We were making good time until we got to the Eisenhower tunnel (which was 2 miles long). From there to Denver the traffic was terrible! We lost about an hour and a half. We wanted to stop in Denver, but since we were behind we just got a picture from the road.
After Denver, and after we finally got out of the traffic, we made it to Kansas. There's a lot of corn in Kansas! And no mountains.
We stopped in Abilene, Kansas for the night. We didn't get there until after midnight. It was a really long day of driving and not much to see. But I did get a new state in (Kansas). When we woke up we got some gas and after seeing some billboards, realized that Abilene is the hometown of President Eisenhower. So we went to the little visitors center there real quick before heading out.
We finally got to Missouri, which is really pretty. We went through Kansas City and the hometown of David Cook.
On the other end of Missouri is St. Louis. It was raining really hard when we got there, but by the time we got the arch it had stopped. So we got out to see it and see the Mississippi river. We went underground to the little museum they have, then we kept driving.
We crossed into Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. In Indiana we went through Indianapolis and saw the Lucas Oil Stadium where the Colts play.
All through Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio there are soooo many trees, corn and soybeans! Everything is so green. And it seems like with every state line we cross the humidity gets worse. I can't imagine what it'll be like further east.
But the highlight of the trip so far probably has to be the thousands of fireflies we saw in the fields in Ohio. I've never seen them in real life, and they are super cool! :)
Tomorrow is a shorter driving day, so we'll have a day and a half in DC. I'm sure I'll have LOTS of pictures!
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