Monday found us in the mountain passes between Wyoming and Colorado. Just to remind us that it's still winter, there was lots of snow at these elevations.
We made it to our nephew's house in Niwot, CO, late in the afternoon. It was 70 degrees and we had time for a 45 minute walk through the neighborhood before they got home from working in Denver.
Jeff and Dawn wanted to take us out to dinner and fortunately there was a very elegant restaurant about a half mile from their house, so along with their daughter, Katie, we set out walking. Their older daughter, Molly, is a senior in high school and was away on Monday visiting her college of choice in Colorado Springs. She was picking out her dorm room for next fall.
This morning we hit the road early and by noon we were entering Kansas. Marlene's niece, Shannon, used to call her Auntie "M" when she was little, hence the title of this post. We discovered the rest areas in Kansas are wonderful. Each one has a dump station for RVs and has an area in which overnight parking is allowed. It's like a public camp area it's free. 
In keeping with our schedule, today was strength exercises rather than aerobic. We pushed out the slide and turned the motor home into a gym. Marlene uses an exercise CD in the computer to guide her through a routine. I use a routine that I was given for strengthening my back after I ruptured a disc last August.
Tonight finds us in one of the rest areas just outside of Russell, Kansas, the home of Bob Dole. Tomorrow we plan to explore Abilene. We're going to visit the Eisenhower boyhood home and his library. This is our first visit to Kansas and it's amazing the number of historic figures that came from this state. Walter Chrysler and Amelia Earhardt being among them.
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