This just in: Kansas is flat. At the start, in eastern Kansas we foolishly gloated that people had greatly exaggerated how flat the state was. And then we crested the last hill for several hundred miles. The road stretched off straight into the distance and disappeared into the horizon. Boredom abounded. We saw a bunch of tumble weeds and small oil derricks! Ummmm. Yeah. Now you're as bored as we were. Being in this vast emptiness, with enormous expanses of land between signs of civilization, really brings on a feeling of severe loneliness. I can understand why people out this way like to have Jesus with them everywhere- somebody to talk to!
We pushed the mileage to the limit and barely made it into the town of Oakley, KS before running out of gas. We pulled into the truck stop with the intent of filling up- both food and petroleum. I want to give Oakley, Kansas the benefit of the doubt. I want to say it would be a lovely place to take your grandma. I want to say its not always like this, but on this day, on this time, in this heat, Oakley, KS smelled like shit. The smell of animal feces was overpowering, so after filling up quickly, we ran into the local Subway for lunch.
Mike now driving, the roads continued to be boring, as we continued first into the mountain time zone, then into Colorado.
COLORADO
Colorado started out as bland, empty, and flat as Kansas, but a few hours in we started to climb hills. Finally, over one of the hills, we saw, in the distance, faint blue mountains! A high-five was exchanged as we headed on toward our hotel in Denver.
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