Although boring, Nebraska did boast some nice rest spots. Very clean and a nice view.
Heading south from Nebraska brought us to Kansas. If we didn't see the sign, we would not have noticed the difference. Again lots of corn and some other crop which even Jesse couldn't identify. Kansas mostly consisted of corn fields, interspersed by beef cattle feed lots, with a town thrown in every once in a while. These towns were all the same. A giant grain silo beside the train track, a liquor store, and a bunch of run down houses/trailors.
Having been on a few dealership tours already, I thought that I deserved a tourist attraction. So I looked in the RV and Camping guide book for interesting stuff to see in Kansas. What I found was the Rock Monuments and Chalk Pyramids. The blurb in the book said, "logic defying rock formations", and since I'm not one to pass up a chance to defy logic, we headed that way. Plus it had a campground near by and it was located in the direction we were going, mostly because I was the current navigator who decided upon the direction we were going. To get there we had to drive down the dirtiest of dirt roads. I mean you only knew it was a road because of the signs that you came upon every so often. The road wound through pastures with no fences so we almost hit a few cows and we drove over many cattle grates. I guess this wasn't a very popular attraction. The trip may have been difficult but the the site was worth it. Logic was definitely defied.
That night we camped at Lake Scott State Park. Another small campground with very few trees. We met a nice couple who were the "hosts" of the campground. They told us about the 5 year drought the area is in and Jesse asked about how they can grow corn. The usual campground conversation. It was very windy and looked like it would rain which would be good for the area but bad for us. We were selfish and hoped for no rain. It didn't rain.
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