A new day is worthy of a new route

This morning we awoke early in anticipation of a new journey. The question was, "what next?". After tea and fruit, we decided to head east into Kansas and travel south to Oklahoma city. This should give us a change of scenery and help to avoid the disaapointment that one typically feels when driving home. It is a rare opportunity when you find yourself far enough away from home that you are able to travel in a completely different direction and still end up back where you started.

We haven't even been on the road for an hour yet, and I already miss the Rockies. Traveling east across Colorado gives you the sense that a great expanse of flat lays ahead of you. If you strain your eyes and stare to the distance an occasional hill can still be seen, but they are no consolation for the great mountains still visible in the rear view mirrors. We have now entered the heartland; rural america where farming and massive expanses of flat land are the norm. It's hard to comprehend how large the skies are here.