Days 4 & 5

(Dateline Columbia, Mo.)

Don't have much time to write....we're getting ready to hit the road Friday morning. This is it! The last day, unless we run out of steam around Nashville or Huntsville, Ala.

Yesterday, we made it through the worst part. Kansas. It was about 12 hours of driving with nothing to look at. Not a great time. But it's behind us, and we were able to stay the night with my good friend Liz, who I actually made this same trip with back in the 1990s when we were in college.

OK, gotta run. I'll post some final thoughts tomorrow, I hope.