Missouri Loves Company

Hello from the road.  The first day, we drove to Lexington, Kentucky for the night.  Yesterday, we drove through more of Kentucky, then some of Indiana and Illinois, then a boatload of Missouri before entering (finally, finally) Kansas.

I'm writing this from Topeka, as we gear up for breakfast and one.more.day of driving. 

The view from the only back door of my car that we can open.

The other night we had dinner at Cracker Barrel (is there any other place to eat on a road trip?) and G bit into a biscuit.  He goes, "This is a d@mn fluffy biscuit."  He then elaborated, "I mean it.  See?  I can press down on it but it just bounces back into its former shape.  Very, very fluffy."  That, (and one Sonic lunch), was a highlight, my friends.  It's like the only semi-interesting thing I have to include in this post.

Taking Orca to be boarded at the vet.  She has been there so much lately, she's practically a regular.  We walk in and about three techs appear out of nowhere going, "Well hello, Orca!!!!"

We made one slight detour in the beginning of the trip (a million years ago) to see Betsy, the lady who owns the B&B that we love so much.  We showed her Africa pictures and she told us about her recent Alaskan cruise.  It was nice to get a chance to chat with her before the move.

And she surprised us with a gift basket: a couple of shirts from the local state park; mountain dew (which was invented there); some paraphernalia from the B&B; and her yummy scones for the drive.  The scones are almost gone, of course.  Devoured.

Ok, I have procrastinated long enough.  Time to get back on the road.  See you in Denver!