Road Trip To Colorado

We left Lexington at 7:10 (AIS) headed to Colorado for hiking, a wedding, and rest and relaxation (this must be an oxymoron).
We drove 755 miles today in 11 hours...and as the Rawhide song goes, "Roll em roll em roll em, man my buns are swollen- Rawhide"
The trip was mostly uneventful which is usually a good thing when traveling. Highlights include:

• lunch at a shady picnic table just east of St. Louis (gazpacho and a turkey/cheese sandwich)
• great Mexican food at a local restaurant in Salina
• trying to avoid a Republican rally on the courtyard steps for the candidate for Secretary of State in Kansas
• a nice long walk around a few streets just off the main street in Salina
• eating ice cream on the curb just ouside an ice cream/burger joint right beside our hotel
• opening the hotel window to the outside fresh air (which smells of burgers and onion rings)
• falling asleep to the sounds of people placing their to go orders from the car order lane (sounds sorta like the teacher talking to Charlie Brown)

We hope to leave tomorrow morning very early so I better stop for now...even though I have this strange craving for a cheesebuger and fries.