Day 1: great travel weather. Sunny. 98° outside and comfy air conditioning inside. We rented a 2013 Toyota Camry and it's got quite a nice ride. One that we "old farts" rode in for 6 hours and never once felt tired! It's the white car in the pics here. We made it to Colby KS and decided to stop and stay at a nostalgic motel. The old pull to the door motel. Budget Inn and Suites. Comfy, not fancy. We just wanted a cool room, temperature wise, a king bed and a relaxing shower. We noticed that overall the land wasn't as dry as previous trips out. A bit more green was nice. And they have installed more of those energy wind farms. See the one in the pics? Someone added an American flag. I like a sense of patriotism. The traffic wasn't bad leaving at 1250pm and getting to Colby KS by 630pm. You can see in the pics that the day was clear and the roads were good. We cracked up at that world's biggest prairie dog sign we kept seeing along I70. It was actually a huge statue! ! I remember us we had stopped off curiosity once and were disgusted with ourselves for being that gullible! LOL we also have a travelling tradition of playing the license plate game. Day 1 and we found 15 states, not bad..one being Massachusetts, which we usually found hard to find. We play the critter count game too! Today:cattle, horses and bison. Ya gotta do something during the long trek across the flat of Kansas. The last tradition we have travelling is not to patronize chains. Local Ma and Pa's the whole time ..except for gas purchases. Tonight we had dinner from City Limits. Good food but overpriced. I had tomato Basil soup and salad with a bowl of fetuccicine. Clark had the soup and salad bar. He liked it. He discovered how tasty blending green olives in to potato salad was. I bet he makes some back home. Time to chill in our little overnight studio living and rest up for tomorrow 's travels. Hugs, luvs and peace!
