Well, we're off.... almost, anyway. Pud night at work. I decided not to quit smoking today but tomorrow instead. I'm gonna be too tired to resist.

If you want me to drop you a note when I get back, just email me with "let me know" in the subject line.

Laters.....

08:15... just turned over 66666 on the odometer just after we left Topeka... gotta be a good trip!

10:47... Leaving Wichita on US 54, Karen driving. I'm gonna sleep, maybe, though I am never able to sleep anywhere but in a bed. But I'm seldom this tired, either.

12:51... No sleep. This is all new road for me, and I love new road. Green and brown fields, and we're out of the steady rain into broken clouds and showers. There are churches in every damned little town and even in-between towns. There is no hope for this country, the lies are too widespread and precious to the people who believe them.

There are remnants of snowdrifts from the storm of a week ago.

Stopped at Tucumcari, NM for the night. They have sort of a mountain here. We went swimming in the indoor pool for a short while, then to bed by 21:00.