I left Salina early, and planned to go pretty far today. The wind was blowing from the south, at at least 30 mph, and gusting to 50! I see why they made The Wizard Of Oz here. It was wicked! I am travelling at 70, with the wind hitting me directly from the left at 30mph, then 45, then 30, then 50, then 20, then 40 - my lord! Just an incredible battle with the buffeting for about 3 hours! I found myself, without thinking, hollering some beautiful expletives, when it just got to be too much darn fun . Stopped at a rest stop, and busted out laughing, because I was parked, and the wind was blowing me around as if I was still doing 40mph.
Took two pictures today.
One was at the rest stop, where the wind wouldn't rest. It is a picture of time marching on, of change. There is an very old stone building, and about a half mile behind it is a huge, new wind turbine, about 150 feet blade diameter. I saw many arrays of these turbines in central Kansas. (in the foreground is the Pewter Heart I got from Sam and Alex)The second picture is of the Rockies, as you first see them heading west, about 30 miles from Denver. Every time I cross country, I always love this sight! It means the plains are over, and now the terrain is all 3D and interesting, and the roads actually have some curves in them now. Note that in this picture, the mountains are still 40 miles away!I am sorry, but those Kentucky Blue Ridge things, and those ripples in Pennsylvania, they are not mountains, they are hills. These are mountains.
Got all the way into Denver, despite the wind! 433 miles today.
Took two pictures today.
One was at the rest stop, where the wind wouldn't rest. It is a picture of time marching on, of change. There is an very old stone building, and about a half mile behind it is a huge, new wind turbine, about 150 feet blade diameter. I saw many arrays of these turbines in central Kansas. (in the foreground is the Pewter Heart I got from Sam and Alex)The second picture is of the Rockies, as you first see them heading west, about 30 miles from Denver. Every time I cross country, I always love this sight! It means the plains are over, and now the terrain is all 3D and interesting, and the roads actually have some curves in them now. Note that in this picture, the mountains are still 40 miles away!I am sorry, but those Kentucky Blue Ridge things, and those ripples in Pennsylvania, they are not mountains, they are hills. These are mountains.
Got all the way into Denver, despite the wind! 433 miles today.
