Road trip 2019

[balsum fractus]

Had we known, and applied 3 months ago......


I was really looking forward to the trip, and had everything planned out (so I thought) that we could sneak away for a week, and be back to welcome grandbaby #2 into the world......

[jetmex]

Launching my road trip tomorrow morning.  First leg is from Houston to Wichita, KS.  Monday morning, we'll detour a bit to Lebanon KS to see the geographical center of the lower 48 states, then on to Cheyenne WY for the overnight....

[Onepoint]

Which way you going from there? Give me a call when you get into Cheyenne unless its late you can call in the morning, maybe we can meet up for a hand shake at least.

[wtxsflyr]

Well crud Nony,  I guess I have to unload all the mesquite wood I cut and loaded on the trailer along with the pit.  And I guess I can cook the two Wagyu Prime Briskets I bought and invite the neighbors over....

[Onepoint]

Dammit Carl, don't tease.   

That was a comedy of errors on my part this moring, Jaime called this morning saying they would delay getting out of town if we wanted to meet, so we planned for 11 am lunch at Chilis, and I would run down to Cheyenne.   Well I apparently can't tell time and didn't get away until I was going to be a half hour or more late.  I forgot to give Jaime my cell number, but thought no big deal, I put his in my phone last night.  So I get down the road and try calling, and for some reason it didn't save the number, though it was still up on the screen, but when I hit call, it called Vicki instead and wiped Jaimes number.  (That's what I called you for Stetto)  In my defense I was left unsupervised.

So 45 minutes late I finally showed up .   But we had a nice visit, I'm glad he waited on me.   Hopefully poor Jaime is not cussing me when they roll into their motel late tonight. 

Appropriately we stood in front of the handicap sign.   

[stetto]

So sorry I missed your call, man. Coulda fixed ya right up. I was in the garage all day running chopsaws and other assorted and sordid powertools, getting ready for winter. Yes, winter.

Gawd what I'd pay to get over there, if I had it to pay...I do want to chat with you though, I have a project to discuss. Won't be done till next year sometime, but chatting with you Fubar types calms my brain....Besides, you have tools I might want to borrow....

[balsum fractus]

Well crud Nony,  I guess I have to unload all the mesquite wood I cut and loaded on the trailer along with the pit.  And I guess I can cook the two Wagyu Prime Briskets I bought and invite the neighbors over....

Dang, Carl.....so sorry it didn't work out. There was not a lot of activity on this thread, so I assumed it would a one on one get together......

So, Honcho.....was is a good time of year to pry you away from you daily chores for a couple of days....?

[balsum fractus]

Dammit Carl, don't tease.   

That was a comedy of errors on my part this moring, Jaime called this morning saying they would delay getting out of town if we wanted to meet, so we planned for 11 am lunch at Chilis, and I would run down to Cheyenne.   Well I apparently can't tell time and didn't get away until I was going to be a half hour or more late.  I forgot to give Jaime my cell number, but thought no big deal, I put his in my phone last night.  So I get down the road and try calling, and for some reason it didn't save the number, though it was still up on the screen, but when I hit call, it called Vicki instead and wiped Jaimes number.  (That's what I called you for Stetto)  In my defense I was left unsupervised.

So 45 minutes late I finally showed up .   But we had a nice visit, I'm glad he waited on me.   Hopefully poor Jaime is not cussing me when they roll into their motel late tonight. 

Appropriately we stood in front of the handicap sign.   

Glad you two were able to meet up!

[Onepoint]

Anytime of year is a good time to give me an excuse to not work.   

[balsum fractus]

Somewhere between calves and hay??

[Onepoint]

Doesn't really matter  there is no days off.   May is not too bad according to theory,  Sept either.  But anytime mid summer works, I can always put you to work.

[jetmex]

Honcho, thanks again for coming down to meet us while we were there.  It was a pleasure to finally meet you after all these years, and it was no trouble waiting for you.  Wish I had thought of that the night before, but I had one of those senior moments.  Glad I was able to reach you the next morning.

We ended up in Idaho after traveling the entire length and breadth of Wyoming, which was an interesting drive.  Getting out of Wyoming the following night was on a road that went around an 11,000 foot mountain about ten times before depositing us somewhere in Montana.  I shoulda stayed on the interstate....

[Onepoint]

Aw, just think of it as an adventure.   There are days I think who ever said getting there was half the fun never drove in WY.

[jetmex]

I think we went across Wyoming twice.  In all 360 directions!  But I have to admit,  Yellowstone and the Devil's Tower were pretty damn cool.  Little Big Horn was pretty neat, too.

Spent a lot of yesterday at the Strategic Air Command Museum outside of Omaha, Neb.  Awesome place, if any of you ever get the chance to go there, do it.  They have a B-36, B-45, B-47, B-52, B-17, B-29 and an Avro Vulcan on display, as well as an SR-71, a U-2 and a bunch of other stuff.  I'll post some pics after we get home.

My favorite stops on this trip were the two geographical centers of the US.  The center of the lower 48 is in Lebanon, KS, on a hill overlooking farm fields that stretch as far as you can see.  There is a little chapel next to the marker where you can ask God why you came out there in the first place!  The center which includes Alaska and Hawaii is 20 miles north of Belle Fourche, SD.  That one is a two foot square concrete block in the middle of a pasture with a circular government marker in it labeled "center".  The lady at the visitor center in town where the tourist marker is asked me to make sure I closed the gate so the cows didn't get out.

We're in Oklahoma City now for the RON, will be home tomorrow....

[stetto]

Center of the continent, yeah. I been to Redig too. Blew a radiator in that stretch of desert in 1972....