Day Twenty: Denver, CO to Wakeeney, KS

I think I lost a day somewhere. We left on a Tuesday, so every following Tuesday should be 7 days later. The first Tuesday we left was Day 1; the following Tuesday was Day 8, and the one after that was Day 15. Today is Sunday, so if this week's Tuesday is Day 22, then today should be Day 20. I must have missed a day from spending so long in Yellowstone, so I'm resetting the numbering with this post.

Anyway, we're now in Wakeeney, KS, a sleepy town on I-70. Not much to report today: we went to Mass with Mark and Danielle early this morning. The church was nice, but they refinished half the pews, so we all found ourselves sitting in the back on folding chairs. Afterwards, we relived an old tradition of ours from our law school days by going to a diner for a post-missal breakfast. It was crowded, the food was slightly greasy, and the waitress spoke with a Greek flair. In other words, it was just like I remembered (except now we were all busy entertaining our kids).

We got some groceries at a local Whole Foods afterwards. Thank heavens Christina had me pay for the food, because it was there that I noticed that my credit card was missing. Thankfully, I had left it at the diner only a few blocks back, so I was able to retrieve it without a problem.

We drove a long and somewhat boring route after that. Our original plan was to get to McConnell Air Force Base today, or failing that, Salina, KS. We actually fell 130 miles short of Salina, because we were getting really tired, and we'd forgotten that the time zone changed again in Kansas. Kiersten was pretty well-behaved, and she's even not as demanding for her Disney CDs as she used to be. She was also getting very tired by the end of today's drive, so we decided to pull over before she passed out in the car.

Tomorrow, we're aiming to reach Oklahoma City or maybe even further. Tuesday will be the rough drive: we need to get to Dallas, TX to get our other car (shipped from Anchorage), and then drive on to Shreveport so I can report into the base. We're almost there, and yet finish line seems so far away...

Results: We had a really late start, but with good reason. The drive was productive but uneventful, although we did fall short of our goal. Grade: B.

Total miles traveled to date: 4,226 (and still no oil change).