Kansas City

We got to Kansas city on a Thursday. By Friday we had learned a thing or two. We learned that the best route at morning rush hour was to circle from KC Missouri around to the north on I-435 to KC Kansas in order to make our way onward to Topeka, Abilene, Salina, and Oakley, and eventually to Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Alas, the best laid plans of men and deer gang oft agley. Our route coincided with the plans of a suicidal doe playing in the second lane of I-435 around the 14-15 mile marker to the west of KC Kansas. The intersection of our respective journeys at highway speeds in close quarters traffic did not result happily for the doe, nor for our vehicle.

The deer had apparently not gotten the memo that the range where the buffalo roamed and the deer and the antelope played had been paved over, and the buffalo and antelope now played elsewhere. This was Paula’s first vehicular encounter with a deer, and she was upset for the rest of the day. Later, insurance claims, deductibles, and inconvenience yet to come rose to the surface. The car is quite drivable, and continues unimpeded toward Colorado and Oregon.