Summer Palace Journey

I left Fort Worth about 6:30 this morning, in the rain. By the time I hit Oklahoma, the weather cleared up for awhile. Here's a sunny scenic turnoff where yellow wildflowers were in bloom. Other than the flowers, I couldn't really figure out why it was a scenic turnout, although there were trash cans for my garbage!

Then I hit northern Oklahoma and Kansas, and the rain started again. The Kansas Turnpike in a thunderstorm is a glorious thing. If you're hearing sarcasm, you would be right.

The Kansas Turnpike is a long stretch of toll road where the only food is McDonalds. Yum.

But soon enough, the weather improved again, and I drove, and drove, and drove until I hit Sioux City, IA, where I decided to rest my feet for the night.