Good-bye Kansas; Hello Colorado

  Good-bye Kansas; Hello Colorado:

This morning's sunrise in Wakeeney Kansas didn't disappoint


We think of Kansas as flat and indeed it is --- but it's really an inclined plane that gains in altitude from east to west.  Incredibly, the town of Kanorado, just a couple of miles from the Colorado border on I-70, has been designated the "Top City" of Kansas at an elevation of 3,907 feet - dwarfing the elevation of many peaks in New England.  

Still, the drive was more of the same - miles and miles of barely changing landscape.


We took a break in the town of Goodland, KS, boasting the "world's largest easel", a reproduction of Vincent Van Gogh's "Sunflowers".


Tomorrow....Colorado Springs!   

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  1. Chris WJune 10, 2022 at 4:13 AM

    Great pics Chris! Keep them coming. Something about the west, it's vastness, always makes me imagine it as it was before we arrived.

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    1. Christine LesinskiJune 10, 2022 at 5:00 AM

      Hi, Chris! I know what you mean - I keep thinking I'll see a buffalo stampede or something come over the hill (where there are hills, that is!)

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