Kansas = Hades

OK, this is Tammy...

As we left on Sunday morning, the eastern part of Kansas wasn't too bad. And then you head west...

And now I know why people KEPT going west. They didn't stop. They kept going.

While Scott was driving through Kansas, I was able to read 10 magazines. TEN. The boys watched 4 - FOUR - movies. And we were begging for tornadoes. Anything to break the monotony.

The only breaks to our day were the Eisenhower Museum in Abilene - which was really nice - and the Sternberg Museum in Hays. I was frustrated with Sternberg because I felt like I had just made a $20 donation to the evolutionists' fund.

The Sternberg Museum was in Hays, which - little known fact - was the site of the final casting call for the movie "Deliverance". True - absolutely true.

Once we left Hays on Monday morning, we went to Oakley to "Prairie Dog Town". How do I describe PDT? If you're curious what 20 rattlesnakes sound like or what a 6-legged cow looks like, or even how goats can live with turkeys, you've come to the right place. Very nice people, though.

After leaving PDT, we found a place in Colby (KS) called the "Travel Oasis" with fake palm trees and everything. We let the kids play there a while, and then we made the rest of the trip to Colorado. Perhaps Scott will share in the future his thoughts about Limon, Colorado.

Unfortunately, the eastern part of Colorado looks like the western part of Kansas. I was sure God was playing a cruel, cruel joke. Or that Scott was lost. Neither was true. We eventually made it to scenic Colorado, where we played the, "OK, is THAT a mountain?" game. I learned real quick that what I thought were mountains was nothing compared to the real thing.

Stay tuned for more about our vacation...