Day 14: Kansas makes you appreciate Ohio
Friday, September 15, 2006
Today: Out of CO and across KS
We're in central KS tonight. Our hotel is packed! There are soccer players (middle school aged), girls in sequined dance outfits (also middle school aged), 34th division of something (military), and some UFC people (ultimate fighting championship). Crazy.
We got up early for one last hike in Rocky Mt NP. We drove out to Bear Lake and luckily dressed in layers. Though the Weather Channel claimed it was in the mid-50s, it wasn't. It was
about 10 degrees colder with 50mph winds (according to the visitor's center). It felt like November - oh, and it was raining. Luckily we had our first short hike done, and we were returning from the second before the rain started. We saw more elk and some turkeys but that was it.After our hikes, we stopped at Kind Coffee (friends don't let friends drink corporate coffee) for breakfast. The dark roast coffee was "see through" and my chai was really just soymilk with cinnamon. I was so sad - my Telluride chai was so good at the Coffee Cowboy. But in Estes Park, I wished I'd walked a block further to the "corporate coffee" shop.
We spent the majority of the day driving through KS. We stopped for dinner and that was about it. We survived on comedy. I had saved 2 David Cross cds for KS, and we also re-listened to a couple Dane Cook cds. I have one of each left for IL and IN tomorrow. I appreciate them both, because they (especially Dane) are like babysitters. I can just put in the cd and Donnell is awake and happy - like Dora or Blue.
Back to OH tomorrow.
Look for a final post on Sunday - rumor has it Donnell will chime in.
Highlights: beautiful aspens; more rutting elk; comedy; $2.19 gas prices in KS; an even cheaper rate than we thought upon check-in at the lovely Ramada
posted by Shannon @ 15.9.06,
