Dodge House Hotel & Convention Ctr Dodge City

... had "reached our destination" to find ourselves outside a school and no Wal Mart in Sight. Gee Mandy you certainly test us at times!! Ok head South to Wellington and trek our way around Wichita and find our route we travelled on yesterday bringing us into the city. Another turn at finding a Super Wal Mart was successful, so we topped up, had morning tea and set off to Wellington, the site of a "Historic Chisholm Trail Museum" Directed to the door by our friend Mandy ...

... my tongue starts to gag with conflict - what is the meat taste with oatmeal consistency? I swallow and smell closely. Dang that smells like sausage. The clerk has returned to the desk in this lobby so I ask what is this in the pot? She smiles, "Why it's gravy for your biscuits, ma'am." Wow. I discreetly bin the bowl and finish the biscuit with jelly. I know if I spent more time here I'd learn so much more.

... in the fields. This would be the place to have acres of windmills. In Dodge, the motel is OK and just a couple of blocks away I finally had a switch from regular fare at a Thai restaurant that was welcome, tasty relief. A shower, aspirin and the Sox game while I roll those Chinese balls to relax my hands is the order for the evening.

... feeling rather lintrepid and a little apprehensive because of the weather. We had been hearing stories of tornado warnings in the area and also thunder storms and heavy rain. The wind was very strong, gusting to 50 miles per hour so driving was becoming very tricky. However we battled on to Garden City where we decided to stop for a bit. The sky was clear and the temp. ws very high but the wind was still howling. It made me ...

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.

We have just arrived in Dodge City, KS. We broke off 365 miles today... Rick was done.. Rick is really in the spirit of this town and is wearing his chaps with a gun belt. He keeps challenging everyone to a dual... I will update this later once I have had some drinks and more pics. The state of Kansas is good for one ...

... told me I had to talk to "customer service." It was a cyclical nightmare...they finally sent me to the customer service desk down the escalator, across the airport and up the escalator (with a whack of heavy carryon luggage) where I managed to reschedule and was promised the rest of my luggage would follow. I was silly enough to believe them. Eventually I got to Toronto, couldn't eat as I had to "wait near ...