Day 5 – June 5 – Wandering Retirees

Another traveling day along exciting I-70. We covered 280 miles to Hays, KS, deep in the Great Plains. As we moved west across the Kansas River toward Topeka, the rolling hills gradually flattened so that the horizon appeared uniformly distant all around, and the sky looked like a huge dome reaching to forever, if that makes sense. The road seldom swerves from its knife-cut into the west. It’s a little intimidating, feeling small. We noticed that even as far as Topeka and even Salina, there were fields still underwater. Many were elevated and dry with new crops showing across thousands of acres. I guess you can tell we were impressed with the immensely of this land.

Kansas doesn’t have a lot of attractions, as we measure such things. There are no Six Flags or mammoth natural wonders. But there is a lot to enjoy if you don’t mind taking time. Dodge City has its infamous Boot Hill where Billy Clinton and the McLaury brothers are buried after being gunned down at the OK Corral. There’s the money museum in KC, the Evil Knievel museum in Topeka, and the Dwight D Eisenhower homestead and presidential library in Abilene. And there are a lot more fun looking attractions if you’re inclined. Unfortunately, we didn’t feel we could stop as we are in a hurry to get to Colorado. Next time maybe. Oh, did you know that former PA Senator Arlen Specter was a Kansas native? Another fun fact.

We’re prepping ourselves for a very long last let to Colorado Springs tomorrow. So we’re turning in shortly.

One last note: we will be entering Mountain Daylight Time on the morrow. That will put us 2 hours behind everyone back east, which may make our posts later than we’d like. Just a heads up.

Have a good night.

The chariot arrives!