A Drive through the Plains.
I had the most wonderful drive last week from Denver to Great Bend, KS and back. I left Denver late on Wednesday, so took I-70 to Russell and then turned south to Great Bend.
I-70 is not my favorite drive. It is an engineering solution through the plains. But the openness and expanded horizon that greeted me even on this leg were very welcome. I could breathe.
My business purpose was to visit a prospect in Great Bend. CPI is a large TPA ("Third Party (Pension) Administrator"), with 3000 retirement plans representing 500,000 plan participants. Since my company provides financial advice to pension plan participants, they were a wonderful choice to visit. I arrived the night before my meeting, slept well, and rose early. I paid my bill and, directed by the proprietor, went to Granny's Grill for breakfast. Granny and "Grampy"(, I assume), were the entire staff: Granny the waitress for the fifteen tables and counter and her partner the cook, visible through the window/counter into the kitchen behind the diner's back wall. I ordered coffee, three eggs and four slices of bacon, which, when they came looked like four eggs! I stopped Granny and asked, but she said the extra large country eggs often had double yolks. Wow.
After breakfast, I drove slowly to my appointment. The best part of the drive through town was turning down Broadway. Here were perfectly maintained large old homes with beautiful big trees, flower boxes, and flowered traditional landscaping. The spiarea bushes were in full bloom, the tulips and early spring flowers were still visible, and the fruit trees were flowering. Several homes were for sale, and I was certain that these houses would sell for over $1,500,000 in Denver.
The meeting was brief and productive, and I soon left Great Bend to begin the 6 and a half hour drive back to Denver. Now the fun began. The day was beautiful and clear skied with widely spaced high clouds. This is big sky country. The expanse of horizon and open plains which spread before me along both sides of Ks 96, was bracing. All the way home, I praised God for this beautiful country. The fields alternated between pasture and winter wheat fields, as green as green could possibly be. The spacious views of seemingly hundreds of miles of uninterrupted plains was breathtaking. Try the ride sometime. There is a Bed and Breakfast on the route. I'll post it here if I can find online.
I had the most wonderful drive last week from Denver to Great Bend, KS and back. I left Denver late on Wednesday, so took I-70 to Russell and then turned south to Great Bend.
I-70 is not my favorite drive. It is an engineering solution through the plains. But the openness and expanded horizon that greeted me even on this leg were very welcome. I could breathe.
My business purpose was to visit a prospect in Great Bend. CPI is a large TPA ("Third Party (Pension) Administrator"), with 3000 retirement plans representing 500,000 plan participants. Since my company provides financial advice to pension plan participants, they were a wonderful choice to visit. I arrived the night before my meeting, slept well, and rose early. I paid my bill and, directed by the proprietor, went to Granny's Grill for breakfast. Granny and "Grampy"(, I assume), were the entire staff: Granny the waitress for the fifteen tables and counter and her partner the cook, visible through the window/counter into the kitchen behind the diner's back wall. I ordered coffee, three eggs and four slices of bacon, which, when they came looked like four eggs! I stopped Granny and asked, but she said the extra large country eggs often had double yolks. Wow.
After breakfast, I drove slowly to my appointment. The best part of the drive through town was turning down Broadway. Here were perfectly maintained large old homes with beautiful big trees, flower boxes, and flowered traditional landscaping. The spiarea bushes were in full bloom, the tulips and early spring flowers were still visible, and the fruit trees were flowering. Several homes were for sale, and I was certain that these houses would sell for over $1,500,000 in Denver.
The meeting was brief and productive, and I soon left Great Bend to begin the 6 and a half hour drive back to Denver. Now the fun began. The day was beautiful and clear skied with widely spaced high clouds. This is big sky country. The expanse of horizon and open plains which spread before me along both sides of Ks 96, was bracing. All the way home, I praised God for this beautiful country. The fields alternated between pasture and winter wheat fields, as green as green could possibly be. The spacious views of seemingly hundreds of miles of uninterrupted plains was breathtaking. Try the ride sometime. There is a Bed and Breakfast on the route. I'll post it here if I can find online.
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