This is harder than I thought

Day Two - I got an early start and made it to St. Louis just in time for rush hour but not in the sense of DC rush hour, everyone was moving around 70mph but it was packed. I made it through Missouri quickly and said goodbye to it once I reached Kansas City. I saw the Missississippi for the first time, it wasn't as large as I anticipated, but I suppose I was crossing a bridge so not at the largest parts. Then as I reached Kansas, there were all these green rolling beautiful hills, cattle grazing and farms scattered everywhere. The clouds were puffy and white and the sky was blue behind. Then I passed that beauty after an hour and after 2 hours began to understand why people don't enjoy driving through Kansas. The land got extremely flat with little scenery for entertainment and the clouds rolled in and it was overcast throughout the rest of my Kansas drive. At one point when I was cresting a hill the clouds looked especially threatening and I wondered what I would do if I saw a tornado. There was no place to go into a ditch and I figured I'd just do what the other travelers on the road would do. Luckily, the clouds did not produce a tornado or even raindrops. Much of my drive today supported preconceived stereotypes I had of Kansas, tumbleweeds do exist and do roll across the road like a western movie, men wear cowboy boots and hats and there are a lot of white people. My book on audio was the main entertainment as some calls from lovely friends. The highlight of the day was seeing wind turbines in Kansas. They spanned miles and were probably hundreds in number. It was amazing to see them, they just look so strange and are mammoth on the landscape. Then I made it to Denver afterall which was super. Within minutes of crossing into Colorado, there was sunshine the whole time but I could see a thunderstorm off in the distance with lightning. The part of Colorado I drove through was just as flat as Kansas but there was a lot more to look at, ranches, small towns. I ended up logging around 13-14 hours, the time changes have worked to my benefit. When I got out of the car, I had the sensation when you get off a treadmill. Your body was so used to moving that your depth perception and mind has to realize that you are still. That was dizzingly for a moment but I've fully recovered :). It looks like I may have a day off here until my friend is ready to set off for the duration on Friday morning. Miss everyone and starting to have pangs of homesickness - hence my rationale for keep moving moving moving, less time to think.