Road Trip - Day 1

Pretty flat out in Eastern Colorado isn't it?!

OK.. so we left from Colorado heading towards Indiana this morning at 5am!  Yea, a bit early :-(  But it was a pretty easy drive. 

Crossing into Kansas

It took us a good 2 hours to drive East through Colorado.  It was dark a lot of that time.  But then we saw an awesome sunrise.  About 7am this morning, we crossed over into Kansas (see me with the road sign?). 

My spot in the car

For a lot of the drive, I literally hung out in the car... LOL. 




 

Cool wind farm

While driving through the middle of Kansas, we saw a HUGE wind farm.  I had heard of farms with corn, beans, cows, pigs... but never wind!  You can see one of the turbines (like a very large windmill) over my shoulder.   Wind farms are very cool because they provide a natural form of energy - instead of gas or coal.  It is naturally replenished (there is always wind), and is very "green" to use. 


 

We ended up driving about 12 hours today.  We stopped in Columbia, MO.  We didn't get a sign crossing into Missouri as it was right in the center of Kansas City and traffic was a bit hectic being the day before a holiday at 4pm!  Tonight, we did a little food shopping for tomorrow (Wal-Mart was a bit busy!), grabbed some wings for dinner and are now relaxing before we head out again tomorrow at 8am. 

Good night everyone and Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow!