We pulled out of the driveway at 0900 this morning. It was a surprisingly chilly start, but I am certainly not complaining. With all the hot weather we've had lately we could have been melting before we even left JC.
We headed north on US77 where we caught 82 up to US24. We altered the path a bit to avoid some rain that was on the KS/NE border. We continued west on 24 for a while passing by the world's largest ball of twine. I mentioned it in jest, but we saw it and have the pictures to prove it. After the twine we took 281 north to continue on 36 west (the original planned route). Kansas is pretty flat and boring. Early afternoon we found ourselves in Norton, KS where we had lunch at a mom & pop place called Town & Country. All the menu items were named for (what we assume were) their kids. For most of the rest of the ride we looked at corn fields and passed many a farm implements on the roadway. I always waved, just to be nice to the farmer; he could crush us with his big tractor-thingy!
About an hour before stopping for the night (at only 1600, because of time change) we snuck across the NE border via 27 and 34 into a very picturesque piece of Earth before heading into CO. In CO the landscape turned flat again. Tonight we are staying in Yuma, CO resting up for a ride through the Rockies and Rocky Mountain National Park.
Check the slide show for a few pictures from today. More to come...
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