And Finally -- KANSAS!

We followed Highway 83 south from North Platte, Nebraska on down past Oberlin, Kansas to Selden where we turned to follow Highway 23 through the farmland to Interstate 70.  23 was a good two-lane road with narrow shoulders.  We saw lots of fields of corn, milo, and soybeans, some still very green.  The further we got into Kansas, the worse the corn looked except for the irrigated fields.

It was a short run east on I-70 for another thirty-one miles to the KOA RV Park in WaKeeney. It was 96 degrees when we arrived about 4 PM!  Needless to say, we hooked up electricity and water very quickly and went inside for naps with the AC on! This KOA has ice cream and rootbeer floats every evening at 6:30.  It was still in the mid-nineties when we walked over to the clubhouse for some cool treats.

Kansas is indeed the "Sunflower State."  Small sunflower plants like this one are in bloom all along the highways:

Land that isn't currently farmed is mostly grass and small juniper trees (I wonder if this is the Kansas version of CRP acreage?).

Although the last two parks we have spent the night at are grassed, they don't water it.  Since it has not rained recently, the grass is pretty brown and dry.

It was partially overcast this afternoon (as you can see in the above pictures), so we had a beautiful sunset this evening --

We have one more jaunt tomorrow.  We will go to Halstead where we will spend the next week at an RV park there.  We will have Wednesday as a "down day" before my meetings start on Thursday in Newton.