You have killed 100lbs of meat, but can only bring 13lbs back to the wagon

This post pertains to our travels on Thursday.  I couldn't record them then because freaking Motel 6 in Topeka didn't offer free wi-fi.  But more on that later.

We were in 5 states on Thursday (Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas), which was pretty cool.  For those who don't know, Kentucky has really lame "attractions."  Like, historical stuff that nobody cares about.  And Missouri is just the worst of all possible worlds.  Here's why:

-They don't number the roads, they use letters (like KK).  Why?  To be annoying, I presume.
-It's just ugly.
-St. Louis is ridiculously large and not cool.  We spent SO MUCH TIME in the metro area.

Dinner, however, was awesome.  We went to Ben's favorite- Cracker Barrel.  It was delicious and filling.  I happened to be wearing my Invisible Children shirt, and the waiter asked if I worked for them.  Apparently some reps from the group spoke at his church, and I looked like one of them.  Guess I'll have to creep on their employees now and find out what the deal is.

We stopped for the night at a clean but scary Motel 6 in Topeka.  Things that were wrong with it:

-Wireless Internet cost $3 a day.  I skipped it.
-No hair dryer.  I thought this was a pretty standard thing, though our current hotel doesn't have them either.
-No breakfast.
-No tissues (wtf?).
-Stairs were outside.  I think there was old vomit on the 2nd flight.
-No lid on the toilet seat, so there was nowhere to put your clothes while you showered.
-One of the beds was missing a blanket, and the other had holes in the sheets.
-It was right off a main road, so it was super noisy.

Bad choice on my part.  But I was really tired.  And fortunately nothing bad happened.

We saw a lot of dead animals on the roads.  Some deer, and what looked like coyotes.  There were furry and dog-like anyway.  It was sad.  We also spotted a trailer full of cows, probably on their way to be slaughtered.  :(  Not a great day overall.