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The plan for Monday was to head a couple hours west to the Great Sand Dunes National Park. Monica and her family had been there when she was little (where haven’t they been?), but the grand-children and sons-in-law have never visited. As you approach the dunes from a long, flat, straight road leading to the • Read More »

With yesterday’s excitement behind us, today started off sunny and warm. Hooray! I wonder if the road will be dry enough to travel… It was decided that the day would be spent exploring the property on which the cabin sits. Given that it’s about 1000 acres, we had our work cut out for us. Several • Read More »

Saturday was the big day that we finally arrived at the cabin. We knew this place was off the beaten path, but we had no idea how far off the path it was. At this point I must mention the rain. The only day that it rained happened to be the day that we would • Read More »

You get a real *cough* appreciation *cough* for how long some states are when you spend time travelling their length. I’ll never forget driving the length of Indiana from top to bottom with amazement at how long that little state is. Today it was Kansas from east to west. Oh, boy, what excitement. Once you • Read More »

You know what they say about the best laid plans… Everyone was up early on day 2 ready for a long day in the car. The preliminary destination was going to be Dodge City, Kansas. Since I used the preliminary, you can probably guess that that’s not where we are as I write this. Due • Read More »