Less than 2 hours left of driving!

We have stopped at a Pizza Hut in Emporia, Kansas for lunch so I am quickly updating the blog. For those who love trivia, I would like to inform you that the first Pizza Hut restaurant ever was in Wichita, Kansas. We have less than 2 hours of driving left until we reach Wichita, Kansas. Today has been another nice one weather-wise but a little too hot. It has been 86 F (30 C) since we started driving. Even when I open the window for a breeze, I get hit with air that feels like it is coming out of a hair dryer. Air conditioning is the only relief.

I found the landscape of Missouri very interesting since Indiana and Illinois seemed so flat and then Missouri was nothing but trees and hills. Kansas is known for being flat too so it seems that Missouri should be as well. Here are some pictures of the Missouri landscape:

We crossed the Missouri River again (but did not snap a picture this time) and we did not see a single state trooper in Missouri and none so far in Kansas! We have encountered road work in every single state we have driven though, however. I snapped this picture in Missouri. 

As we left the state of Missouri we passed the Kansas City Royals' stadium but we did not get a picture. We crossed into Kansas at 12:45pm.

I will update the Kansas state part of our trip in my next blog entry, which will involve more cow-coloured horse sightings and proof we are still in the Bible belt :-)