Kansas City, MO to Denver, CO

We took the dogs to their grassy spot in the morning then went to our complimentary(!) breakfast.  There was some confusion checking in, the room we were given wasn't made up yet so the concierge gave us a $30 breakfast coupon which covered the delicious buffet.

The travelling circus is on the road again.

There really isn't too much for me to write except that Kansas is considered the Sunflower State, oh, that's nice - we might see fields of sunflowers, how pretty.  Nope, not one, the only one we saw was on a wooden sign, how did KS swing that one?

Today was our longest driving day, we aimed to be in Denver by 8.30pm with only a few stops for lunch and for the dogs.  It was so hot outside, the dogs were actually grateful to get back in the truck and in the AC.

The KS landscape isn't all that dramatic, it's very, very flat.  Most of the pictures we took are taken from the car because there really wasn't any reason to stop and get out and take in the scenery.  It was mostly wind turbines and hay rolls in big fields and oil pumps.  The views were as far as the eye could see with pretty much nothing on the landscape.  The weather was nice for driving, perhaps a little gusty, but no major rain storms or tumbleweeds bouncing across the straight road.

 Once we crossed KS in to CO it's hard to imagine that this seemingly endless, flat, state has some of the  greatest skiing... there is nothing on the landscape for at least 2 hours then the Rockies start to loom in the distance.

I was recommended a restaurant a little outside the city, Root Down, a farm-to-table restaurant, 75% organic.  We thought it was worth a go as the recommendation came from a very good source.  It was delicious, absolutely delicious, definitely one of my top 5 places that I've eaten.  It was simple, no extra flavours, no heavy condiments or extras.  We nearly came to blows over our table that we had been eying up for about 15 minutes - it was free seating outside, the man was finishing his pudding and starting to move, then a couple walked in, as we were starting to make our move,  swooped in and took our table.  Not cool.  In conclusion, we got the table!

We booked a hotel in downtown Denver and had arranged to meet up with a couple of friends for a drink in the evening and then a college friend of Steve's for breakfast, the next morning.  Once the crew were settled, we headed out to a bar for a quick drink to catch up with our friends and then back to the hotel.

The city photos are Asheville, NC and the night scape is the Super Moon over Denver, the rest are just the KS landscape, and Steve eating some ribs!