Return to the Past

We drove to the center of Kansas to the little community of Otis where Don and I began our teaching careers. We stopped at our house and visited with the man that lives there now. Except for having the porch rebuilt, it looks much the same as it did 33 years ago when we left there.
School was still in session so we just drove by. I regret that as we learned later, there are people working there that we knew. However, it was Don's building and his call.
In the afternoon, we visited a couple that taught with us from 1972-77. We had a wonderful time catching up. As they live in the area, they know so many of our former students and filled us with success stories. After having dinner with them we drove on to a motel.
Today we went to a museum then drove south of the freeway to Monument Rocks which is a rock formation that sits on the flat prairie. It was formed when this was ocean. About 8 miles of the road was dirt so the car is filthy. Found a quilt shop where we had lunch.
Tonight we are in Golden, Colorado where we had dinner with our niece, Mercedes, and her boyfriend, Kellen. Dinner was very good and adding to the fun was the closed off street for the young trick or treaters.
We have about 1250 miles to go until we are home. The Rocky Mountains were a welcome site as we approached Denver this afternoon.