Heritage House Topeka

... found later that the step was damaged. Thank goodness no people were around or hurt. As we were on the side of the road inspecting, a state trooper came over to see if we were ok. Not major damage- all easily repaired when we get home. So on we went. About 630 we made it to Lawrence Kansas. Why Kansas? for the Wizard of Oz museum and because on our State map- that's the one ...

... is enormous, gong back deeper and deeper with large service rooms.

Of the 11 beers we sampled, 4 were wheats. They were all okay. Kelly really enjoyed the filtered County Seat Wheat. I thought it had a strong penicillin taste. The raw wheat was more to my liking, especially with a dose of lemon. The raspberry wheat was clean and refreshing, a nice treat. The fourth wheat (I didn't write down the name of it, sorry) was just average.

I was intrigued by the Tiger Paw ...

... was nothing short of terrific! We went to the Brookville Hotel, they only serve on meal, fried chicken with busicuts gravy creamed corn and everyone gets a half of a chicken and as much of everything else as they want it is all served family style and homemade icecream for dessert.

The ride today was a bit of a surprise after days of flats we ...

A short driving day today - about 3 1/2 hours, to Perry, which is just west of Topeka. Sherry and Joe, old friends of Greg's from 20-some years ago when he worked in Custer, South Dakota, had asked that we stop for a visit on our way past, and we are SO glad we did, because we had a wonderful afternoon and evening with them. We parked the motorhome in Slough Creek Park, next to Lake Perry, and they came to see the "house ...

... Hickok out drawed any sucker who challenged him to a gunfight, where Buffalo Bill began a hunt that nearly made an entire species extinct, where General Custer made his last stand at the Battle of Little Bighorn, where the US 7th Cavalry massacared over 200 men, women and children at Wounded Knee, where Chief Sitting Bull was killed by his own people and where Clint Eastwood kicked the **** out of Lee Van Cleef.

We had the chance to go see the first practice of the year for the greatest basketball team in the land so we headed to Lawrence to check out the Kansas Jayhawks. We met up with Darren's buddies Bird, P-Man, and Scott Lovenstein along with their families. The Jayhawks have the greatest tradition in all of college bball and we witnessed them add to it when ...

Daniel here again. Today was a long hard ride. We did about 300 miles again today. Winds probably 20 miles per hour right in our faces most of the day. Blasts of crosswinds that almost kicks you off the road. Whoever called Chicago the windy city never rode a motorcycle across Kansas. The good news is that we didn't get rained on today. Yea! We did see farms of windmills. Hundreds of them ...

... has been mostly driving to get where we want to be.  As usual we changed our route a little but still going to the same places.  Decided to go to Colorado next instead of last. They have already been having alot of snow out there.  Well tonight we stayed at  Quality Inn not near as nice as the one last night but couldn't find a Drury Inn tonight. Gosh I miss my margarita.  Did have fairly good supper at cracker barrel.     Till next time Eva and Bill Life is good

... Nebraska today.. its pretty awesome. We were going to stay the night in Nebraska, Lincoln to be exact. But instead, we drove to Iowa [just to add it to our list of states; we're at 8 total now.], then down to Missouri, then back to Nebraska, and finally to Kansas. Almost right after we entered Kansas, we saw lightening bugs, so we stop for about 10 minutes to get out, stretch, and enjoy the view. So many pretty buggies... and tons of gorgeous stars too ...

... my hotel and am about to head to bed after driving over 12 hours. Shhhewww - hopefully tomorrow will be much easier. Denver is my final destination tomorrow. I will be staying at my friend Shannon's sister Caroline's house to acclimate to the elevation prior to my BIG arrival at the ranch Saturday. And because I want it to become a tradition... Giddy up, Heather