Day 1 - From Conroe, Texas to Hays, Kansas

Thursday morning we met my family at Cracker Barrel for breakfast before we started our Journey. It was really hard saying 'see ya later' to our families....really hard!!! After breakfast about 8am we headed on the road!!! At about noon we made it into Oklahoma!!!



About an hour later we stopped in Adamore, OK to have lunch! Of course we had to eat at BRAUM'S (one of Scott's favorite and memorable restaurants from his childhood!!). But you are not going to believe this...they are known for there ice cream, and we did not get any, because it was SOOO cold outside. Bummer!!!

On the road again.....sorry I did not take many pictures of Oklahoma...not much to take pictures of, and not that much different than Texas. But I did take a picture of the view that I had for whole trip...the beautiful Uhaul trailer.....isn't it beautiful!!!


Then we arrived in Kansas....and it was REALLY cold....it was in the 50's and VERY WINDY!!! And we were still dressed in Texas weather clothes!!!


Kansas was absolutely beautiful!!! It had a beautiful gold color that you saw everywhere you look...and just flat plains everywhere.....it just seemed like you could just look to the ends of the Earth!! Breath taking!!! My favorite thing in Kansas was these beautiful trees that were covered in purple blooms. They was no green on them at all...just purple (and as you know that is my favorite color)!



Our goal for the day was to make it to Wichita, Kansas, but by the time we got there we had a lot of the day left, and we wanted to go as far as we could the first day so that we did not have to drive as much as the first day!!! So we passed through Wichita and went on to Salinas, Kansas and stopped for dinner at Logan's Roadhouse, it was delicious!! While at dinner we were talking about whether we should keep driving or whether we should stay there for the night. Scott's dad had been looking at the weather reports for us and keeping us updated. He had told us that there was a big snow storm heading our way, so we decided that we would go as far as we could, so that maybe we would get close to the storm and then it would pass us and then we could get on the road. Yes you heard me right...we were storm chasing...hehehe!!! It was kind of scary because sometimes we drove through some snow patches! Finally we arrived in Hays, Kansas around 10pm and decided to stayed at the Best Western!!! Good night!!!