Day 36: We're not in Kansas any more--thank God

Day 36 was the longest driving day of our trip, and only our second 3 state day (Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri).

If you are ever in Boulder and don't know what to do for breakfast, may we suggest The Egg & I.

We knew we had a long day, and wanted to be quick about breakfast.  We didn't realize this was a sit-down restaurant until we got there, and we were a little concerned.

The food arrived pretty quickly though.  Seeing it, we remained skeptical.

Croissant is not really a croissant.

Turns out it was REALLY good.  Sorry to be doubters, Egg & I.

Mile 6348:  We leave Boulder. After passing Denver, it was a lot of this:

Nothing.

Mile 6413: Kate waves at a fellow Wisconsin driver, and to our delight, they wave back.

Mile 6538:  Leave Colorado, enter Kansas.  We are not super excited by this prospect.

Colorado had some of the better state signs.

Kansas

Kansas is pretty much all huge farms.  Unfortunately they are not doing all that well in many cases.

Kansas had some of the saddest corn we have
ever seen.  We feel bad for that farmer.

There was some entertainment, though:

Mile 6607:  Note the sign on the right, advertising
the activities available at the Prairie Dog Town.

The sign says: "Five Legged Steer/See Live Rattlesnakes/Pet the Baby Pigs".  Other attractions at the Prairie Dog Town included the worlds largest prairie dog (8000lbs) and a collection of bison.  We passed.

There was more entertainment available in Colby, Kansas:

Cowboy Preacher concert.

We were tempted to stick around until the 13th to catch the Cowboy Preacher live, but again had to pass.

Mile 6790:  A large bug hits the windshield.  We proceed to watch for and talk about bugs as they hit the window.  Kansas is that boring.

Mile 6955:  Mercifully, we hit Missouri

OK people, sometimes it is hard to take a picture out
of a moving car

Kansas City skyline

The only thing we really know about Kansas City is that it is rumored to have good ribs.  We decide to test this out for ourselves.  We walked to the restaurant from our hotel and were thoroughly impressed with what we saw of Kansas City's Country Club district.  I didn't see any country club, but there were a bunch of restaurants and stores, and several musicians/bands playing on the street.  Very lively.

This place was close to our hotel.  #2 BBQ in KC
according to Yelp

Our BBQ.  Wooo doggies! (That's Southern for "I really liked that")

Some thoughts on our 'cue:

1) Damn, that was some good stuff!
2) The yellow stuff was called cheesy corn.  It was like an utterly incredible mac and cheese made with corn.
3) The little chunks on the right are called "Burnt Ends".  They are a Kansas City specialty, bite sized chunks of bbq.  We have literally traveled around the country trying bbq, and one of those burnt ends was the best single bite of bbq I have ever had.
4) The big takeaway was that every single thing on the plate was super good.  They didn't slack on anything.

After an amazing dinner (and we shared that plate and both of us came away full), we went to bed.

Tomorrow we'll see what Missouri holds...