Day Four

Goodland, KS to Denver,CO
201 miles | 2 hours 59 minutes

I left Sunday morning from Goodland, KS, I had gone to mass the night before at a great church (Our Lady of Perceptual Help). Goodland is a wheat town in the High Plains. It's like taking a step back into the 1950s. Its streets are still red bricked and you can see by the weathered look on people's faces that it's a hard life but they're are always friendly and interested to meet a stranger passing through. Sunday morning it was really foggy, and I was filled with mixed emotions. Excitement but also nervous energy. The logistics of broadcasting from the convention are a nightmare but thanks to my producer Dylan who has set up this trip, things are going smoothly. When I got to the Denver Metro, I filled up with E-85 in Aurora,CO at the Western Convenience Store. Denver is loaded with E-85 locations. I must say, I have never had a time during this trip where I had to supplement my tank with conventional gasoline. I also I saved a lot of money, averaging 80 cents a gallon in savings. When I filled up in Aurora, I noticed a large family in a Suburban in front of me. I'm sure E-85 is a big help to their budget in these tough economic times. It's to bad the national media tries to scapegoat farmers and ethanol for the increase cost in food prices. We all know that the transportation costs of diesel are primarily responsible for the increase at the check out line.