys won their third competition in a row, meaning...The Grumpies have officially been declared the 2026 trip 1 champions, so we're obviously the best dwarf group!
Happys!!!!

THE WINNER WINNERS CHICKEN DINNER!!! THE GRUMPY'S!!!!

Bashfuls!!!

Dopeys!!

GRUMPYS WIN ONCE AGAIN!!!!!!

Sleepys!!

Sneezys!!

Celly pic

Celly pic part two

Our last sing-along!

The heat has officially gotten to Houey



Forever friends



poor Houston


Kap and Grant

SELFIE TIME!!!!!!

Feeling the love

Jay Blair and Noah share a special moment

WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW!!!!!!