I love these slide shows. I can take the pictures in 6 minutes, download them to the computer in 1 1/2 minutes, and spend three days trying to find them and another day and a half getting them into an album, which is immediately lost, and when found is accessible only to the man over on County Farm Road. But now you see it. Gotta love technology!
So the vacation began on Saturday and Sunday morning was the Garden City Pool which was not open, followed by the Richardson Zoo which was not open either. Lot of planning went into this vacation!
Dodge City proved a little better. First the Casino and the camera stayed in the car. Then Boot Hill then off to Hutchinson. Hutchinson is always the visiting place so first to Donna and Karen's, then off to Skaets to test out the Moon Burger. Never made a trip without bringing one of those back in my tummy!
Now I do need to interject something here! Usually a trip to Hutch the end of July is very miserable weather-wise. Such was not the case this time. It was cool. Course it rained buckets, which I thought was wonderful, but it does make dashing some where on foot a little tricky. And since driving in rain is a trick itself and something you forget how to do living here in Colorado, a lot of time was spent in the parking lot.
But Monday I met cousin Daryle at McDonalds for breakfast. Donna and I dropped in to see Dorothy and Joyce. Michelle, who had chosen the time so we could meet her fiancée, was a no show. Then drove to South Main to check on cousin Stephen, who was not at work. I wanted to walk the riverwalk, but then again was the deluge so I gave that up. I did find Evelyn and Kay at home, so that was good. Karen made Ham Steaks for supper and then it was veg time in front of the television.
Tuesday was breakfast at Skaets with Daryle. Then back to Smith's to see Stephen. Lack of rain let me take a quick trip along the river walk which is coming along nicely and is very well maintained, although I do not understand that one painting on the side of that building. Before the highlight of my trip, I did get a quick visit in with Sharon Jackson, whom I had not seen in over 35 years. She looks the same as the last time I seen her, but then so do I!
At 12:30 I was back at Skaets for the rendezvous with cousin Sandy and My Favorite Republican! Did not have the camera for that either, but I do have him and I on my phone as wallpaper. Every time I look, there he is and it makes me laugh. We discussed politics for 2 1/2 hours and never once did we get into an argument. As you can imagine in a Bible Belt state. the majority in the Kansas government is Republican, but as I found out, they are a different breed of Republican. A Democrat can actually get a bill passed if it is the right thing to do. He was having a little problem with the gay stuff until I explained to him my thoughts.
"When my husband died, I received benefits for my son from Social Security. Two weeks later my friend David passed leaving his partner with two kids and one paycheck and no insurance. Is that fair?" You should have seen his little brow furrow and the wheels turned. "I never thought of that! It is about families, isn't it? That is what we are missing!"
And that, my friends made the whole trip worth it. I am confident that he will convey to his constituents our conversation and if any of them are like minded, which I am sure they are, we will see good stuff come out of the state house in Kansas. I bid my friends a fond farewell until next time and drove out to the Nature Center, then through Carey Park and back to the house where popcorn and game shows awaited my attention.
Glad I went? Sure I am. Glad I am home? Of course. And of course I hurried to the kennel to pick up the dogs. "Here are two leashes and here are 2 dogs. Sorry, but they ate their pillow!" I think they were pissy at me. What do you think?
