Miles: 1,120
Route: Chicago, IL - Kansas City, MO - Denver CO
You know it's been a long two days of driving when Google Maps finds it necessary to include a "United States" label on the map!
After a great visit in Chicago, we took off for the longest (and least exciting) segment of our roadtrip so far. We left early Wednesday morning, headed for Kansas City, MO.
The drive from Chicago to Kansas City is by far one of the most boring drives we have ever taken (spoiler alert: the drive from Kansas City to Denver is almost as bad). For hundreds of miles there is nothing but endless, flat land scattered with the occasional pro-life billboard and/or sign advertising free land.
At least the sun finally came out!
We tried to limit our stops along the way and made great time getting to Kansas City - we had just enough time to work out in preparation for dinner at the famous Jack Stacks.
Delicious BBQ - happy we shared! Kansas City BBQ is noted for their special beef ribs (falls off the bone like short ribs) and these were definitely our favorite!
After dinner we walked around the Country Club Plaza, which was really the extent of our sightseeing in Kansas City, unfortunately.
Thursday morning we grabbed breakfast and headed to Denver. We passed a ton of wind mills - and not much else - and really just tried to power through the 600 mile drive.
Once we arrived at our hotel we basically just dropped our things and collapsed. We were hungry enough to order Domino's (they deliver to your hotel room now?!) and plan to head to bed early; we are excited to explore Denver tomorrow!