Still on the Road Home

Still on the road as we head eastward.

Terry and I left American Canyon, CA very early Monday morning at the same time that Lucille and Doug headed for the Oakland airport to fly to Kansas City and then drive down to their lake house on the Lake of the Ozarks. Today we drove within 65 miles of there. They beat us by two days. But we saw some fantastic sights (or perhaps "sites") along the way.

Monday we drove east on I-80 until we reached Sacramento and then took US-50 east to South Lake Tahoe (A pretty ride!) and through Nevada (A stretch of highway laid out with cooked and uncooked pieces of #8 spaghetti. Parts were as straight as a ruler but the connections through the mountains looked like a toddler's scribble.) into Utah to Salina where US-50 meets I-70.

Tuesday we left Salina, Utah on I-70. This, like US-50 the day before, was a new stretch of roadway for us. WOW! What scenery! The rock formations, canyons and color put one in mind of the national parks to the south: Bryce, Zion, the Grand Canyon and Arches. And you can see it for FREE! (I'll share some photos when I get a chance.) Eastern portions of Utah and very western portions of Colorado were not nearly as scenic. It was, however, increasingly moister as we approached the Rockies and ski country--which was developed to within an inch of its scenic beauty--maybe beyond. Through Denver, I-70 took us out on to the drier planes and we made it all the way to Burlington,CO on the eastern edge of the state before we came to a halt.

Wednesday we left Colorado and drove all the way across Kansas and much of Missouri. Winter wheat was being harvested in eastern CO and western KS and corn grew progressively taller as we drove east until we saw some with tassels on it in mid Missouri. We also say some huge wind farms harvesting the wind energy in Kansas. Hundreds of windmills stood idle in the 20+ mph wind, however. They're either not yet connected to the grid or something is seriously wrong.

Tomorrow, Thursday, we'll head through St. Louis and on into and across Illinois and Indiana and the southern most tip of Ohio to get to Wheeling, West Virginia.

If all goes according to plan, we'll be back home on Friday.