On the Great Plains

Decided to drive most of the way home on back roads and small highways.

Today we left Denver and crossed a chunk of Colorado on a two-lane highway headed south..... straight down the middle of the state.

Few cars....few trucks...no services.

But the horizon stretched out forever....the late afternoon thunderstorms were massive...you could see the thick gray sheets of rain coming towards the highway from miles away........thunderheads rose thousands of feet into the air and thick bolts of lightening hitting the grasslands on either side of us.

It was beautiful.

And not a Wendy's, McDonalds or Wal-mart in sight.

Tomorrow we head through the Comanche Grasslands early in the morning....can't wait.