Day 2 Travel To Topeka!

I am writing this as we sit in the van after a lovely lunch at Applebees in Ardmore, OK. Nothing going on today, winds are out of the northwest and it's clear and cool. I got up at 7:30 and met Lloyd for breakfast at 8. We then took our morning walk. Lloyd was looking for some superglue to attach his wide-angle lens to his camcorder, and we went towards a Walmart that we were told was just down the road. We didn't find the Walmart, but we did get the glue at a gas station. We walked back to the hotel and met up with Roger and Alister. Before long, it was time to go, so we went back to the rooms and brought our bags down. We got gas and then found the Walmart, where I got the white board. From then on, it was driving up I-35 north to Topeka. We have left Ardmore, it's 2:30 and our trek north continues.


North and north we went, stopping for gas and snacks at a Love station. Jacquie, Alister, Lloyd and I bought spoons with tornado-shaped handles. We talked, we listened to our mp3 players, I watched a couple of episodes of House. Afternoon turned to evening as we passed the exit to Wichita and Salina on our way to Topeka. A line of storms from Mississippi to Kentucky was moving east, way out of our range.

We stopped about 80 minutes south of Topeka at a Braum's, which did not disappoint. When we were done, we got back on the road. I listened to the first period of what would turn out to be the final game between the Rangers and the Devils (the Rangers won 5-3). The sunset was magnificent.

We got in to Topeka at just short of 9. We were at the Ramada, an absolutely magnificent hotel...the ritziest place I've ever stayed in. Lloyd and I decided we would meet at 8 tomorrow morning to take a walk.