Heading Home

Heading home we have a long drive ahead of us, at least 31 hours from Aspen, Colorado. Our route home takes us on Interstate 70. For those using I 70 and traveling from Baltimore towards Mount Airy, I'm sure you have noticed the sign that says Denver 2,000 miles. Couldn't relate to that sign until today.

 

 The morning started off with a snow storm as we.drove over the mountains at Vail pass, the pass is at  10,603 feet  elevation.

Snow came down fast and furious with large puffy snowflakes sticking to the windshield and slush forming on the road.  Winter is coming way too early.

Having never towed the camper in the snow, it certainly was cause for concern, however, we made over the pass and descended into lower elevations where it was only raining with views of the snow on the mountains and trees at the higher elevations.

 After Denver, the Colorado landscape became flat and boring with flax colored grass for miles and miles.  Finally crossing into Kansas  we found some diversions.  



 Did you know....that Kansas has the second most oil wells, with Texas obviously being the leader in the field.  They are small wells that pump crude out of the Mississippi limestone formations that run into Kansas.  I thought they were pumping water, but Tony insisted they were oil wells and Google confirmed.   



Also, Kansas has a growing wind power community with the potential to lead the nation in wind powered energy.  Huge wind farms located near Salinas decorated the sky.



Kansas promotes the  8 wonders of Kansas.  There are many 8 wonders as indicated at this website ;http://www.kanwsassampler.org/8wonders/geographyresults.php.   We passed.by several of the wonders on the highway, St. Fidelis Church in Victoria, the Eisenhower Library and Museum in Abilene and a bonus, the OZ museum, surrender Dorothy. 

After a long day of driving we ended up in Topeka, Kansas.  We will get up tomorrow and do it all again.  Hopefully we will miss the storms we have been following alld day that are heading for Maryland.