We were mildly surprised to find out that the eastern half of Colorado is much like Kansas: flat and quite boring. Where were all the mountains we had been promised? Apparently we had already passed all of them on the way to Denver. We quickly realized we were in for a long, long day.
Not only was the day long, it was very hot. The thermometer in the car topped 100 degrees. While we turned on the air conditioning occasionally to cool down the car, we mostly kept it off and the windows up to save on gas. We'll just say that it was a very sweaty journey.
Luckily it was broken up with an interesting stop in Kansas. We had seen signs for a prairie dog town with such attractions as a five-legged steer and live rattlesnakes. We decided it was worth a try.
The stop was weird, to say the least. While it was definitely a prairie dog town, with prairie dogs running everywhere, it also had piglets, goats, lambs, coyotes, foxes, and even an albino peacock. We did see the five-legged cow but didn't stop to stare for very long, as we both wanted to look away immediately. It was definitely an experience, and how we will both remember Kansas.
When we arrived at Louisa's uncle's house (catching a pattern here?) outside of Kansas City, we ate some of Louisa's aunt's delicious guacamole while looking at family photos, mostly of Jay and Carole's adorable grandson. After some Starbucks ice cream, we went to bed.
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