I really do not know where to start, but we covered 678 miles today in 12 hours.
One thing I found interesting throughout Indiana and Illinois was the spattering of pumpjacks along the road. Illinois produced at its peak 147.6 million barrels of oil, which was in 1940. Throughout 1940-1950s Illinois was one of the leading oil states, but today active wells only pump up one to two gallons a day. Learn more here.
Passing over the Mississippi River and into Missouri was smooth. I was in St. Louis eleven years ago with my family on a spring break trip and it appears from the road that nothing has changed…I suspect that is wrong though. The arch still stands with majestic beauty opening the west to all.
I-70 passes over the Missouri River on the outskirts of St. Louis. About this time I fell asleep. You would think, a long car ride would make reading my Holistic Management book easier, but it has proven to be difficult because I want to look out the window. The car did rock me to sleep eventually.
We passed Independence, MO as we entered the suburbs of Kansas City. Independence is where Truman was born, and as you pass through Kansas City we enter Eisenhower territory.
As we entered Kansas, we thought that we would be hitting the flat prairie, but instead we drove through the Flint Hills, which are actually hills. It was very neat rolling landscape that is truly beautiful and I would love to go through it on a spring or early summer day. The Flint Hills are some of the last tall grass prairie left intact in the country. Because of the rocky soil being tough to plow, it was a perfect environment for grazing cattle.
Eventually the landscape flattened out and the speed limit was 75 mph. We observed another beautiful sunset, which helped me appreciate the landscape in front of me.
Tomorrow is another long day, but I’ll be in my new valley.
Fun sighting of the day: large Hereford bull statue in Missouri that was located at a nostalgia park. (sadly no photo).
On with the Oscars!
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