It is that time of year and I have not done it for several years so, today is the day. We discussed this and my friend wanted to have the Kansas experience and who should know better than me about Kansas? Having lived there for the first half of my life I should have a vague idea about it. As I recall, the " Kansas experience " is best done in the early spring when the Lilacs are in full bloom or in the fall when the wheat has all been harvested and most importantly, when the temperatures are moderate. Lord I remember that Garden City and the thermometer on 115°. All that was back in the day when air conditioning was a rare luxury and having a fan put you in the upper echelon of society.
That being said, back to my "vacation". So we will be leaving here this afternoon, and racing to Lakin, Kansas. There Dona will cut my hair since I just decided yesterday that I can not go another day with this mop hanging in my eyes. After a night of visiting and sleeping in a bed that is not my own with out any dogs on my feet or a cat on my head, it will be off to the Garden City Zoo. Course I am going to need breakfast there some where. Then on to Dodge City and Boot Hill. Oh, yeah, and I need to eat again. Arrival in Hutchinson should be sometime in the early evening. Visit with Sister Donna and unload the car. Go visit with Sister Dorothy. Maybe squeeze Evelyn and Kay in also. Oh, forgot about Tommy and Alina. And the baby. And the nieces and nephews.
Jump up on Monday and hopefully meet cousin Daryle over at McDonalds. Run out to the Nature Center, drive through Carey Park, stop at Smith's and see cousin Stephen, drive to Nickerson and see the old home place, or at least where it was when it was still standing. visit the cemetery in Nickerson and also the one in Hutch. And a trip back home is nothing without a tour of the Amish district. Day should be pretty well shot by then. Hope Larry brings Mary over for a visit. Bed.
Tuesday will be get up and have coffee with Karen before she goes to work and then off to breakfast at Skaets. Hopefully I will meet cousin Sandy and MFR at Skaets for lunch and an hour or so of frivolity. Then back to see Evelyn, Daryle, Stephen, Sister Dorothy, and miscellaneous friends that I need to touch base with before I go. I will spend the evening unwinding at home with Donna and Karen preparatory to my departure early Wednesday morning. Got to get on the road early because the doggies are going to be kenneled this trip and the place closes at 5. They are going to be so happy to see me.
Wednesday night will be spent thinking of all the things I forgot to do and all the people I forgot to go see. Thursday, Friday, and probably Saturday will be spent flat on my back wondering why in the hell I bothered and what exactly became of the trip to the Cosmosphere, antique district, hike through the sand hills....and what exactly is the definition of vacation. Let me grab my Websters here. A period of rest or freedom from regular work or study. Well, alrighty then! It will be that!
It does not say I have to do all this stuff to relax. I am sorry, but I do not relax well at all. And it does not say I have to visit every tourist site along the way. Would like to swing through Greensburg and see how that is progressing. That was my friend, Lyn's biggest complaint. She wanted to look at stuff and relax and not think. Those of you who know me, know that I am a bit of a whirling dervish, so to speak, and I do not chill out well at all. So hopefully this travelling companion will understand me a bit better and can keep up or otherwise be entertained without me.
So, power vacation, here I come, ready or not! See you people in about a week and I should have the slide show from hell for you to view!
