http://e-j.fortenberry.net Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:26:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Whew, what a day! We slept a bit too late and then hit the road. We drove from Kansas City, Kansas all the way home. We got home about 11:30pm. We really should have stopped at a hotel for the night but it somehow seemed silly to stop in Nashville ... http://e-j.fortenberry.net/2007/07/13/day-14/ Today we drove thru Iowa. There's lots of corn in Iowa. Not much else, though. And we discovered that mid grade gas there is cheaper than the low grade. Apparently they are trying to promote their ethanol. Missouri was much of the same. We drove past Laura Ingles Wilder's house, ... http://e-j.fortenberry.net/2007/07/12/day-13/ Another busy day! We drove thru the town of Deadwood, South Dakota (just like the movie). Cute town with lots of casinos. They opened the casinos after they had some bad fires in order to pay to rebuild the town. Their revenues from the casinos far exceeded their expectations. After Deadwood ... http://e-j.fortenberry.net/2007/07/11/day-12/ We had breakfast at the hotel and then drove on thru Billings. We were hoping to meet up with a Babyzone friend named Chelly (and her boys) but we ended up missing her. I wasn't able to call her ahead of time as I had wanted due to lack of ... http://e-j.fortenberry.net/2007/07/10/day-11/ What a busy day! We closed up camp and I heard someone else yelling at their kids (not in a mean way). It's nice to know we aren't alone. Ha ha! We drove around Yellowstone and saw a lot of the geysers. The sulfur smell really takes you aback, but they ... http://e-j.fortenberry.net/2007/07/09/day-10/