Kansas Crimson

TDub wrote: ↑Tue Dec 31, 2024 12:45 pm

Overlander wrote: ↑Tue Dec 31, 2024 11:35 am I am torn between which is the most scenic state.

Kind of a toss up between Oregon and Utah for me. Slight edge to Oregon because…..water

Montana has to be in the running.

The problem with Wyoming and Montana, for me, is that half those states are BORING!

Overlander wrote: ↑Tue Dec 31, 2024 2:10 pm

TDub wrote: ↑Tue Dec 31, 2024 12:45 pm

Overlander wrote: ↑Tue Dec 31, 2024 11:35 am I am torn between which is the most scenic state.

Kind of a toss up between Oregon and Utah for me. Slight edge to Oregon because…..water

Montana has to be in the running.

The problem with Wyoming and Montana, for me, is that half those states are BORING!

yea...but the good parts are phenomenal, breathtaking and awe inspiring

Overlander wrote: ↑Tue Dec 31, 2024 2:10 pm

TDub wrote: ↑Tue Dec 31, 2024 12:45 pm

Overlander wrote: ↑Tue Dec 31, 2024 11:35 am I am torn between which is the most scenic state.

Kind of a toss up between Oregon and Utah for me. Slight edge to Oregon because…..water

Montana has to be in the running.

The problem with Wyoming and Montana, for me, is that half those states are BORING!

I thought I-70 was boring until I drove I-80 thru southern Wyoming once on the way back to KC from SLC.

Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2025 7:07 am

Overlander wrote: ↑Tue Dec 31, 2024 2:10 pm

TDub wrote: ↑Tue Dec 31, 2024 12:45 pm

Montana has to be in the running.

The problem with Wyoming and Montana, for me, is that half those states are BORING!

I thought I-70 was boring until I drove I-80 thru southern Wyoming once on the way back to KC from SLC.

I've driven I-80 many times.

Honestly, yes it's boring...but I enjoy the landscape. The high plains or, high steppe is maybe more accurate, can be beautiful in their own way.


I got stuck in Cheyenne for 6 hours during an early season blizzard a few years ago. When the road opened back upI counted 41 semis tipped over between Cheyenne and Laramie

southern Wyoming >>> western Kansas

but, from SLC to Lawrence/KC, I-70>>>>>>>>>I-80

Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2025 7:07 am

Overlander wrote: ↑Tue Dec 31, 2024 2:10 pm

TDub wrote: ↑Tue Dec 31, 2024 12:45 pm

Montana has to be in the running.

The problem with Wyoming and Montana, for me, is that half those states are BORING!

I thought I-70 was boring until I drove I-80 thru southern Wyoming once on the way back to KC from SLC.

At least you had that 80 mph wind at your BACK!

The winter here in KC has been quite mild.

Taking a turn in the actual direction of winter on Sunday...on which day the whole School o/ Fish will be boarding a cruise ship directed toward points south and east.

Sometimes, these things work out. Cannot stand taking (and spending money) a "winter" trip only to see pictures of my KC friends doing "fall" and "spring" type outdoor things.

Overlander wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2025 11:52 am

Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2025 7:07 am

Overlander wrote: ↑Tue Dec 31, 2024 2:10 pm

The problem with Wyoming and Montana, for me, is that half those states are BORING!

I thought I-70 was boring until I drove I-80 thru southern Wyoming once on the way back to KC from SLC.

At least you had that 80 mph wind at your BACK!

^^^

I started to add but then didn’t to my original post that driving 95 mph at times in the wee hours of the night didn’t suck in the 21 hour drive straight through to KC from SLC.

Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2025 12:55 pm

Overlander wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2025 11:52 am

Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2025 7:07 am

I thought I-70 was boring until I drove I-80 thru southern Wyoming once on the way back to KC from SLC.

At least you had that 80 mph wind at your BACK!

^^^

I started to add but then didn’t to my original post that driving 95 mph at times in the wee hours of the night didn’t suck in the 21 hour drive straight through to KC from SLC.

Just sent you a text.
Cruise control set to 100 mph through west Texas, New Mexico and most of Utah / Idaho.

Overlander wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2025 5:15 pm

Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2025 12:55 pm

Overlander wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2025 11:52 am

At least you had that 80 mph wind at your BACK!

^^^

I started to add but then didn’t to my original post that driving 95 mph at times in the wee hours of the night didn’t suck in the 21 hour drive straight through to KC from SLC.

Just sent you a text.
Cruise control set to 100 mph through west Texas, New Mexico and most of Utah / Idaho.

Proof that I’m poser.

Hehe.
It helps to jump in the Caravan of massive SUVs from Texas heading out for ski trips.

Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2025 12:55 pm

Overlander wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2025 11:52 am

Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2025 7:07 am

I thought I-70 was boring until I drove I-80 thru southern Wyoming once on the way back to KC from SLC.

At least you had that 80 mph wind at your BACK!

^^^

I started to add but then didn’t to my original post that driving 95 mph at times in the wee hours of the night didn’t suck in the 21 hour drive straight through to KC from SLC.

wait...how did it take you 21 hours to drive straight through to KC from SLC?

Especially if you were driving 95 at times?!

Overlander wrote: ↑Tue Dec 31, 2024 11:35 am I am torn between which is the most scenic state.

Kind of a toss up between Oregon and Utah for me. Slight edge to Oregon because…..water

I've thought about this at length.

Objectively, and thought I'm sorta reluctant to say so, I think the answer has to be California.

There's just such a volume and variety of scenery: deserts, mountains, volcanoes, rain forests, beaches, dunes, grasslands...no other state can compete.

I have Cali #3

i'll pick arizona. just because nobody else has.

arizona is a magical land.

BiggDick wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 1:40 pm

Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2025 12:55 pm

Overlander wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2025 11:52 am

At least you had that 80 mph wind at your BACK!

^^^

I started to add but then didn’t to my original post that driving 95 mph at times in the wee hours of the night didn’t suck in the 21 hour drive straight through to KC from SLC.

wait...how did it take you 21 hours to drive straight through to KC from SLC?

Especially if you were driving 95 at times?!

IK,R?

The speed limit was 55, and I only drove 95 for short segments in Wyoming and then south into Colorado to get to I-70 in the middle of the night. I lost an hour, and stopped to eat twice. There might have been other factors, but they’re lost to me now since it was close to 45 years ago.

damn, now the drive took you 45 years?!

I kid. but yea, a speed limit of 55 would do it.

jfish26 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2025 12:02 pm The winter here in KC has been quite mild.

Taking a turn in the actual direction of winter on Sunday...on which day the whole School o/ Fish will be boarding a cruise ship directed toward points south and east.

Sometimes, these things work out. Cannot stand taking (and spending money) a "winter" trip only to see pictures of my KC friends doing "fall" and "spring" type outdoor things.

Have a good trip, perfect timing. I've seen some forecasters think KC is going to get 20+ inches of snow and others have been more in line with 6-8 inches. The ice Saturday could be a biggie. Power lines and trees bent over from potential .25-1.00 inches of ice. And then I get to enjoy all the broken branches that fall from the 80+ year old Oak trees throughout my neighborhood in Brookside. Great, got room for another?

in other weather news, forecasts across the midwest this weekend predicting Winter Storm BiggDick:

lol.