One week on the road:
* in Lawrence to visit Astrokitty and eat at Rudy’s Pizzeria
* in Iowa for a brief stay at one nasty hotel (and then relocating to a more respectable establishment)
* in Madison to visit Scott and Mandy, eat at The Old Fashioned, visit the Children’s Museum, hang out at Memorial Union Terrace on the University of Wisconsin campus–listening to a bluegrass band, and then dine at the famed Great Dane
* in Marshfield to visit April’s family, attend Nicole and Andrew’s wedding (at the reception Kennedy danced for hours), and enjoy a cook-out at the Wenzel house
* in way-north Wisconsin to visit April’s grandmother and search for chipmunks
* in Iowa (again) to stay at Adventureland Inn for swimming fun and a good night’s rest
* in Lawrence (again) to eat lunch at Free State Brewing Company
* in Oklahoma at Smokey Pokey BBQ for a quick stop and jumping jacks
And now we’re home. It was a great time with family, and I also enjoyed the drive. The wide plains were able to clear my head after a chaotic month. It was a whole lot of nothing, and there’s a definite beauty to the uncluttered expanse.