Thursday, July 22

A long boring day and we didn't get started very early. We took our time leaving Colorado Springs this morning.

Have driven 400+ miles to Abilene, Kansas tonight. No pictures to share because there is nothing to look at in the western half of Kansas. It is even worse that Nebraska. At least in Nebraska you have cattle and hay bales to look at as well as irrigated crops. Kansas.....nothing for miles. I took two naps and watched a movie on the laptop. Because we ate breakfast a little later we weren't hungry at dinner time and by the time we should start thinking about eating Jim looked at me like I was nuts if I thought we were going to stop at a rest area to eat in 100 degree temps (I hadn't thought about that). So we ate ice cream at Dairy Queen, we're pathetic. The car thermometer reached 102 today, but it doesn't feel to humid. That is probably awaiting us tomorrow.

At a Holiday Inn Express tonight. Probably the nicest place we've stayed the entire trip.

Tomorrow we're going to the Eisenhower Presidential Library before finishing the trip home. Tomorrow night, back to our own bed.