Day 8 started off in Goodland...sunflower land.
Sunflowers by the road.
A sunflower factory where seeds and oil are produced and loaded on trains on tracks in the back.
A field of the real gigantic sunflowers...we were too early to see them in bloom.
Big bud.
Another close-up.
The highlight of the day was our trek to the highest point in Kansas...Mount Sunflower, of course. Here I am in my sunflower T-shirt at the entrance. The sign is made out of railroad spikes.
If you look up to the end of the road you will see the peak! (look hard!!)
Here it is, the highest point in Kansas, 4039' and very close to the Colorado border. We really worked hard making this climb...had to break out some oxygen, ha ha.
Dad at the peak. Hard to believe this is higher than the Monument Rocks.
Close-up.
Mom at the mailbox, reading about high points across the states.
The sunflower made out of spikes.
Wheat along the 25-mile dirt road (each way) to Mt. Sunflower.
Following a patriotic combine.
Some sort of grain "transporter."
Saw lots of varieties of sprinklers.
The silo complexes got bigger and bigger.
We spent the last night in Laramie, Wyoming.
Ah, yes, the Wyoming Cowboys...a statue on campus.
3 souvenirs...A pioneer rag doll, a buffalo, and a fat prairie dog!
Thanks for your patience in finally getting through to the end of our midwest adventure. I hope those of you who were skeptical about nothing to see may have changed your minds. We had a great time seeng a beautiful part of America.
3 comments:
Highest point, eh? Were they counting the tree there? I wonder what they would think of our highest point? :) I like all the cool metal-art sunflowers. :)
Wow, good thing you saved this trip for your empty nester days....can you imagine all the whining you would hear if you had four teenagers to contend with on a cross country trip? This trip doesn't look like my cup of tea but I'm glad you guys had a good time!
i must have stared at that one photo for over a minute trying to locate any sign of a "peak".
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