Somehow a picture of a dead armadillo that Doug and I came across on day 2 is a fitting picture for this entry. As mentioned, day 2 was very hot and trying on our group. We finished up the evening with a trip to the Waffle House, and then relaxed with a trip to the hotel pool to relax. We decided as a group to wake up early on day 3 with hopes of getting an earlier start to avoid the hottest temperatures. When we got moving for day 3 we had a surprising decision made. Two of the group of four decided that it was too hot and too hard, and the decision was made than rather than moving on to Amarillo, Texas as planned we would instead drive up to Wichita, Kansas and effectively cutting the trip by more than half. Gone was a trip to the west coast, and instead we would travel north through Kansas before heading back into Missouri and eventually Illinois and home to Indiana. As we traveled through the flat lands of Kansas I must admit that I was in shock of what had transpired. I went from being very excited about the trip (I mean really, who blogs about a trip that they aren't excited about! :) ) to being extremely disappointed and simply wanting to go home as fast as possible. We traveled through Kansas quickly, dealing with a short rain storm along the way before heading back into Missouri. We did manage to stop in at a Harley Davidson dealership in Kansas City for some souvenirs. Once we left Kansas City we headed north for a bit then traveled east across Missouri. Once again we enjoyed the rolling hills of Missouri. Our day ended in Hannibal, Missouri, just short of the Missouri/Illinois border. I decided that I was going to travel home early on day 4.
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