Comfort Inn Dodge City

... The place she stopped was Clarks and it is the same as it was in the 50's. I had a "black and white" which is vanilla ice cream chocolate syrup and marshmello cream! The prices were like the 50's as well, for all four of us the bill came to less than ten bucks! With a belly full of ice cream the next stop would be Dodge City, when we got to the hotel the rooms weren't ready so we went into town for ...

... t overlap. 3. And maybe most importantly - cows smell. We finally made it to Dodge City shortly after 5pm on Sunday and after checking into the Cowboy quirky Dodge House Hotel we headed up to Sam's Dads house for a family reunion BBQ and a late night of catching up and putting the world to rights. The Dodge House Hotel was a really good place to stay and we only had 2 'interesting experiences ...

... listed as having the "World's Largest Hand-Dug Well". This town was devastated by a tornado in May 2007, 95% of the town was flattened as a path of destruction went through. The town is still rebuilding and the Well was closed until everything could be rebuilt. We were able to look down this structure that was dug in 1887 to supply the railroad and the town with water. The Contract was done by hiring local labour that worked in crews of 12-15 working from sun up to ...

OK, I am ready for my lobby breakfast after that long ride yesterday and thinking that 288 mi for today is a piece of cake. Hot cereal would be great and there it is, a big hot pot with hmmm, something porridge colored but grainy with dark dots. Could be a variety of Red River cereal, so I grab a bowl. Beside it are trays of hot biscuits. Sure, why not? With those a coffee, I feel good. A bite of the cereal ...

My longest ride yet at 418 mi and I arrived by 5:15pm. Felt a little buzzy after a long windy ride which started in fog! The breakfast was also monumental for 6:40 at that Sedalia Comfort Inn - hot choices, yoghurt, melon, etc. Did my best since I knew I wouldn't want to stop much. Lots of fields and little oil derricks (?) and ...

... the shop. Then the big RV behind us left and we lost our little bit of protection. It was horrendous! So we got up at 6, had a shower in the van, did some shopping and we were on the road by 7.30. About 10 mins down the road and Holly and Zach had gone back to sleep!!! Just before we left Colorado we visiteda small town called Holly so we took a few pictures of Holly next to the signs which was fun. We then entered Kansas and ...

Why I ask you.... WHY? I know the railroad is the bloodline of America but why do motels, both the cheapies and the flash ones, insisit on being so close to railway lines. Result not much sleep last night due to passing freight trains which took a minimum of 5 minutes to pass, occassionally shaking the bed. On the plus side they didn't blast their horns, unlike the ones we have ...

... composure. He was innocent, happy, and giving me his usual look. The tears began to flow and my newfound manhood was now newly lost. After hugging him for what I wished was forever, I walked out the door, leaving my old life behind. I'm in the middle of nowhere, and on my way to my aunts house. I have about 7 and half more hours till we arrive. Jesus I hate car rides.

Much better drive to Wichita than from Wichita - 2 hours start to finish. Stayed in Wichita my last night to ensure I could make my plane, since I'm not much of a morning person. Caught the flight from Wichita to Chicago...no problem. Chicago to Toronto...cancelled? Eek! No one would talk to me...the "customer service" desk kept pointing me to the bat-phones and told me reschedule my flight. Everytime I tried, a ...

Today, we ate breakfast at the Senior Center in Windom. We got to share our experiences with the locals. It was cool to see the town getting together for Spring Clean up. A family with kids were at the park painting the playground equipment. Others were taking stuff over to the dump. Others took stuff to a burning pile. It was real interesting seeing people take part in their community. We headed to Dodge City to ...