We travelled 7.5 hours today and we are still in Kansas and unfortunately, the trip was a little boring in parts. Thank goodness for books on tape. We did see some things you can’t see back east - vast grasslands which extend as far as the eye can see around a perfectly straight highway; huge amber fields of grain which we later identified as sorghum; and of course, the largest ball of twine in the world. We stopped in Cawker City to see the ball and we arrived just before a crew was coming to film a commercial. That was lucky for us because they let us each add a wrap of twine to the ball so now we are part of history. Impressed?
Kansas isn’t as quite as flat as we had heard, at least in the eastern half. However in Colby, where we are tonight, it is perfectly flat and very, very rural. We are surrounded by fields of corn, sorghum and sunflower but not much else. We got to see a range of Kansas weather from a powerful lightning storm last night to a completely clear night tonight. The air is extremely clear out here, hence we had an amazing sunset. Tomorrow we head into Colorado to visit Meg and family.
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