Over Halfway There! (and the haunted room story)

ROAD TRIP DAY 4

STATS
Hours on Road: 7:45am Central time to 4:15pm Mountain time
Miles Driven: 440
States In: Kansas and Colorado
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I did a good amount of the driving today, so I wasn't the out-the-window photographer, so there will be no photo pictorial today. So sorry!

We are staying at my parent's house in Lone Tree tonight and they treated us to a lovely dinner out at Alexander's where we traded our fast food fare for Cheesecake Factory-sized salads--YUM!

Even though it's only 9:30 here, we are both beat and getting ready to head to bed.

But, quickly, what we learned today:
--not all of Kansas is flat, but the whole northern part of Colorado is.
--just because a sign on the highway says there is gas at the next exit, it doesn't mean there is.
--if you're really tired, even a cup of Starbucks coffee won't make you feel awake (This one is Jeannie's--I don't drink coffee.)

And, by request, the haunted room story:
The Days Inn we stayed at bordered a field to which we parked the SUV and trailer parallel. When I got the dog out of the car, she wanted nothing to do with the field. I sat her in the grass and she stood frozen. Finally I was able to convence her to do what she needed to do after which she immediately jumped out of the grass and wanted to get back in the car. I sensed a strange energy in that area, but shrugged it off. This cycle eith the dog repeated itself every time I needed to take her out. It was quite bizarre.

The other thing that repeated itself is that I would stick the key into the door of the room and get the green light then I'd push and it wouldn't open. Even when I put my full weight into the dorr it wouldn't open. Then just before I'd stick my key into the slot again, the door would just pop open without any effort on my part. I inspected the door and could find no reason why it would do that.

The dog also would not walk into the room on her own. I had to pick her up and carry her in whereas she nortmally would trot right into a room behind me. I suspected something was up with the room, but besides feeling colder than I would expect since it was 101 degrees outside, I didn't feel anything to be concerned about.

Later, I found out why the dog had been hesitant, right after I'd turned off the lights in the room, I flipped over and saw a man standing in front of the door to room (he was inside). He was looking at me, but I didn't sense that he was evil or bad in any way. I asked him to look after us and keep us safe, then I thanked him for sharing his room with us, flipped over and went to sleep.

The next morning Jeannie said she kept waking up in the middle of night and would look around, but see nothing and go back to sleep. This happened several times. I think the spirit must've been messing with her.