1000 Miles From Nowhere

Well, it is official, we are literally in the middle of nowhere!! We have seen miles and miles of NOTHING!!! Today we decided that we needed to stop earlier and have a little down time. Emianna got to swim for a couple of hours and she is happy. We know that the "fun-o-meter" has dipped to a lower setting because Tina and I were actually a little excited that we got to go "shopping" at the local WalMart here in Colby, Kansas. We are all going to be permanently "messed up" when it comes to eating. The time change has really done a number on us. Please be patient if you are around one of us when we return and we take out something to eat at a totally inappropriate time. We were just told by Thad that we can drive a couple hundred miles tomorrow. Oh Joy and Excitement!! We've watched all of the DVDs we brought with us Tina and I have given up on trying to do laundry. Yesterday we were caught in a sandstorm. Jeff and Thad decided to stand outside and watch it. Then things started to get a little rough but according to Thad, "they were so amazed by it" that they couldn't bring themselves to get in the car. They got a little "sandblasted" while the rest of us watched from the car. They did get a little panicked and take cover with us eventually- Jeff even recorded some of it. Although we are in Kansas, we haven't seen Dorothy or Toto but we did eat at a little place called the "Sugar Shack" yesterday. While it was a lovely burger, fries and homemade shake experience for Thad and Brandon, apparently they lost Jeff's order. Tina and I keep trying to turn the water faucets on by simply waving our hands under the faucet. And we have forgotten how to dry them with a paper towel so we look like 2 idiots trying to put a magic spell on the bathroom. There will definitely be consequences from this trip so be patient with us when we get home.