Its all over

Memorial day is in the books. Its all done, and we are back in KC!

We are both shot. The kids packed up their respective families, and headed out by mid day, with Ben leaving first, and Chris staying for another boat ride, and then leaving a couple of hours later.

We cleaned up as best as we could in the short time left, and were on the road by 5:30. It takes three hours to get back, but we stopped for gas and a Mickey D's. So we were here by 9.

I kind of putted along, and only used about 7 gallons of gas, for the 135 mile trip. That is under 20 mpg, which is all we ever get for mileage with the wife's Ford Escape. It is 4 wheel drive, which was necessary when we lived in Des Moines, but is now detrimental here in KC. Especially when we went to Texas for much of the winter.

So summer begins officially, now that Memorial day is gone!