We left Independence this morning and headed for Hays, Kansas where we will spend tonight. We will travel through Kansas City and half way across Kansas. This will be a short day of travel.
We were expecting to see nothing but flat open spaces when we got to Kansas. Not so.
The landscape is flat, but there are some trees around well kept farms.
In fact, the forests in Kansas are so scarce that wood for fence posts was not available to early settlers. The fence posts in this photo are made from cutting limestone into post shapes. Many of these posts are still in use today.
Kind of looks like Wyoming, but this is Kansas and is much greener.
One of the major crops (other than wind mills for generating electricity) is sorghum.
We saw acres and acres of this red topped plant used for making syrup, molasses, ethanol, and cattle feed. It is also a gluten free grain.
This Service Area was the only one where we found a storm shelter
As we got closer to Colorado, the country became more arid.
We spent the night in Hayes. Tomorrow we will be in Greeley, Colorado and stay with Jani Malkiewicz and Robbyn Wacker.
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