The next couple of posts catalogue our trip from the Western Frontier to the East Coast Shoreline (and some interesting time-warps in between). We left Denver with a rough plan about what route we'd take, where we'd visit, and (thanks to some good planning on Kendrah's part) about where we'd finally crash at the end of each day. Some places were boring and some were breathtaking, but overall, it was an adventurous vacation across the country.
THE MIDWEST
From Colorado, we headed due-east and crossed into Kansas. The typical stereotype applies: flat, flat and flatter. After 8 hours and more than 5 Pepsis and 2 swollen ankles, we stopped in Topeka for the night.
Yes, Topeka.
It has a population of around 150 000 people, so we figured we'd be able to find a restaurant and a movie to occupy ourselves for the couple of hours we could still keep our eyes open.
Negative.
We ended up eating some random stuff from a local (read: sketchy) grocery store and spending an hour here:
Good times, good times.OUR FIRST CAMPGROUND
It was quite gorgeous. Lots of green lawns and lush trees, with the muddy lake in the background. However, the tent sites (and we found this at every campsite we visited) struck us as a bit odd. The place where we were supposed to pitch our tent was covered in little pebbles.You are correct in your thinking...rocks.
Which we slept on every night of that trip. Uncomfortable, to say the least.
Like I said, there wasn't much to occupy our time in Topeka, Kansas. Kissing Honest Ab was the most entertaining part of the night.KANSAS CITY
Look Ma, no legs!
The Ole Mississippi River
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