I traveled cross-country along Rte 40 five years ago in the summer, and last month I drove the same pedal-sticking elderly Toyota through Rte 80 from Sac to Kansas.
Wow. That was a gorgeous trip.
Kansas=corn...corn...corn...corn...corn...corn...corn...corn...milo!...corn...corn...corn...corn... But the biggest two-handed beefsteak tomatoes in the road-side stands... that and a saltshaker make a meal...
Been through Iowa a bunch of times too... Good folks all over the plains... While I once was a flatlander (Chicago, Illinois, Olathe/KC, Kansas), I wouldn't go back for a million bucks now.
Next time, you are on 80, head north from Missoula MT up 93... When you hit Flathead Lake, you're in my back yard... Glacier National Park is worth a peek...