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Day 44 - Eisenhower Library
Day 44 Today we woke especially early, at 4:30, in order to get a head start on our long drive across the states of Colorado and Kansas, heading for the Eisenhower Library. We were out by 5:00, and drove in rare, blissful silence until around 9:00, when we stopped for breakfast at McDonald's. When hot cakes and sausages and Egg McMuffins galore had …
Fun Fall Activities
... them at home some time - wonder if I can ever recreate them to be as good as I've had them there, though...) Also, the kids LOVED finding out what cattails can do when you smash them up (I never knew! Found them as we took a hike in a park in rural Johnson Co., KS) - but what a mess! (I know, I know - not the way that Tony looked at them...) It did look like snow (my niece was even making "snow angels" ...
1200 miles to go
We kept going through the flatness of Kansas into the night to try to steal a bit of time for the end of the week. At 11pm we hit the 1200 miles to go point and found a place to stay.
Tomorrow, we can get a good 10-12 hours on the road leaving a relatively short distance for Friday to get into New ...
Ethan says:
... to the plain landscape around us.
On the way through the mountains my ears popped several times and it felt really weird so I drank a lot of water to make my ears feel better but I had to keep doing it about every 20 minutes. There were lots of trees and they were so green and me and my brother both wanted to go up into the mountains and hike, but we were driving and had to get someplace before the end of the day so we ...
Day 28 - Traveling through Kansas
Today we drove across Kansas. Not much to say about the drive- mile after mile of flat nothing. We didn't have any sites planned for the ride so it was another travel day. We did stay at a hotel with an indoor water slide which the kids loved. I think the closer we get to home the more everyone wants to get there. ...