First Leg Behind Us

Denver to Hays, KS=Done

After two 60 degree days, it began snowing in Denver today just as we were leaving...But we got out in front heading east of the storm and never saw another flake the rest of the day.  Following a quick stop at a local Bed, Bath & Beyond to get some pillows for the ride since Catherine wouldn't let me 'borrow' the hotel's pillows we hit the road for the heartland.  After 350 miles of looking at the exact same scenery (pastures & cows) we arrived in Hays, KS...this might be a small town, but it does have two exits off the highway and is actually the largest settlement we saw the whole way from Denver.  Salina, KS is supposed to be a bigger metropolis, not to mention the Wizard of Oz Museum it touts with signs on the highway, but it was another 200 miles away. There really was so little civilization along the way that we pushed on through lunch and just snacked on whatever we had in the cooler...As a result, I've never been so thrilled to see an Applebee's sign five miles outside of Hays.

Not much else to report...The car did fine on it's first road test and satelite radio came in huge for listening to NCAA conference finals and bracket announcements (Catherine was extremely really stoked about that aspect). 

Here are a few pics from today, hopefully we'll have more excitement to report after arriving to Kansas City tomorrow.

My view for 5+ hours today, it really never changed for the most part and don't expect to change much tomorrow either. (Sorry, boring picture, but I was bored and had to take a picture to entertain myself for all of 10 secs.)

Catherine's reclined setup, but inclined just enough to help keep one eye on the road and the other on my speedometer. 

Sign on the overpass as we entered Kansas, we also crossed into the central time zone but weren't quick enough to snap a shot the sign signifying it.  (To be honest, I would have been quick enough -even while driving- but my blackberry privedles had been revoked by this point.)