Rain started us off, drenching us on the run from the car to Cup of Jo-Nes coffee shop in Dodge City.  The rain stopped, but the headwinds continued unabated for a second day, prompted frequent fuel stops.

The above photo proves that the cattle drive is alive and well yet in Kansas after 150 years.  Nowadays, of course, they get a police escort across Interstate 70.

We only made a short run on the Interstate, past Abilene, getting off near Manhattan and driving country roads up to U.S. 36, which led us across the tip of Nebraska and across the Missouri River into the State of Missouri and back into familiar civilization, with Starbucks coffee and Panera bread near our motel.