Kansas

[I neglected to publish this post from Sunday on Sunday, but I wrote it on Sunday. Publishing Monday afternoon.]

I did a little wandering around Lincoln this morning before leaving for Wichita. Found a Starbucks and spent another $3 from my birthday gift card (2 states/2 Starbucks to go). Found Atwood House, an enormous and handsome B&B that Jenny recommended (I didn't stay there, however).

Found highway 81 and got on my way to Kansas.

Kansas turns out to be really flat, not unlike Nebraska. Where Nebraska had fields of green, Kansas has fields that are wheat colored, and for good reason: they're wheat. Where a John Deere store in North Carolina would focus on riding lawnmowers, a John Deere store in Kansas has farm equipment with tires that can be 10 feet in diameter. When you see a piece of equipment that size coming down the road in your direction, you give it all the room it needs and then some.

I arrived in Wichita too late to visit the zoo, which is high on the list of local attractions. 

After three weeks away from home, I'm ready for familiar faces and places and voices. Tomorrow I will travel to Oklahoma City, completing my planned trip from Washington to Oklahoma through Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. It's been fun.