Scattered Rissa

Map of the southern part of our root.

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So, today was our first day out on VORTEX 2. We started out in Norman, OK at 10 am packing our bags and equipment in to the car and left out of the parking lot at 11 am. We headed North on I 35 up to Wichita,KS where we stopped for food at Wendy’s. We got back on the road and continued north on I 135 to Salina, where we made a pit stop at a mall just off the highway for a group member’s favorite restaurant ever : Taco John’s.

Needless to say, the mall was in need of a lot of help and looked pretty much dead from the outside. After getting his Taco John’s fix and with Mike on cloud 9, we headed out west on I 70. We took a North turn at Hays, KS on 183. By the way, I think KS needs more wind farms. There just aren’t enough windmills.

The navigation system also took us through the downtown of an itty bitty little town and by a really odd refinery.

We then made our way north and into Nebraska. Just before getting to Nebraska, while on a 2-lane highway, we came upon an area that was being resurfaced one lane at a time. As we waited to be let through, we were engulfed by a MASSIVE swarm of bees.

The poor guy directing us had to stand out side in all the bees. We still have no clue where they came from or why they were so insistent on swarming us like that. After getting away from the killer bees (overdramatic, I know), we were led down the short stretch of 1-lane highway by a “guide car”.

The day ended with a gorgeous sunset and we’re now hanging out in a hotel in Nebraska, but you’ll have to check back tomorrow to see exactly where we are.

Night all!

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