Saturday, February 12, 2005
Le Loup, KS 1300 miles
Sign of another time 
It is nearly 500 miles (actually 442) across Kansas, with US-50 passing throught the agricultural hertland of America, winding through dozens of small farming towns that dot the generally level landscape. (Locals definitely seem to prefer the word "level" to the equally accurate "flat.") This is the heart of the "Wheat Belt", where most of the country's grain is grown. Route 50 follows almost exactly the in the footsteps of the trappers and traders who braved the Santa Fe Trail. My virtual footsteps following by a 150 years. I can hear one of those trappers saying, "Virtual, Damn, I have heard it all now!"
It is nearly 500 miles (actually 442) across Kansas, with US-50 passing throught the agricultural hertland of America, winding through dozens of small farming towns that dot the generally level landscape. (Locals definitely seem to prefer the word "level" to the equally accurate "flat.") This is the heart of the "Wheat Belt", where most of the country's grain is grown. Route 50 follows almost exactly the in the footsteps of the trappers and traders who braved the Santa Fe Trail. My virtual footsteps following by a 150 years. I can hear one of those trappers saying, "Virtual, Damn, I have heard it all now!"
