Your memory is spot on. There's a running joke in town about that - it even happened at the Sports Page restaurant up in Spencer!
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Your memory is spot on. There's a running joke in town about that - it even happened at the Sports Page restaurant up in Spencer!
If you go, try the smothered sanchos. They are the favorite of the locals.
I've loved Spyro Gyra for years - even saw them live at the Guthrie Theater some years ago - but lately I've really taken a shine to Gregg Karukas. Also like Boney James and Tom Scott. Scott plays with Bob James quite often, one of my favorite charts by those two is Spindrift.
Don't forget White Castle - they began in Wichita, too.
Our property growing up was about 1.75 acres of which about 1/2 was all trees. Up the hill was a small clearing and my dad would pitch this ancient canvas tent and we would build a little fire and all us kids would sleep in the tent.
...and usually the Velociraptors stayed away, right?
Between the food and airplanes I am starting to realize a subconscious reason why I like Wichita...
Don't forget that they are an off-the-menu item. Much like some services at an Asian massage parlor.
My mom works at the middle school I went to. She emailed me a bit ago to say that they have a NASA engineer from the Apollo and Mercury missions coming to speak to their science classes tomorrow. For the first time in my life I want to go to school with my mom.
What is KC's dad doing at your mom's school?
Has anyone ever rented a car for a road trip? My aunt and uncle are coming up this weekend from Wichita and they ALWAYS rent a car when going farther than Kansas City or Oklahoma City because they (read he) doesn't want that wear and tear on the vehicle. Assuming the fuel cost is a wash are you really putting $100+ worth of wear and tear on your vehicle. My opinion is no...
The economics of it make no sense. The save wear and tear also makes no sense because steady highway miles are the easiest on your car. Plus, IMHO, driving something you are familiar with is a plus for safety. You're not distracted by trying to figure out the heater, radio, cruise control etc.
Renting a car for a road trip might make sense if you are driving to California or something and the car you own is a piece of unreliable crap or if you need something bigger to haul a group or something.
@wxman1 Tell your uncle he should rent a hotel room to save wear and tear on your guest room and hot water heater. 
I guess a lot of it is the cost. I rented a car for the Liberty Bowl. I think the rental was $170 plus the gas. I thought that was acceptable as opposed to driving my car
@wxman1 Tell your uncle he should rent a hotel room to save wear and tear on your guest room and hot water heater.
No guest room so no problem for me!
@wxman1 Tell your uncle he should rent a hotel room to save wear and tear on your guest room and hot water heater.
This is the same uncle that got mad at me once for leaning the plane while on the ground when common knowledge/practice is to do so at minimum for a short period of time if not the whole time to clear the plugs and prevent them from getting fouled.
Pre-kids, my wife, myself and another couple rented a minivan to take to Denver. We were all pretty poor at the time and every one of us had small ****** cars that got bad gas mileage. We knew we were going to take it up into the mountains and none of us felt very good taking our cars, so we pooled money together and invested in a Chrysler Town and Country.
We removed the middle row of seats set up some coolers with beverages, put a Playstation (the original one) and a TV on one of the coolers and road tripped to see the Metallica/Deftones concert at Mile High. If anyone got tired, they threw a sleeping bag down an slept in moderate comfort.
I'm sure we spent a little more than if we'd have taken one of our own vehicles, but the improved gas mileage, space, comfort and reliability was well worth it. We also took that minivan to some off-the-beaten-path rafting place. We rafted the Royal Gorge during that trip and got to experience some nice class IV rapids. That trip was one I'll never forget.
Bonus: we may be the only people without children that ever rented a minivan to go to a Metallica concert.
Probably insists on changing his car oil every 1500 miles because that's what HIS dad did.
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