Last week I spent four days driving out to Denver with a friend from college. It was so much fun and a great way to see lots of the country in a few short days. R.D.S. and I are opposites in a number of ways, but we managed to fill most of the 37 hours of driving with nonstop rambling. Here is a recap of the trip: We left Leesburg, VA are 4:40AM on Friday headed for Bedford, IN. After eleven hours in the car we went on a fantastic cave tour in the limestone capital of the world. Our guide S was hysterical and had an awesome ascent. Then we continued on to north of Indianapolis, IN to a forgotten town (Lebanon, IN), arriving a little before 9:00 PM.
Then next morning we were on the road to Milwaukee, WI by 8:00 AM. Seemed a little early after our long Friday... but we were both itching to get out of the Motel 6! We arrived in Milwaukee only five hours later with an extra hour to explore because the great mathematician (me) did not remember we were crossing into the central standard time during this part of the drive. After a phone call with A.L.R.L. that required R.D.S. to pull over it was straight to the Miller Brewery. The tour was awesome... lots of biology put to work! Then we headed to Miller Park to watch the Brewers lose to the Giants. The loss was not part of the plan, but we still managed to enjoy the game! We saw Jesus on the jumbotron, or I should say a man dressed as Jesus... which is about as real as Jesus gets in my mind anyways. After the game we raced to the hotel (that's right, HOTEL) so R.D.S. could catch up on internet and I could check the football scores. Thanks to M.L. and E.R. we spent the night in big comfy beds, with locks on the doors, air conditioning, and running water at the Hilton in the Milwaukee City Center. You guys are the best!
Sunday by 8:15 AM we were traveling to Lenexa, KS. We stopped in Iowa City, IA to see the worlds largest wooden nickel and a black angel before heading to Des Moine, IA to see the the Anderson Erickson largest cow and calf statue! For those of you who do not know IA is the field of opportunites. Feeling down, consider relocation. Arriving in Kansas just after 7:30 PM we bonded with the C's, the B's, the M's, and the G's. Lots of old neighbor chat put R.D.S. to bed early and kept me up exta late.
Labor day we slept in (till 8:30 AM!) and enjoyed a real breakfast with J & S M followed by lots more reminiscing with old neigbors. A trip to Kansas would not be complete without a tour of Lawrence (better known as Kansas University). We met M.K.M. for lunch at Freestate Brewery, took pictures with a Jayhawk, waved some wheat, and saw M.K.M.'s adorable house. At 3:30 PM we decided we should hit the road with Denver lurking nine hours away! Very few stops that afternoon allowed us to arrive at midnight, crashing on the wood floors of R.D.S.'s new apartment!
The trip took its toll on us, but we still managed to send 501 postcards stating our arrival. We also toured the Denver Public Library (only because I needed a boarding pass, no I have not turned over a new leaf), went to a Rockies game (a come back win in the bottom of the 9th and upgraded seats, so worth it), and to perused 16th Street Mall. Traveled out.
"A careful driver is one who honks his horn when he goes through a red light." (Henry Morgan)
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