Econo Lodge Dodge City

... It was apparent that the Obama stimulus plan had not found its way to Dodge as most of the stores in the downtown area were for lease. We finallly landed at Montana Mikes for burgers and lemonade. However just up the street was the teachers hall of fame and gunfighters wax museum, a strange combo if I do say. It turned out to be a $3.00 donation to the local teachers as all the wax figures looked the ...

... first was when they decided to do maintenance on the indoor pool at just before midnight (a swift call to reception put a stop to that.) And we had a minor problem with a blocked toilet (but we both plead the 5th on that one !) Next day after hot cakes and french toast at the local diner we headed into Dodge to explore and spent most of the afternoon at the Boot Hill Museum and Cemetary. The ...

... for 50cents to $1 per a day for the effort. Completed in 1888, at a depth of 109 feet and 32 feet in diameter, certainly a great engineering feat for the time. Designated as a National museum in 1937 the well was covered and became an historic attraction. It was used as a well up until 1932. The well has steel walkway steps down into the bottom with lights showing the way, it is normally open for tourists, but as mentioned, the town is still rebuilding after ...

... 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.

... uneasy at the thought of spending another night somewhere exposed and windy. We found an enormous public swimming pool simply called the "Big Pool". It WAS enormous and had been built in the thirties as a free public pool for the local community. The water was absolutely freezing unfortunately and so we didn't stay there long, plus there wasn't any shade for us either. We then visited a small museum and had some lunch but there ...

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 ...

I left Meade today and I am sitting in the truck at a gas station... My eyes burn. I couldn't keep myself from actually crying when it came time to leave... I tried to be strong, but you know, it's not easy telling these 4 kids who i have watched grow up these past years goodbye. I love my nieces and nephew. and when it got to telling the last one, Gage, goodbye, I lost ...

... post" for "someone who cared" to take me to the luggage area where I could double check to see if my luggage was around the airport, which it wasn't. Starving, I just caught the plane from Toronto to London, where I ran into one of my sister's friends and made it home on the tiniest little plane ever. One of my suitcases arrived the next day and the big heavy one was delivered four days later by an armless courier.

... out the museum there. My camera batteries were low, so I wasn't able to take pictures, but Uncle Bill did. I'll have to get them from him later. Behind the museum was a cemetery on Boot Hill where those killed in fights in the city were buried. The bodies were moved to a cemetry elsewhere in town, but there was the possibility that some where still buried on the hill. Unfortunatly, the hill is now covered with ...