Today was a moderate speed-run from Kansas City, MO down to Oklahoma City, OK.
The day started with a run at 7:30AM with snow coming down, the wind gusting so hard I was getting blown around, and without windchill…It was 28 degrees. A little bit of a rough start to the morning because of the cold, but I managed to pack in 3 miles before I started losing feeling in various extremities…Made it out to a WWI memorial (cold), took a selfie, and made it home as fast as I possibly could.
On my departure from the city I was struck with how beaten down and desolate the city looked. Even after living in Baltimore for nearly 10 years, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a city that looked so broken and abandoned. It was a little sad, but there do appear to be efforts to revive Kansas city. They just haven’t gotten around to the “knocking everything down” phase that Baltimore is now engaging in. There also appear to be a number of the “Seattle” style apartment buildings going up in other parts of down, but the picture below don’t do justice to the endless blocks of abandoned homes/structures. Very eye opening; not sure you could have found a better example of a rust-belt town crumbling to bits as a result of changing economic times. Very sad.
I also stopped at the Truman Presidential Library before leaving Kansas City. He was an interesting man and an effective leader who was thrust into inconceivable circumstances by history. His Presidency was defined by the decisions of his predecessor (FDR) and the beginning of the Cold War. 
I made it to Oklahoma City around 7:30 PM, stayed in a “Best Western Plus”
The night ended a small taphouse downtown in the “Bricktown” neighborhood. Enjoyable dinner, some good local beers. Boy-oh-boy was I tired, slept well that night.
Well over a week behind now….Oops…Onto the next one!