Garden of the Gods, Colorado

Unfortunately, Garden of the Gods, did not have much parking for large trailers so we could not stay for long, but we did stop for a short time to check it out a little bit.

Garden of the Gods is  free attraction in Colorado Springs, and well worth the stop for the scenery.  There is a nature and visitor centre where you can watch videos and see exhibits on the area's geology, ecology and cultural history.  You can also hike around the park  take the guided tour bus (small fee applies to tour bus).   Kids love it because they can walk around and climb on all the rocks.

Hello Colorado

From Kansas we drove into Colorado.  Initially, the landscape was very flat and wide open like Kansas, but it was nice to see big fluffy white clouds again.  Nebraska, and Kansas were full of bright sunshine and gorgeous blue skies. 

It was not long before the mountains started to appear in the distance.

We were driving into Boulder as the sun was setting over the mountain.  What an amazing site!

Kansas

From Omaha we continued west and then headed south into Kansas.

A few of the farms along the way.

Kansas has plenty of wide open spaces for the cattle to roam. 

If the land is not being used to raise cattle, then it is being used as farmland.

Who can think of Kansas without thinking of the Wizard of Oz and tornados.  This particular place we drove past is always windy, so they have turned it into a huge wind farm. There were wind turbines as far as the eye could see.

Omaha`s Henry Doorly Zoo

Since this was such a long trip we tried to incorporate some fun, site seeing days into our schedule to break up all that driving.  After a little researching I planned for to stop at the zoo in Omaha.  It was right along our route and rated among the best zoo`s in the country.  The Henry Doorly Zoo did not disappoint either, with the Hubbard Gorilla Valley, Expedition Madagascar, Kingdoms of the Night, Desert Dome, Scott Aquarium and Lied Jungle there is plenty to see and do.  In fact it is hard, if not impossible to see and do it all in one day!