KU drops to No. 18 in coaches’ poll; MU leaps to 10th

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by frazod

I remember driving across Kansas about 20 years ago. I was helping my cousin move to LA, and driving the rental truck while she and her roommate drove their cars. The ****ing truck had a governor on it that limited the speed to 65 mph. It was brutal, and endless. The odd clump of trees surrounding a distant farmhouse, flat endless horizon in either direction, heading towards a distant rise. When you nearly reach the top of the rise, you pray for something, anything different, but all you you'd get is another rise that looks just like it. Over and over. Ugh.

Ohhhhh....the most brutal ****ing drive in existence; Lawrence to Denver/Boulder.
That's a drive that screams "massive narcotics please".

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Darth CarlSatan

Ohhhhh....the most brutal ****ing drive in existence; Lawrence to Denver/Boulder.
That's a drive that screams "massive narcotics please".

The worst part is, you keep creeping closer and closer to Colorado, thinking about the forests and the mountains, but when you finally get there, you find that eastern Colorado is actually WORSE than Kansas. It's another three hours until you even see a ****ing mountain.

Of course, once you get PAST that pit of despair otherwise known as Denver, the drive becomes breathtaking, all the way to Los Angeles. I guess the desert would get old eventually, but since I'd never seen it before even that was awesome.

[KCinNY]

Originally Posted by frazod

The worst part is, you keep creeping closer and closer to Colorado, thinking about the forests and the mountains, but when you finally get there, you find that eastern Colorado is actually WORSE than Kansas. It's another three hours until you even see a ****ing mountain.

Of course, once you get PAST that pit of despair otherwise known as Denver, the drive becomes breathtaking, all the way to Los Angeles. I guess the desert would get old eventually, but since I'd never seen it before even that was awesome.

As barren and desolate as western Kansas/eastern Colorado is, central Nebraska is unbelieveably even flatter and more featureless.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by frazod

The worst part is, you keep creeping closer and closer to Colorado, thinking about the forests and the mountains, but when you finally get there, you find that eastern Colorado is actually WORSE than Kansas. It's another three hours until you even see a ****ing mountain. SO TRUE!

Of course, once you get PAST that pit of despair otherwise known as Denver, the drive becomes breathtaking, all the way to Los Angeles. I guess the desert would get old eventually, but since I'd never seen it before even that was awesome.

I LOVE the desert! New Mexico is an AWESOME drive.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by Darth CarlSatan

Ohhhhh....the most brutal ****ing drive in existence; Lawrence to Denver/Boulder.
That's a drive that screams "massive narcotics please".

Yeah, driving westward through Kansas is most definitely not fun, but driving anywhere for a long time is just as bad. The only difference between driving through Missouri and Kansas is that there are definitely less white trash gas stations and adult stores in Kansas. I'm sorry, but trees and half-ass hills don't make the drive any more pleasant for me.

The only pleasant long drives I've ever had were through the Smokey Mountains and through Northern California.