Dodge City and Vail Colorado

From Branson, MO we finally landed in Dodge City, Kansas. We stayed there two days. Went to Boot Hill Cemetary and Museum. Probably the best thing was the Longbranch Saloon which was the basis of the TV show Gunsmoke. There was lots of Gunsmoke memorabilia too that had been donated from Hollywood. We drove on to Colorado where we are camped. We have driven by some of the most gorgeous, expensive homes I've seen (and to imagine that these are people's second and third homes) in the Vail Colorado area. Tomorrow we will head towards Salt Lake City and home probably on Wed evening.

Here are two pictures from Manassas Virginia. The house in the picture on the right is the reconstructed house of the women killed during the first Battle of Bull Run. Her family reconstructed the house after the civil war. The picture shows the field where both Battles of Bull Run (summer 1861 and summer 1862) ended. The stone bridge is over the stream called Bull Run. This bridge was how the northern troups reached the area. It was destroyed by the south later but rebuilt after the war. We just arrived today in Branson, Missouri. Haven't ever been here, but this city was recommended to us since we enjoyed Nashville so much. We plan to be here a couple of days and then head on to Denver and home.

We had a great time at the Dover races! The Friday truck race was rained out so they held it Saturday. Keselowski #88 (J.R. Motorsports) won the National race and Brian Scott #16 of Boise Idaho won the truck race. Both races had the most laps lead by Kyle Busch but he had tire problems in both races (Boo Hoo . . .). Sunday's race was beautiful and warm. Even though Jimmy Johnson won, it was exciting down to the last lap with Tony Stewart coming close to his first win as an owner/driver. Kyle Busch (oh boo hoo again) had problems during the race. You might say we don't like Kyle and you would be correct. When we got his signature in Charlotte he was rude and unfriendly. He is disrespectful of the sport (in our opinion) and is childish. When he's winning, he speaks to the media, but when he's losing or has problems, he runs to his trailor and hides. We find this spoiled. Of course, he's recently made some rude comments about our driver to the media, even though JR hasn't returned those comments (at least publicly). Enough said.
We are now in Manassas, Virginia, the site of two Battle of Bull Runs. Hope to get some pictures up. There was a battle summer of 1861 and one summer of 1862, both lost by the union. The area is beautiful and not too far from Washington DC. In fact, ladies and gentlemen came from D.C. to picnic and watch the battle - thinking the first battle would be the only one of the civil war (can you imagine????). Both turned out to be very bloody battles with 1000s of men killed. We are heading (slowly) home tomorrow and should be in Idaho somewhere about June 10-12.