safe and sound

After a long two days and nearly 1700 miles of driving, the cats and I finally arrived in Denver last night. Along the way we passed the Dairy Queen in Bland, Virginia that marked the end of the Garden Mountain run back in June. I saw the Gateway Arch for the first time as I passed through St. Louis, although the fog prevented me from seeing the top; instead of an arch it just looked like two leaning towers reaching into the heavens. In Kansas, we nearly ran out of gas because the gas stations are spaced 75 miles apart, and I also saw rows of massive windmills that looked like robot soldiers from science-fictionland. Dusk also settled in while I passed through Kansas, and I managed to snap these photos while moving at 75mph...