At 5:10 a.m. this past Saturday morning I pulled out of my driveway headed to Springfield, Missouri to attend the MSPS Conference. After driving 5 miles, I could see vehicle headlights probably three miles to the east of where I was. At 15 miles, I actually met another vehicle. At 27 miles, I passed a car. (No one ever passed me on the entire trip.) At 42 miles, I passed a gasoline station which was not open as it was not yet 6:00 a.m. At 47 miles, I stopped at the first open station and filled the tank and grabbed a little food to call breakfast. At that point, I had met a total of 6 vehicles and passed two. At 52, miles I entered Missouri. At 96 miles, I turned onto historic Route 66. At 101 miles, I passed only the second open gasoline station since leaving my driveway. At 120 miles, I entered the only stretch of 4-lane road on the 140 mile trip.
You know you have entered the heart of the Bible Belt when the same traffic sign announces the turn off to both The Central Bible College and The Baptist Bible College.
Here in Kentucky, we have an urban and a rural
classification for surveys.
It sounds like we might need to investigate if the rural classification is properly defined. 🙂
I WISH Florida was like that. Unfortunately it is a madhouse.
Kansas is similar. Once you get out of the Ne, and away from the larger cities it's quiet. NW and SW Kansas are very rural. Miles of farms. Your more likely to see farm machinery on the road than other cars in some seasons.
I hear you about Kansas.
The first times I crossed the state it was to get to Colorado or points west on I-70 from home in Ohio ASAP.
In later years I took US 36 going and coming. Didn't seem to lose any time but got to see a lot more of a beautiful state and meet some nice people.
