GET OUT OF DODGE !!!!!!!

SATURDAY WAS A DAY OFF. EVERYONE HAD A TOUCH OF ALTITUDE SICKNESS, SO WE CLEANED AND DID HOUSEWORK AND MAINTENANCE. OFF TO BED EARLY AND ON THE ROAD AT 7 AM ON SUNDAY.

NO ONE ON THE ROAD. ONCE WE TURNED LEFT AT PUEBLO, COLORADO, THE WEATHER KINDA TURNED TOO. IT WAS COLD AND DRIZZLY. NOT MUCH TO LOOK AT, EXCEPT SOME OLD AND DUSTY TOWNS, WITH OLD AND DUSTY FOLKS.

WHO KNEW THAT COLORADO HAD SUCH A HUGE HISPANIC POPULATION.

WEIRD THING HAPPENED. JUST AT THE COLORADO - KANSAS BORDER ( EXACTLY AT THE LINE ) A BROWN VW VAN PASSED US --- WITH QUEBEC PLATES.

WE SAW SOME HUGE FEED LOTS. NOW WE KNOW WHERE BIG MACS COME FROM. AND THE SMELL CARRIES QUITE FAR.

WE ARE AT THE GUNSMOKE CAMPGROUND IN DODGE CITY. WENT TO BOOT HILL. JUST LIKE ANY BEACH TOWN, WITHOUT THE BEACH. KITCHY T-SHIRTS AND THE ENDLESS VARIETY OF CRAP CONTINUES. WENT TO BOOT HILL AND SAW THE STATUE OF WYATT EARP. DOESNT LOOK LIKE HUGH O'BRIEN AT ALL.

THEN WE WENT OUT TO SEE THE RUTS FROM THE CATTLE DRIVES ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL. THAT WAS TRULY AMAZING TO STAND WHERE PIONEERS DROVE MILLIONS OF CATTLE TO MEXICO. IT SAVED THE DAY.

TOMORROW, WE GET OUT OF DODGE AND HEAD FOR WICHITA AND ON TO OKLOHAMA CITY.