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> (Also, the terrain of eastern/central KS is very different from the west. So if your only experience of KS is Wichita/Kansas City/Topeka, then you don't know
by lostapathy 5y ago
> (Also, the terrain of eastern/central KS is very different from the west. So if your only experience of KS is Wichita/Kansas City/Topeka, then you don't know how truly flat the other half of the state actually is...)
People say that, and every time I make a trip somewhere out west I haven't been previously I brace myself for the boredom. So far I've always been "disappointed" and have yet to find this boring and barren landscape I've been promised.
People don't like to believe it and that's ok, less people to share the landscape with.
- hobs 5y agoHave you driven specifically through KS? I remember a 5 hour stretch going from MN to CA (yeah, I took the long way) where it was like driving in a matte painting, nothing changed.
- lostapathy 5y agoHave lived here for a couple decades. Kansas is certainly not the best drive you'll ever see, but there are many that are worse. The east/west drive across Nebraska is a lot worse - even less geography around the interstates. Kansas at least has some geographic change as you come through the high plains in the west toward the hills in the east. For that matter - going north/south on the western side of Iowa is crazy boring too. Road runs right along the river so there is no perceptible elevation change for an eternity. East/west across Illinois is the same way - completely and totally flat highways for hours and hours.
- JKCalhoun 5y agoThe Sand Hills is a very pretty drive in an east/west drive across Nebraska.
- ecommerceguy 5y agoThe Symphony in the Flint Hills (eastern Ks) is pretty cool if you ever get to attend. https://symphonyintheflinthills.org/ https://symphonyintheflinthills.org/