Road Trip: Day 3

We had a wonderful breakfast at Esther & Bill's out on the deck with the geese. I also tried out Bill's scooter!! But didn't take a picture of it...although I probably should have since Warren got excited when he drove it and landed in the wildflowers! (Lol, actually the transition from grass to pavement I think is what caused his momentary tiptoe in the tulips).

Then we headed out to drive through Kansas...(insert cricket chirping sound here)...lol, actually it wasn't that bad. It's just very interesting to see the beginning and ending of a train with nothing getting in the way or half of it disappearing...

We did see what we think was a field or two of lavender...lot's of corn...and wind farms!! The wind farm was neat for us because all the time we see the large propellers leave the Houston area north on I-45...usually we see them when we are driving up to Dallas. We even saw one being assembled!

Finally we made it to Dodge City, KS around lunchtime, where we proceeded to stomp around the Boot Hill area and take lots of pictures. Warren was excited because he got to have a beer in a "real" saloon. I think that was the whole purpose of our going through Dodge City...that and so when we left he could say, "Let's get the heck out of Dodge!" Lol.

I'm trying out a slideshow?! Hope it works!!

When we left Dodge City on the way to Colorado we stopped briefly to see the faint impressions of the Santa Fe wagon trail. I remember them being easier to see when Mom and I saw them roughly 5-ish years ago.

Anyway, we then proceeded on to Colorado Springs, CO and camped out. For the first time. Like ever. Well...it wasn't the backyard anyways!! ha We stayed at a KOA, which had wi-fi and communal showers so it was hardly roughing it. We took a blow-up matress (wonderful!) and our computers and watched about 1/2 of a Will Ferrel (sp?) movie before we passed out. Here was our campsite: it was very dry and sandy! There was a river near it but not easily accessable for photos. Tomorrow...on to Pike's Peak!