After finally getting breakfast and concluding a somewhat disappointing stay at this Embassy Suites, we left to drive about thirty minutes downtown to the breakfast place Syrup.
We circled a bit and then managed to find a parking spot on the street just two blocks away. We put our name in at the restaurant and went to walk around, ending up on the 16th Street Mall.
We nearly got hit by a train while we were in the middle of crossing the street, and couldn’t believe that the train conductor didn’t care and seemed irritated at us for already having been walking when he decided to go. We enjoyed some nice downtown walking and made it back to Syrup just in time to be seated with Arielle’s cousins Lindsay and Michael. We had a delicious brunch. Brenda got the D*Lish, which was smoked salmon crostinis. Arielle got Nutella-stuffed French toast with bananas and strawberries. Abe got French toast with bananas foster sauce on the side. Harold got the Maryland, which was crab cakes with tater tots and eggs. Michael and Lindsay got different variations of the Cherry Creeker corned beef hash. It was wonderful to be able to catch up with our cousins and for Brenda and Harold to meet them. Brenda thought that Michael looked just like his grandfather Eli, who was Harold’s father Ulu’s brother.
After a thoroughly satisfying meal, we said goodbye and left to drive around to a few different local parks before looking at houses in the area, doing some more light Zillowing. We walked around a nice pond in Washington Park, chased some ducks, and found out that Brenda and Harold’s flight was once again delayed by multiple hours.
On the drive to Cherry Creek State Park, we got through on the phone and managed to get them moved to an earlier flight that was also delayed but would get in at a reasonable hour. We found out that it was expensive to get into the park but were told we could drive in just to use the bathroom, which ended up providing us with a nice view of the water. As we were getting back into the car, we panicked because we learned that the new flight had been un-delayed and was now taking off in just over an hour. We raced to the airport and miraculously got them there with no issues. Arielle went in to help them check in and Abe repacked the trunk of the car and managed to look busy enough so that he didn’t have to move it while waiting for Arielle to come back. We left around 7:30pm and drove for a while until we got hungry and stopped at the most random Domino’s Pizza ever, which was part of a tiny line of shops on the side of the road a mile off the highway.
We got back on the highway and drove about three hours into Kansas, Arielle's 47th state!
Arielle got creeped out by the flashing lights we kept seeing, which we realized the next day were wind turbines. They all flash together - like 300 of them – it’s very creepy! We arrived at the Sleep Inn in Colby, Kansas just after midnight, having lost an hour due to the time change. Agreeing that we didn’t much like nighttime drives like this, we went right to bed.
Approximate number of miles covered: 267
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