Today was the first time either of us had been to Kansas. We started out on clear blue skies with the temperature comfortably in the mid 20’s. Leaving I-35 we took OK-33 east to Perkins then turned north on US-177. In the midst of the green fields on either side we caught glimpses of power plants, refineries and windfarms (one of the largest we’ve seen was near Ponca City)
After a short fuel break in Winfield, the skies turned quickly from light blue to a dark blue due to the heavy clouds that moved in. Thus far in our trip we have not encountered rain – these skies looked to change that – but other than a bit of misting nothing much occurred. Odds are the rain would fall as the clouds moved further east.
At Florence we veered northwest to Council Grove which had some historical significance as part of the Santa Fe trail. A brief stop to snap some pictures (including a local game of bean bag toss) and off we went again towards Burlingame. This stretch of road through Auburn was the nicest stretch all day. It reminded us of Springbank Alberta – a rural bedroom community outside of the ‘metropolitan’ area of Topeka.
