Drive Across the US Day 3

Is it too soon to say that they days are running together? I'm already having to remind myself of what day it is today just to figure out what tomorrow will be. Today we left Illinois and I'm sure Missouri meant to welcome us...but both Jonny and I missed the sign. It could have something to do with my fasination with the St. Louis Arch which you can see from really far away.

After St. Louis we drove to Kansas City and then picked up i29. That drive went pretty well. Then as we were headed out of Kansas City there was a sign that said something about i29 being closed at Rock Port. So of course I got on my iphone and googled i29 closures. Sure enough i29 was closed in both directions between RockPort and exit 24 (city unknown) due to flooding of the Missouri River. Well we got to see some of the effects of that flooding. It really made me think about how lucky and blessed we are to be safe and sound. You see the pictures on the news but when you see it up close it really hits you.

Needless to say...i29 was closed Northbound starting at Rock Port.

The detour added about 2 1/2 more hours to our journey, but on the up side I got to see some really cool wind farms. What's a wind farm? Well it's a place where they have wind turbines (windmills) to generate electricity. The very first one was right in Rock Port. According to RockPortWind the city/town of Rock Port was the first 100% wind powered community in the US. Little did I know that along the way we'd see tons and tons of these wind turbines.  We also so LOTS and LOTS more corn. Most people seem to be using the pioneer hybrid seeds. (That's right folks...I did some google-ing tonight). :o)

All of that green is CORN!

On this long back road Iowa welcomed us. And we ended our Journey in Carter Lakes right outside of Omaha. Tomorrow we hope to make it to Rapid City, MT.

One final note/question for the day... Who can tell me what these things are and what they do...I mean is it a windmill for power...doesn't seem like it would do much good? I saw about one of these on each farm.