Driving to Wichita

Nothing really cool to report from the heart land today. Drove down to Wichita to pick up our kid and her hubby. Driving in Kansas requires: cruise control, 4 feet of rope or cord, long range army field artillery binoculars, small battery powered alarm clock with a suction cup attachment for the dash. (No, the rope is too short to use as a suicide noose, though I suppose it has been tried). Use the rope to secure the steering wheel after achieving a straight path at 74.2 MPH. When the vechile is stable, check the road ahead with the field binoculars. If the road is clear alll the way to the horizon - in YOUR lane- set the alarm clock for about 15 minutes and take a short nap. This works generally each time and you can get your much needed sleep 15 minutes at a time. You will need sleep, due to nightmares from Fox news in EVERY TV in your house 24/7.

Hitting a cow or some other 1,500 pound object will seriously disrupt your nap and possibly damage the alarm clock, so make sure there are no cattle near the road on the horizon. (and, hope Clem, the guy in Newton, has completed his daily trip to Piggly Wiggly across the highway for snacks, pork rinds and diet pop.)

You shouldn't try this at night, for obvious reasons. It's when the blind folks drive.