Thursday, July 25, 2013

The Great American Desert

Left St. Louis and crossed what used to be called The Great American Desert (more commonly called the  Great Plains today). Below is a photo from the Kansas plains


We stopped in Hays KS to see the Sternberg Museum of Natural History.  There were some very good animatronic displays of Early Tertiary mammals and birds.  Here's a photo of one of the mammoths.

The trip across Kansas was long as usual and ran into another thunderstorm in eastern Colorado, just like last year, but the storm cleared as we reached Genoa and we were able to see Pikes Peak in the distance.


Reached Colorado Springs at sunset.  Will explore around Colorado Springs tomorrow before heading to Gunnison on Friday.



1 comment:

Mary Lynne said...

Gorgeous sunset Bill; I hope that you and Amy are having a wonderful trip and that you are stopping to smell the roses from time to time and not just logging miles ala Dad.