Maybe I'm Just Naive

So maybe I'm just naive, but I always think "this is okay, this isn't so bad"!   However...

Bill & I got up and took care of business taking care of the dogs and then getting the truck to Ford.  As we drove past the Ford dealership across the street from the hotel headed 9 miles away to another Ford dealership I learned something.  Call your hotel instead of using your GPS or IPhone for the local...whatever you're looking for.  They always know the area best and are always happy to help. There is your travel tip for the day!

The Fam had a fantastic breakfast at the Golden Skillet in Golden, CO.  I'm allergic to eggs and I was really intrieged by a tofu omelet. Most of you are probably ready to barf thinking about that.  But I haven't had an omelet in years.  It was fantastic!  It's not eggs but it was very tasty so I'll have to try to recreate it at home (of course with the tips I got from the chef)!  If you're a cinnamon roll lover this is the place for you. They have a 7ouncer hot and ready every morning!

We got the bad $3,000 new transmission news and made the decision that Bill must wait for the vehicle until tuesday and Erin & I would continue on the journey alone.  Well not really alone.  We have Sophie, Zeke, and the trailer with our 300 pounds of delicious Alaska fish inside.  So after emptying the Audi for the dogs (which those of you who REALLY know me realize this is sinister as they've never seen the inside of this vehicle until now) and reducing our clothing to one suitcase, we took off.  It was a 12 hour trip.  A 12 hour trip across the flat side of Colorado and Kansas, which didn't seem like it would ever end.

We discovered in all of the confusion we left the dog bowls in the hotel room.  Above you'll see Zeke drinking out of a Crown Royal box bottom.  (Thank you Barrie)  Erin improvised as the dogs were dying of thirst.  So then there was the hour long stop in Salina, KS for the Petco and food and fuel.  Erin, the dogs, and I thought Petco was the most accomodating and interesting thing we have seen in days.  Can you tell we had been in the car WAY TOO LONG???  So we left and then there were horrible rainstorms, rainbows, rainstorms, wind, rainstorms and then rainstorms.  We finally landed at the Comfort Inn. Thank goodness it wasn't raining.

After I checked in of course it started raining in sheets.  Our room smelled horrible and I'm sure my allergies will kick in and I'll be inhuman by 4 AM.  This place is a dump. But after two drinks (thanks again Barrie) I'm already feeling better about life. 

So tomorrow we're driving down to Springfield, MO to see my parents.  It's only a 3.5 hour drive which we can now do in a blink.  Hopefully I'll be able to see in order to do that!