Miscellaneous Vacation Tidbits

• Kansas must have the most museums per capita in the entire world.
• Kansas State Troopers monitor speed on I-70 with slightly more zeal than that of a new mother monitoring bowel movements. I got a ticket near Shawnee and spent the rest of the trip driving agonizingly slowly.
• Salina, Kansas has remarkably good Mexican food. Woodland Park, Colorado does not.
• If anyone finds a right pink mary jane sneaker somewhere around Limon, Colorado, please let me know. Claire's only response has been "I throwed it."
• Jacob pulled out a loose tooth while hiking in the Florrisant fossil beds. I carried it around in my pocket for days and then accidentally left it in Colorado Springs. Thank goodness the tooth fairy is a forgiving sort. Of the three teeth Jake has lost, only one has actually made it home to be put under his pillow.
• Jacob climbed Blue Mountain. I couldn't quite make it to the top. He's one rough, tough little dude.
• Nick can't sleep while camping. At all.
• After a heated discussion, we've decided the correct way to call a llama is "llama llama ding dong!"
• If you give a six year old boy a stick and tell him to go catch a deer, he'll stay busy for a very long time.
• If you give two two-year-olds a frisbie and a pile of dirt, they will stay busy for a very long time. They may or may not ingest the dirt.
• Hotels with water slides are perfect for children who have been cooped up in a car for hours and hours.
• It's always good to come home again, even if home is 102 degrees in the shade with a broken air conditioner that's struggling to keep the house below 85. It'll be better to go home tonight after the repairman has paid us a visit.