We started the morning in Colorado, we're ending the day in Missouri. We drove through the entire state of Kansas today.
This is Kansas:
The western part of Kansas was flat, dry, and covered in fields: corn, milo, etc. There was not a single cloud in the sky today. I swear to you, I could turn around 360 degrees and there were no clouds for miles. It was also incredibly windy today. Nothing was shielding us from it, so I could feel the wind buffeting the car around. And since it was dry, the wind blew dust all over the place. We were driving through a tan haze for most to the day.
Some grain elevators/storage, a corn field, and dust:
A "nodding donkey" and some more dust:
A small town in dust:
We stopped for a picnic lunch at a rest area. The wind was blowing at 25 mph. Sustained. We tried to sit with our backs to the wind. We probably looked really silly. Sitting in a gale or something.
But once we got across the state, the scenery changed a little and the wind died down. Rolling hills and some trees:
We had a pretty good day of driving. A lot of miles, but it went by pretty fast. We listened to Terry Gross "Fresh Air" podcasts for entertainment.
We arrived in Concordia, Missouri around 8 pm and decided that barbecue was in order. We stopped at the Smokehouse and got baby-back ribs:
Tomorrow, we'll be driving through St. Louis. And possibly all the way to Louisville, Kentucky. We're getting closer to home!
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