Rolling...

We left Mom's apartment at 7:30 this morning - it was sparkly clean. We put the "Grandma car" on a tow dolly and headed south. A stop in Kansas City to leave off some stuff for my sister, then made it as far as Chanute, Kansas - home of NuWa Industries, the manufacturer of our 5th wheel. We have stayed here several times, but always while towing our 5th wheel, not having to be in a motel. Not quite the same.

Sidebar: I REALLY don't care for motels/hotels any more. But, we have a lot of miles to do and it is going to require a couple motel stays. Some of them don't want little Izzy, others charge extra for this sweet little cat who will have NO impact on their room. We found one in Chanute that only charges $10 extra for a cat. For that price, I told Izzy that it is OK if she craps on the floor, but she is way too classy for that. ;-)

We considered rolling on further, but we are both tired and felt an early night would be good right now. I was hoping that our favorite Mexican restaurant in Chanute would be open, but no. Fortunately, Joan planned ahead and brought food. The motel room has a fridge and microwave. I plan to go to bed real early tonight. About 1,000 miles to go yet to get home.

On the bright side, diesel here in Chanute is $4.19... 20¢ per gallon higher than any place we've come across since we left Iowa. Over $1 per gallon higher than we paid last fall when we came through here.

On the really bright side, we saw some sunshine today for a few hours - the first in over a week.

Not much traffic on the road today; I read that fuel prices would put a crimp in holiday travel. There are only a few cars in the motel parking lot. Hope that's not a sign of things to come for the summer season.