Hello from Colby, Kansas!
It was another hot and sunny day on the Plains today. We started out from Columbia at 8:00 this morning, drove through Kansas City, and almost all the way across Kansas. Colby is only 53 miles from the Colorado border. Colby calls itself Oasis on the Plains. The largest barn in all of Kansas is here. Colby is a small town, but has a lovely count courthouse.
The terrain in Kansas follows an interesting progression from east to west. Eastern Kansas reminded us of Wisconsin...it was green and wooded. The trees gradually gave way to corn, soybean, and grain fields as far as the horizon. Eventually, the prairie landscape took over, with very few trees at all.
We stopped for lunch in Manhattan, Kansas which is the home of Kansas State University. The air temperature was 100 degrees at noon, so most of the sightseeing today was from the car windows, but we did make one stop just off the freeway...in a tiny town called Victoria. Their claim to fame is St. Fidelis Catholic Church, also known as the Cathderal on the Plains.
Tomorrow we cross Colorado and arrive at our final destination: Grand Junction. We will post again tomorrow night from there. Will there be snow on the Rockies, do you think? Tomorrow we will see, then you will know.
Here are some pictures from today's ride:
1. The wide Missouri.
2. Eastern Kansas (looks like Wisconsin).
3. The three of us at a scenic overlook just outside Manhattan.
4. Western Kansas. ..a whole lot of sky and not much else.
5. The Cathedral on the Plains.
6. County Courthouse in Colby.
7. Grain elevator. There are big ones like tbis in every town.
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