Yesterday saw us driving through much of Wyoming, all of Kansas and part of Oklahoma. It was a perfect day to be driving, not a cloud in the sky when we departed Greeley Wyoming at 7am. We traveled on the outskirts of Denver during rush hour - seeing a part of downtown and a tiny portion of the refinery Jason was involved with acquiring a couple of years ago.
Wyoming is very much like Saskatchewan - extremely flat! It was this characteristic that led us to believe that we were traveling through Kansas for at least a couple of hours when in fact we were still in Wyoming. We saw numerous fields of sorgum - a kind of soybean used for ethanol and there were some beautiful crops of sunflowers. Custer's last stand - Little Bighorn - was clearly marked, however we did not have time to stop. That would've been interesting to see.
Once you cross into Kansas there is a noticeable change in the environment - mainly all the billboards advertising the Oz museums and the likes. My father asked if we traveled down the yellow brick road - unfortunately we didn't see it but it had existed it would've had a mammoth sign devoted to it :) We did pass several signs indicating historical landmarks, I think there was a presidential museum of sorts at one point.
I was surprised to see how they've embraced green energy - or at least the desire for it. We saw alot of Prius's and there was a gigantic wind farm that puts the Sunbridge farm (south of Ft Mcleod) to shame. Speaking of energy - we happened to be listening to CNN while the kiddos were zoned out with one of their movies and they were discussing a 'sleepy little town' that has hit liquid gold in Alberta. Ha!!! I've never heard of Ft McMurray referred to as that. I've heard it referred to in many ways, but sleepy and little is not one of them, lol!!
After a very long journey through Kansas we finally crossed the state line into Oklahoma around 6:30pm to be greeted with huge thunder clouds and billboards for oil tycoon's mansions (seriously!! Ponca City...). My sister-in-law had warned us that there were warnings for some good storms with possible hail - thankfully the major storm skirted around us. After trying to check into our reserved hotel only to find out that they really don't accept animals (but they were very sorry about it) we found a room at the Best Western next door that was cheaper, had bigger beds and a cheaper pet deposit. Our cats were just about at their limit yesterday. This has been a very trying trip for them. As I sit here and write this, I'm wondering whether they'll clue in today that they'll need to be locked up in their mini-prisons only once more...
We managed to pop over to my sister-in-law's mother's house last night to meet our nephew - Ian. What a cutie!! And the hair! Angee already had it styled - parted on the left, much like a mini business man :) Ian woke up near the end of our visit but otherwise slept happily while I toted him around.
Today sees us driving straight through to The Woodlands. We have an appointment at 3pm to take possession of our house. Hopefully rush hour luck is on our side this morning as we pass through Dallas.
I hope everyone is doing well. I'll post pictures tomorrow when we get our internet/cable/phone installed.
Tara
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