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September 18, 2005

Denver had a good feel to it. Haven't spent much time there, other than the randon "pass through" or perplexed, wandering layover. Lots of real estate for sale all over town, it seemed. Especially loft stuff...both old and prefab. For the record, I've given up on the "old vs. prefab" debate. I mean, shit, it's a box, and, as long as the thing is updated, safe and clean, then the property is cool with me. Been doing a lot of thinking about buying a "box" for the next housing chapter. The house on 67th is cool and all, but, all I really need is a box. Some walls, a roof, etc. I always think about boxes when I pass through cities like Chicago or New York, and now, Denver. Who lives in all those boxes? Don't they want a lawn and a sidewalk and all that? Hmmm.Coming out of Denver, I love how the prairie just sort of, "starts." From big ol' mountains to gentle, rolling prairie, for as far as the eye can see.So we drove, the couple hundred miles to the Kansas border, and then a good run across Kansas. Some 580 miles. Phew. All smooth sailing. Big S is running like a king.GAS GOUGERS: At one point in Northern California, high up the hills, I remember paying something like, $3.40 a gallon or something. For 15 gallons, it was damn near 50 bucks. Ouch.Obligatory, "I remember" verbage: I remember paying a little under a buck a gallon in Gary, Indiana on one of my first roadtrips, and being floored that gas was a $1.25 a gallon in Oregon. This was 1993, and I'm sure all you old-timers (over 31, of course.) can beat me right into the dirt with a better "price per gallon" memory.Now, so far, throughout that Wild West, gas has been a couple pennies over 3 bucks a gallon. I've just sort resigned myself to the fact that each tank is "more than I'm used to paying" and well, so it goes.But tonight, some 50 miles back, in downtown Salina, Kansas, I pumped and pumped and looked up to see, $2.41 a gallon. Wow. Prairie prices. No gripes here. Extra loot for later on.We're bedding down in Topeka tonight, enjoying the wifi bliss of the Comfort Inn, late into the night.045. "Sausage type."046. "Road warriors."047. "God Bless the Grills of America."048. "The Prairie."049. "I-70 at night, no.01"050. "I-70 at night, no.02"051. "Leah 'eagle-eyed' this little humdinger, but a block from the motel."

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