Today was a quick dash from Denver to Topeka, Kansas; a distance of 535 miles.\u00a0 Nothing remarkable to report although I had not realized that the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library was on my route (in Abilene, Kansas) or I might have planned a stop. I also drove over the first 8 miles of Interstate Highway to have been paved, which was in 1956. This should be the last day of all-driving on the way back home.<\/p>\n
The video packs an uneventful 6 hour and 57 minutes of driving into 6 minutes and 57 seconds of high speed action and, together with the map, is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today was a quick dash from Denver to Topeka, Kansas; a distance of 535 miles.\u00a0 Nothing remarkable to report although I had not realized that the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library was on my route (in Abilene, Kansas) or I might have planned a stop. I also drove over the first 8 miles of Interstate … Continue reading Day 49 – Dashing across the plains<\/span>