The weather continued to be very nice...cold with sunny skies. I mis-mapped out the route though. Very long day-very long drive from KC to Cheyenne, but the dogs took it in stride. We were all glad to get to the hotel. Snow was on the ground everywhere, so they had a good romp.
North of KC is gorgeous. Beautiful farms, nice rolling landscape! The farms there are in clusters against the hills and then roll out to the fields. When the trains go by, you can totally imagine how Jesse James came out of those hills & robbed trains as they got to a bend. Although I think he did most of his dirty work in Iowa, not his home state. Sadly about every other farm was abandoned- all the buildings were still standing like in a ghost town. They are well planned with a brick Victorian house & several barns in sort of a circle at the base of the house. The architecture, even for the barns is very Victorian. Very nice view as you're driving along.
At one of the working farms, we spotted a bald eagle! Huge bird & beautiful!
And another odd thing, we spotted the highway dept at work on the pot holes...loads on these highways. It was a very funny unsafe scene. The dump truck was parked on the side of the interstate. One guy watches for traffic while the other guy grabs some hot asphalt, runs to the pothole, dumps it in & pats it down and then they both run back to the truck! Hilarious & dangerous! We saw this system at work TWICE on the interstate in 30 some degree weather!
We breezed through Iowa,,,didn't see much except a housing developments rising out of the prairie complete with Walmart, Target & Home Depot! I wanna know how they found this place out in the middle of nowhere & what do they do for work & fun?
Nebraska is a big state! It felt like it went forever. Looks very much like parts of Wyoming & Montana. Very western in feel. I loved watching the long colorful trains cross the prairie. You just don't see that kind of scene in the east. There's no wide space like those! I liked the state. Very nice open feel.
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I'm from Nebraska and I miss it sooo much. I so crave the wide-open spaces! I'm so glad you actually appreciate it. It shows you can see the beauty in a place many can't!(especially the east coasters!)
Laura Fisher
I'm going to Carhenge this summer!
www.carhenge.com
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