The Drive: Day One

We made it to Denver!

Open roads ahead!
Goodbye Kansas, we'll miss you!!

This morning started very early (5 a.m. for me). We made it to Uhaul before they opened and loaded the van full of stuff into our last pod. It was so muggy out that I was surprised I didn't see little clouds forming around us. OK, not really that bad but it was quite unpleasant at 7 a.m.

We made it back to the house and packed up the coolers and did our walk-through fairly quickly. Then we hit the road! Today's drive was just Kansas and part of Colorado. The scenery was as expected and Brandt was beginning to wonder if we'd ever get to the mountains. We finally saw hints of them just outside of Denver.

Ellie was like this the whole ride.

Brandt said Cedric cried most of the time and just wanted to cuddle. He eventually cuddled with one of his squeakers. Ellie slept most of the way and made sure she was always positioned in front of a vent. Sparrow got a thunder pill before we left and stayed somewhat calm. She still panted the whole drive but didn't cry or hyperventilate.

Things we saw today:

• Wind farms (I'd never seen one!)
• A guy having his trunk searched by state troopers
• A dirt devil. At least that's what we think they're called: a tall swirling tornado of dust
• A town called Kanorado (Kansas + Colorado)



Cedric isn't enjoying this trip very much.
He tucked himself in like this.

• When we stopped for gas a large mountain/herding dog on the roof of a truck and she would not get down

We're both pretty tired and I'm glad that we decided to extend the drive to four days. Now it's off to bed to rest for tomorrow's drive!