To Denver

It came down to the math. If we stuck with our original plan of
driving the 481 miles from Indy to Kansas City, we would still be left
with another long day of travel from KC to Denver. And driving 8 hours
of the day means keeping Stella busy for six of those hours.

Driving at night, on the other hand, means Stella sleeps while we
munch on sunflower seeds and listen to NPR.

So instead of spending two days and twelve hours playing peek a boo,
singing songs and reading her duck book for the fiftieth time, we
opted to drive the extra 600 miles through the night to Denver.

With 171 miles to go, we have managed to go through one large Coke, a
pack of sunflower seeds, several powdered donuts and a lukewarm
coffee...