While at home recuperating from surgery, I discovered the Fund for Teachers grant opportunity and decided to apply. Designing and planning a professional development opportunity that would help me grow as a teacher and challenge my students was fun and at times very challenging. In the end I decided to design the grant around a road trip to Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota, a road trip to investigate Native American tribes, landforms, cultural influences, and early farm life that brought settlers to the Great Plains during the 1880s.