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 to an unforeseen bout of forgetfulness, one vehicle was forced to return to Wisconsin to retrieve some very important items. Ouch. Six hours there, six hours back.
Now what? New plan. Those of us that remained decided to press on to Kansas City, a mere 3 hours away. The returning Wisconsin crew will only come back as far as Des Moines and meet us here later in the morning.
So instead of spending all day in car today, we will spend a good deal of time in the car tomorrow. No worries. That’s why you leave early. That’s why you pad your travel schedule. Unexpected delays are just as described – unexpected. But they’re nearly always there. Luckily, we got ours out of the way early. Hopefully, this will be the only major one.
The silver lining is that we’re in Kansas City. And I like barbeque. A lot. What better place to spend the night? I think it’s dinner time.