We had
breakfast provided by the Hotel and when passing through the hallway one of the
staff mentioned they were having a big ‘event’ at the back of the hotel with
the Fire Engine, Police and cook up and as guests we could attend if we wished.
So we delayed our departure from the Hotel until about 11.30 thinking by this
time, whatever they were doing would be up and running by now, only it wasn't
The girl who had been posted to check tickets was snuggled under a warm blanket
but still looked cold which is not surprising as it was around 6 degrees C.
There was hardly anybody there apart from the fire crew and hotel staff,
perhaps three or four kids playing in the bouncy castle and not more than three
or four adults. We talked to the fire and ambulance crew for a while and
discussed gun laws, politics and our route. They made a couple of suggestions
where to visit but they did not sound too exiting. So after about half an hour we skipped and
went looking for the only other supermarket called Walmart and this is a new
facility and quite smart for a Walmart we thought and we looked at their fish
counter, only there isn't one just frozen which actually looked better than the
previously frozen at Dillons. We decided what we
would by later in the day and then left for down town and as it was now
nearly one pm we stopped at burger chain we had not tried before called A&W
and it is a little different in that you do not line up fast food style but
either sit in your car and order via a microphone or sit inside and press a red
button to say you would like to order. There was slight difficulty as their
Mexican Spanish was considerably better than mine and so we did not get quite
what we wanted but the burgers were really very tasty indeed.
Down
town Dodge City is a sad place and perhaps we were out of season but there are
many empty shops and most shops seemed to be owned by Mexican and so there were
lots of Spanish signs everywhere. We followed the road down to the Boot Hill Museum
and took a few photos from the outside but it was empty and we did not see much
point in spending cash to look at false shop fronts and so wandered back to car
via side streets. We sat in the car and looked at each other and said another
day in this town would be too much and so we would start some planning upon return
to the Hotel. En route we picked up some bits and pieces from Walmart and then
did some investigation on the internet whether to continue east to Wichita or Oklahoma
City but then finally decided that Amarillo in Texas sound more interesting and
so changed our current Hotelk booking back to two nights and found somewhere
via Hotwire in Amarillo at a price of two nights for the price of one here in
Dodge City. So
tonight we have prawn Caesar Salad and unfortunately there is some ‘Fat Bastard’
Chardonnay left which needs to be finished or it will go off.
So early
start tomorrow.
