Kansas looks much the same traveling west to east as it does east to west. I imagine it also looks similar traveling north to south or vice versa as well, except for the sun angle. Appropriate for a state who's school board has taken it on itself to eliminate the teaching of evolution in the public schools. One dimensional is about what you would expect.

For some reason driving through Kansas seems to require an accompaniment of instrumental music. It can be classical, jazz, pop, movie scores; anything that does NOT include a vocal seems to fit. Perhaps the abstractness of the natural landscape complements the abstractness of an instrumental score. There may be a Ph.D. thesis topic in psychology or Neurology in this question. If so, I freely offer it to anyone willing to do the research.

Another thing I've noticed about Kansas is that they have some odd signs along I-70. Every once in a while you will see a sign, not large, with a message along the lines of "A Kansas farmer feeds himself, 108 others and YOU." Interestingly, the exact number varies from sign to sign, but is always over 100. At first I thought, "gee that's impressive". Then I wondered just how they go about counting "farmers". Is the spouse of a farmer included in the number of farmers? Is the merchant that sells the all important seed, fuel and fertilizers a "farmer"? How about the representative of the university's agricultural school that offers advice on crop selection and soil analysis, are they included as "farmers"? What about the trucker or railroad worker who caries the crop to market before it rots in 10,000 small towns across the state, are they "farmers"? As I said Kansas is a one, or at most two, dimensional state.

I've spent all day in the car pointed east trying to cover as much ground as possible, perhaps this has colored my view of Kansas.

After the sprawling geometry of Kansas' 400+ miles the modest 250 miles of Missouri is refreshing for it's brevity and more varied scenery. Evidently, Missouri has made a specialty of selling fireworks along the interstates. Most are within sight of the road and seem to be modest establishments that spend more on road signs than the actual place of business.