Outside Alaska- KS

Oh, how I've missed Kansas. Zac wanted to capture my emotional reunion on film.

While driving, I start making calls. The first call is to my best friend. I get her on the phone and ask, “Hey, whatcha ya doin tonight?” Casually she explains her work schedule and plans for daycare for her son. Then she asks “Where are you?” I say “On my way to see you!” We both start screaming back and forth. Once all is calm she asks when we will be there. I told her we should make it there by tonight and by the way, can we stay with you? She screamed of course of course. She lives in Manhattan, KS where her husband is stationed at FT. Riley. He is in Iraq currently. That is the great thing about best friends; you can fly a couple thousand miles and crash at their house short notice. We lived together back in the day for a couple years so she is like a sister to me. We got there and checked out her beautiful house. The solid wood doors, beveled glass windows and hardwood floors even had the kids taking notice. We got to catch up together. I missed her wedding due to our PCSing to AK so I got to see the pictures and ask questions face to face. The next morning she showed us around the post and then it was time to head off. I grabbed a Starbucks and hit the road.

Did you know that an Aveo with a 12 gallon tank can run quite a while with the low fuel light on?? I finally found a gas station and fueled up 11 ½ gallons. That would have been fun in the middle of KS. That’s just less than 300 miles for the 1st day.