Here's my journey from Denver to Ames. It took me about 13 hours to drive about 700+ miles. I did stop for food and a 30 minute nap. When I reached the edge of Colorado, I thought I would stop at Fort Morgan to check out a real fort. I also read in the guidebook that it was the home of famed bigband leader, Glen Miller. AND there was a MUSEUM!! Oh joy!
Fort Morgan. I got there at abomut 9:30 in the morning. Though the museum (attached to the library) wasn't set to open until 10, I was determined to see it. So I went into the library and began to read a book written by a juror on the Menendez trial (the first trial, that is.) The museum opened promptly at 10:00am. It was about the size of two large meeting rooms. There were fossils, antiquities from early settlers and various battles with Indians. There was a section of furniture from the mid-late 1800s. Then there was a more modern section which had displays about the agriculture and life of early 20th century Fort Morgans. Lastly was the Glen Miller exhibit. Hmm. I wasn't sure what to expect. I thought there would be a room with clothing, trumpets, sheet music, movie clips. Nope. In the same space as the other museum pieces was a 6'x6' display for Mr. Miller. There were records, bios, a trumpet case and a few photos. Not what I was hoping for. Nevertheless, I was glad to have stopped by. As I opened the door of the museum/library, I was slapped in the nose with the delicious smell of... manure. Yep. Cows in dem dar hills. Only there aren't any hills in this part of Colorado. It was so pungent it nearly knocked me over. I quickly dove into the car for safety.
The road to Ames, Iowa was a long one. The weather held up really nicely. There was a great section of road that was extremely foggy. That was cool. I danced with other cars and big rigs on the I-80. I ate (damn you Stacie and Gerry for those snackies!) and listened to some radio. Then I got tired of that and started one of the books on tape from Doug. The Divinci Code is a 5 CD set narrarated by some dude who can't do women's voices (with French accents) well. Still, it is interesting. I have about 30-45 minutes of the story left which I will start when I hit the road to Chicago tomorrow. I did manage to stop off in Omaha for dinner. I couldn't find a non-fast food place except in the Bluff Something or other Casino. I blew $10 on slots and had a mediocre burger.
As the journey to Ames was on the whole, very unexciting, I will move onto the events of today (Saturday.) My high school friend, Michelle Pressel, is in her third year of residency for vet school. She has two dogs (Kyo and Cedar) and two cats (Muossi and Mishka). When I pulled into her driveway last night, I was pooped. As we had a full day planned for Saturday, we went to bed around midnight. I slept very well in a bed with a lovely down comforter. Ahhhh.
Today we went for coffee and a muffin then off with friends to ride a train in Boone. Boone is a VERY small town. There is a dessert train that takes passengers on a two and a half hour ride to see the leaves change. Lovely leaves they were. I have cool pics of the leaves and railroad tracks that one day, I will post. We had cheese and crackers on the way up and cheesecake on the way back. Michelle had about 8 friends on the ride. There were also two babies. Cutest things! They were really good babies too. Kudos to the parents. After the delightful train ride, we came back and ate lunch. I had my first fried pickles. They were suprisingly good. It seems that the people of Iowa like fried food. Everything seems friend. I wonder if they have tried to fry lettuce? Well, after lunch, we picked pumpkins and went to another friend's house for pumpkin carving. I did a free-form fire-meets-falling-leaves while others chose to do patterns. Most of the people at the party are also vets like Michelle. There was little shop talk and everybody seemed to have fun. We watched a bit of the World Series which I enjoyed. There were snacks and cider. Yum. Now it is midnight and I have another 6 hour ride to Chicago in the morning.
Peace out for now.
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I did the DaVinci Code also on my trip. I thought the reader was awful. I also had David McCulloh's biography of John Adams, Bill Clinton's bio, and the new David Sedaris. I enoyed Bill's bio the most. Although, David Sedaris had one really funny routine on his CD. "Six to eight did you say?"
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