Whew, it was a long drive on Wed.  We drove through 6 states, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Iowa all were on the route to get home.  Although we really didn't need to get home in two days, once we were on the road we just kept going.

The e-book we listened to ended as we pulled into Mt. Pleasant, how's that for timing?  Of course, we didn't listen to them all the time, we were busy talking for awhile and laughing. 

While we were in Oklahoma we commented on how far you could see, shoot, you could see to the "ends of the earth" in a couple of locations.  It was actually pretty cool!  The sands at White Sands were unbelievable!  Kids sledding down the hills, hiking trails to wander for those that were not unwilling to face the cold (it was a long way from hot while we were there.)  We stopped for dinner last night in Kansas City, believe it or not, at a Perkins, and were 2 of 5 people there!  Wow, business was really slow.  But, the Granny Omelet was sure good (no green pepper and no cheese.)  It came with cheese and the waitress took one look, apologized and zoom, it was gone, another one appeared in just minutes.  Great service.

We stayed in Sana Rosa, NM on the way home at a Baymont.  Although the hotel was old, it was in good condition and the rate was good.  Sure doesn't compete with the Baymont in Des Moines, but still a decent stay.

Mercy was sleeping when we got home, Greg had to go find her and then she sat on his lap for a long time.  I gave up and went to bed (4 hours ago) and when I came down this morning Greg was zonked on the sofa!  Don't know how long Mercy stayed but apparently long enough for Greg to say heck with the steps, I'm crashing right here!

We had a fabulous time on our trip, such a great family!! 

Oh, and the sweaters I bought were great for the trip, threw them on when we got out of the car for anything and it was just enough, until we hit Mt. Pleasant.  We have SO MUCH SNOW!  Could hardly get into the driveway!  It is supposed to warm up now so it will melt but whew, we have it now.

Caucus night is tonight, the phone was filled with political messages and the mail had bunches of political mailers (which went to the trash last night as the calls got deleted.)

I have to go to Burlington later today and get a new kitchen faucet.  I went to make coffee this morning and had to go to the bathroom for water.  At least I turned the kitchen water off before we left Iowa to it didn't run the whole time we were gone!

Now, I may just go back to bed LOL