Saturday, February 27, 2010
Where's Oz???
This video is a bit out of sequence with the rest of our trip but I wanted to share a snippit of our ride thru Kansas. Taken between 4-6pm on 2/26/10. Edited with iphone.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Goodland, KS
Finally out of the car for the night. At the Comfort Inn in Goodland, KS which is 17 miles from the KS/CO border. Only about 5 1/2 hours to Vail from here so tomorrow should be a casual drive day. Total of 14 hours & 20 minutes today from Clarksville to here.
We made it into the Mountain Time zone but did not do 1k miles which blows my mind. I have always wanted to do an "Iron Butt" which is a 1k miles on a motorcycle in one day. I think I am going to rethink that goal.
Kansas is an amazing picture of vastness. It is simply huge and no real interesting landscape features to speak of. I can't help but think of every post-apocolypic Hollywood film that takes place in a Kansas type of environment. What happened so badly during the apocalypse that it forced all the survivors to move to Kansas?
Our dinner at IHOP in Hays was one of the most depressing meals Amanda and I have every eaten. Not only was the food barely edible, everyone sitting at the restaurant seemed to be either as road weary as us or spending their Friday night at IHOP which suggests they must be living on one of Dante's levels of hell. Poor Amanda said if she didn't live till breakfast, that would be her last meal which made her very sad.
Still on East time so it's midnight and my brain hurts. Hopefully the drive will be as smooth tomorrow.
We made it into the Mountain Time zone but did not do 1k miles which blows my mind. I have always wanted to do an "Iron Butt" which is a 1k miles on a motorcycle in one day. I think I am going to rethink that goal.
Kansas is an amazing picture of vastness. It is simply huge and no real interesting landscape features to speak of. I can't help but think of every post-apocolypic Hollywood film that takes place in a Kansas type of environment. What happened so badly during the apocalypse that it forced all the survivors to move to Kansas?
Our dinner at IHOP in Hays was one of the most depressing meals Amanda and I have every eaten. Not only was the food barely edible, everyone sitting at the restaurant seemed to be either as road weary as us or spending their Friday night at IHOP which suggests they must be living on one of Dante's levels of hell. Poor Amanda said if she didn't live till breakfast, that would be her last meal which made her very sad.
Still on East time so it's midnight and my brain hurts. Hopefully the drive will be as smooth tomorrow.
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