Traffic!

We left Fruita Colorado this morning and drove ALL the way across Colorado into Kansas. In addition to the fact that this was already a LONG driving day, there was horrendous traffic getting through Denver which cost us an additional three hours.
We finally arrived in Goodland, Kansas, which is just about the only place to stay when driving from Denver to Kansas City. The hotel I booked was kind of confusing, it was a Howard Johnson's which was recently bought by a family who turned it into a Days Inn. The place is HUGE and the family that runs it just recently moved to the US from Bombay/Mumbai.
Anyway, they are renovating the hotel to resemble an amazing Indian palace! We have a room that opens into a gigantic indoor hot tub/pool.
The owners invited a family they had met in San Francisco from Shanghai to open a restaurant on site. The restaurant, "Extreme Happiness" is also huge and beautiful. I ordered "sarcastic chicken" which kind of reminded me of orange chicken but with a little more edge.
The children are in HEAVEN! There is an oasis in the middle of the Kansas prairie.

P.S. In response to some inquiries, the front lobby and hallways are being renovated, the rooms are already finished and just look like regular hotel rooms-K