Retired and Trippin

Chris and I decided several days ago, seeing warm temperatures forecast for today, to take a drive for lunch. We anticipated a top-down drive - in December! We left home at 10:40AM. It was 71 degrees but it was so blasted windy we left the top up on our Mustang convertible. Wind gusts up to 60 mph were predicted. Our route today was I-435 north out of Shawnee; Hwy 5 north and west to Lansing; Eisenhower Rd west; 187th St north; 92 west; 17 north; 192 west to Hwy 59; 16 west to Valley Falls; 4 south; 24 west; NW Topeka Blvd south; SW 10th Ave west to Bobo's Drive In Restaurant, 2300 SW 10th Ave, Topeka, KS. We stopped several times to take photographs. We found an interesting site along Hwy 4 a few miles south of Valley Falls. A 50 foot steeple was taken off the St. Bernard's Church in Wamego, KS and moved to this hill. We were able to walk up the hill and go inside. The burgers and tots at Bobo's Drive-In were delicious. Bobo's has been in operation since 1948. I would ...

 Here it was, December 2nd, and temperatures were supposed to reach the 70's. A lunch drive to Council Grove, KS and the Flint Hills was in order. I departed Shawnee shortly after 10:00AM and drove west on old K-10 (83rd Street) to De Soto, KS where I dropped off a package to a friend. From De Soto the route was north across the Kansas River on Wyandotte Street, north on County Road 2 and then west on Golden Road, which turned north, where I took 32 westbound. East of Lawrence I jumped on 24 west. East of Topeka I caught 4 west, which joined up with I-70 west through Topeka to the west side. Highway 4 abandoned I-70 and routed me south and west through Dover and Eskridge all the way to Alta Vista, where I caught 177 south to Council Grove. I stopped a few places along the route to take pictures. It was 58 degrees when I left Shawnee and 72 when I arrived in Council Grove. The historic Hays House in Council Grove was my choice for lunch, where I enjoyed a LARRAPIN good meal of fried...