A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Manhattan, United States by TravelPod blogger Obimomm titled "Leaving Manhattan, Change in Direction" Obimomm’s travel blog entry: "News from Debbie: We left Manhattan this morning and drove through the Flint Hills. These hills are the largest remnants of tallgrass prairie on the continent. If these grasses are uncut or ungrazed, they can grow to 8 feet high. The grass was blowing in the wind that is almost constant. Once we were back on I-70, we saw farms and more farms and FARMS. Of course, we saw the coolest farm ever, a wind farm. Miles of turbines that don't emit anything. I think they should paint them pretty colors and they'll look like pinwheels. We also saw a crop duster. The plane was really low and he flew like he'd been drinking. Once we crossed into Colorado, all I did was look for mountains. As we came over every rise, I just know this is it. We'll see the Rockies. By the time we reached Limon, still no mountains but we did decide to change directions. So it was on to Colorado Springs, home of the Air Force Academy, the Olympic Center and Pikes Peak. This afternoon, we rode the Pikes Peak Cog Train to an elevation of 14100 feet. It was 26 degrees on the top and it had just snowed last Monday. Since we took a bit of a detour, it's time to figure out where to next. News from Sara: We got up extra early today and left Manhattan :) for Denver. We saw lots of cool stuff... and i slept. :) Once we got into ...