denwego
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With my wife and I having gotten married one week ago tomorrow, we're off moving to Virginia Beach already! I decided I'd OC as much as possible during the trip thanks to the forecast of nice weather, as well as a good number of varying states to get through via car. And with us having our dog with us, we stop roughly every 1.5-2 hours to walk him, so we get to see big and small towns alike. Since this covers a big swath of the country and there's no national carry forum, I'm posting it here rather than making a half-dozen mirrored threads everywhere.
Day 1
Boulder, CO - OC'd to get the pooch from the vet/groomers; nothing to report.
Superior, CO - OC'd while getting gas at the Costco about 10 miles south of Boulder, yet again nothing to report.
Limon, CO - OC'd to walk the dog and stretch the legs at a gas station, boring again!
Goodland, KS - OC'd to walk the dog and refill the gas tank, then went into the Subway at the truck stop to get some lunch. We passed a Goodland PD officer on the way in, who held the door for my wife and smiled at me :lol:
Hays, KS - OC'd to walk the dog, nothing to report.
Salina, KS - We checked in at our hotel around 9pm. Since it was cooler by then, and I had no other real way to carry my jacket, I CC'd back to the room. After we were settled, my wife was hungry, so SHE OC'd on foot several blocks to go grab some Wendy's for dinner (no CHP for her yet) ! She said the teenage girl who took her order seemed off about it, but since it was the first time she had OC'd on her own outside of her home state of Nevada, I think it was just her nerves. After that, we ate a humorously-acquired burger and hit the hay.
Day 2 - Started off CC'ing again under the jacket in the cold morning to check out and fill up the tank again.
Unknown Unincorporated Place between Grand Junction and Topeka - The dog threw up in the car, so we pulled off on a country road exit to clean up. No one was around, but it counts!
Topeka, KS - Since Kansas preemption is unclear about OC'ing and I knew Topeka had a no-OC ordinance, I CC'd for gas. My wife went into the store and told me there were not one but two gun-buster signs on the door and yet two more by the counter and the restrooms... lovely. Won't be stopping there again.
Odessa, MO - We stopped for more gas and decided to go to Sonic for lunch. While she was walking the dog, I hoped on my phone and checked the Odessa muni. code for OC bans and found none, so I OC'd while sitting on one of the Sonic's outdoor benches instead of suffering another meal in the car. Carhop came by twice to see if we needed ketchup or napkins (a first in its own right!), but otherwise totally boring.
Wentzville, MO - Stopped to lock up the pistol in the trunk for the sojourn through Illinois :cuss:
Elberfeld, IN - Since my wife agrees with me that there's no damned way we're ever setting an unnecessary foot in Illinois, we drove straight through and stopped at the first good-looking hotel in Indiana, here in Elberfeld. Because Indiana recognizes all other states' permits "subject to the restrictions or limitations thereof", I'm playing my cards on the safe side and keeping my pistol concealed in Indiana since I have a Colorado CHP, and not a LTCF like some other states. I personally believe "restrictions" here means something like the qualified/unlimited permit distinction in Indiana, but I can't be the test case on a tight schedule!
More tomorrow!
With my wife and I having gotten married one week ago tomorrow, we're off moving to Virginia Beach already! I decided I'd OC as much as possible during the trip thanks to the forecast of nice weather, as well as a good number of varying states to get through via car. And with us having our dog with us, we stop roughly every 1.5-2 hours to walk him, so we get to see big and small towns alike. Since this covers a big swath of the country and there's no national carry forum, I'm posting it here rather than making a half-dozen mirrored threads everywhere.
Day 1
Boulder, CO - OC'd to get the pooch from the vet/groomers; nothing to report.
Superior, CO - OC'd while getting gas at the Costco about 10 miles south of Boulder, yet again nothing to report.
Limon, CO - OC'd to walk the dog and stretch the legs at a gas station, boring again!
Goodland, KS - OC'd to walk the dog and refill the gas tank, then went into the Subway at the truck stop to get some lunch. We passed a Goodland PD officer on the way in, who held the door for my wife and smiled at me :lol:
Hays, KS - OC'd to walk the dog, nothing to report.
Salina, KS - We checked in at our hotel around 9pm. Since it was cooler by then, and I had no other real way to carry my jacket, I CC'd back to the room. After we were settled, my wife was hungry, so SHE OC'd on foot several blocks to go grab some Wendy's for dinner (no CHP for her yet) ! She said the teenage girl who took her order seemed off about it, but since it was the first time she had OC'd on her own outside of her home state of Nevada, I think it was just her nerves. After that, we ate a humorously-acquired burger and hit the hay.
Day 2 - Started off CC'ing again under the jacket in the cold morning to check out and fill up the tank again.
Unknown Unincorporated Place between Grand Junction and Topeka - The dog threw up in the car, so we pulled off on a country road exit to clean up. No one was around, but it counts!
Topeka, KS - Since Kansas preemption is unclear about OC'ing and I knew Topeka had a no-OC ordinance, I CC'd for gas. My wife went into the store and told me there were not one but two gun-buster signs on the door and yet two more by the counter and the restrooms... lovely. Won't be stopping there again.
Odessa, MO - We stopped for more gas and decided to go to Sonic for lunch. While she was walking the dog, I hoped on my phone and checked the Odessa muni. code for OC bans and found none, so I OC'd while sitting on one of the Sonic's outdoor benches instead of suffering another meal in the car. Carhop came by twice to see if we needed ketchup or napkins (a first in its own right!), but otherwise totally boring.
Wentzville, MO - Stopped to lock up the pistol in the trunk for the sojourn through Illinois :cuss:
Elberfeld, IN - Since my wife agrees with me that there's no damned way we're ever setting an unnecessary foot in Illinois, we drove straight through and stopped at the first good-looking hotel in Indiana, here in Elberfeld. Because Indiana recognizes all other states' permits "subject to the restrictions or limitations thereof", I'm playing my cards on the safe side and keeping my pistol concealed in Indiana since I have a Colorado CHP, and not a LTCF like some other states. I personally believe "restrictions" here means something like the qualified/unlimited permit distinction in Indiana, but I can't be the test case on a tight schedule!
More tomorrow!
