Mom and I arrived back in Utah last night after a marathon 2 day drive. The first day was a 1000 mile haul from Lexington to Colby, Kansas (which is nearly to Colorado). For the record, Kansas is a much nicer drive than Nebraska, although you do have to go thru Kansas City, where road signs are evidently optional, a problem that is not even compensated for by the presence of the Boulevard Brewing Company. Of course we got lost, and then we couldn't find a freeway again, despite the fact that there are about six interstates that pass thru Kansas City. Meanwhile, the Subaru started to sputter and jump and threaten die right there in middle of somewhere Kansas City. Finally, we found a street and gasp, a sign, that directed us to the freeway, and we beat it right on out of town.
After 14 hours driving a somewhat questionable car, we finally stopped at a hotel in Colby. Mom wanted soup for dinner and I wanted a beer. On a Sunday. In Kansas. Damn it. The nice man at the gas station was very apologetic and somewhat embarrassed until I explained to him that I was from Utah and was intimately acquainted with weird liquor laws...
Mom and I had planned to drive I-70 straight thru the mountains into Utah to enjoy the fall scenery, but we decided that the additional hour plus of drive time as well as the ever present check engine light in the car warranted hopping on I-25 in Denver and heading up to I-80 for the familiar drive thru Wyoming. After nearly 1700 miles of driving, I nearly got hit by some silly girl in a Mercedes right at the bottom of Parley's canyon, less than 10 miles from home- typical, and welcome back to Utah...
So, today I caught up with some emails, cleaned out bags, put general stuff away, and visited my horses, who have turned into shaggy beasts while I've been gone. My car is still running (I sort of expected to wheels to fall off in true cartoon fashion as soon as I parked in front of the house last night), my bikes, which spent the entire ride on the top of the car, have a collection of bugs from across the country, and tomorrow, I'm headed back to work. Its nice to be home.
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