Sunday March 14

Once again we say goodbye to our friends Kathy and Jerry. We have known these friends for about 34 years or maybe longer. It is so fun hooking up with them after a few years of not staying connected. We can't thank them enough for putting up with us on the last leg of this trip and helping celebrate my birthday. We are so sorry Kathy missed the event because she would have had a great time. We will see them again in May after their travels take them to Maui and our travels take us to Europe.

On our way through Denver we stopped to see Kenna , Boomie and Jill's granddaughter. This is the first time we have seen her since she was born. She was just adorable but a girl of little words with strangers. We look forward to seeing her and her parents Randy and Lee up in Aspen sometime in the next year.

This will be our last hotel stay and we needed some information of hotels in Kearney, Nebraska. Bob called his lifeline Craig who recommended the Microtel a new hotel right off the freeway. Mind you we have stayed in many hotels across the US in the last 6 weeks and this was the first one with no hidden smells and things growing in the carpet. Microtel is a very nice place and we would stay here again in a New York minute. Monday we start the final miles of this adventure then the chapters on this log will close and reopen on March 29 when we take off to Europe.