U.S. Road Trip

31 Dec, 2009

Well I made it half way across the U.S. yesterday. I completed my 1,345 mile road trip from Spencerville, IN to Woodland Park, CO. I started out my first day from my Dad’s house at 7:30am, a half hour behind schedule. I quickly made up time because I had great weather…no snow! I reached St Louis, MO by mid-day and by 6pm local time I had reached west of Topeka, KS. It was a long day but I was very blessed to have arrived at the hotel that night without any problems. I rang my family and my Dad was impressed that I had pushed through to west of Topeka. Guess I inherited his driving skills. hehe It felt wonderful to get a hot shower and rest my tired muscles and back. 🙂

The next morning I woke to 2 inches of snow on my car. Thank God I70 was clear and I had wet but a hazard free road. By mid-day I had almost reached the Colorado state line. Gees was Kansas a boring drive but the farm country was pretty. I kept myself entertained by listening to some great mixed CD’s that my friend Donna had made me and taking pictures out the window. I’ll say that once I got off I70 and onto U.S. 24 the rolling hills of the Colorado plains were beautiful.

By 3pm I was pulling into a Starbuck’s in Colorado Springs to meet my brother, Rob. It was so great to see him!! I jumped out of the car and gave him a BIG hug! Thank you Lord of the safe, uneventful, and beautiful journey half way across the U.S.