Day 1: Mon, Dec 27, 2010
We left Steamboat Rock at 7:00 AM with starting mileage at 114,820 on the odometer. The weather was light snow and foggy and cold. It was a relatively uneventful day. I started out driving, then Ben drove some, and then I finished out the day.
9:32 AM – We left Iowa and entered Missouri.
We gassed up the car in Kearney, MO. Gas is only 2.79/gallon. I do believe Missouri has the cheapest gas in the nation. We also got some lunch at Burger King.
We gassed up the car in Kearney, MO. Gas is only 2.79/gallon. I do believe Missouri has the cheapest gas in the nation. We also got some lunch at Burger King.
11:20 AM – We suddenly realized there wasn’t any snow on the ground. How different things looked. Stark and bare, with no white blanket.
11:34 AM – We arrived in the state of Kansas.
11:55 AM – We got on the Kansas Turnpike. Yikes! How much will this cost us? 10.75!! Apparently when the GPS asked if we wanted to avoid toll roads, Ben answered no when he should have answered yes we want to avoid them. His mind comprehended it as saying do you want to take toll roads? To which he answered no, we don’t want to take toll roads. Whatever! It sounds like a me and Janet mistake. J
3:00 PM – We made it to Oklahoma.
3:15 PM – We made it to Oklahoma … again. We had been taking pictures of each state’s welcome sign, but missed Oklahoma’s. So we turned around and came back. What we got really wasn’t their welcome sign, but we didn’t see anything else. That was strange.
3:24 PM – Stopped in Braman, OK for gas. It was 2.89/gallon here.
7:45 PM – Stopped in Elk City, OK for the night. The original plan was to stop in Oklahoma City, but Ben convinced me we should try to get to Amarillo, TX. After awhile I convinced myself that that was a stupid idea. We wouldn’t have gotten there until 9:00 or after and then still have to find a motel and eat. So we checked in at a Days Inn and ate at the Denny’s that was attached to the motel. Ben had the nachos which he said were gross (definitely didn’t look like the picture on the menu). I played it safe and had breakfast which wasn’t too bad. Note to self: Do not stay at Days Inns. This one was okay, but older and just not as nice as I would have liked, but the price was right.
Our first day of driving we logged 774.2 miles.
What an adventure!!!
ReplyDeleteSo, are we gonna get one day at a time? That will keep you busy for a few days. lol
ReplyDeleteYes, Fab Five is still on.
Tired, tired, tired. I should be in bed. Going in a few minutes.
Got our airfare taken care. No fantastic deals out there, so just bit the bullet and did it. All flying into Burbank. Cheaper than LAX from CR. Rachel will fly in there also. We will meet in Dallas and fly in together. Have only 55 minutes between flights, so hope all goes well for all of us.
Hope you can get back into the swing of things now that you are home.