The first state we pass (after California of course) was Nevada. Other than the surrounding ares near RENO, Nevada is dry and very ugly.
After Nevada, came Utah. We like this state a lot.

The Great Salk Lake just before we reached Salk Lake City Utah and decided it was time to go to sleep after driving ONLY 673 miles.

Next came Wyoming. This state was green and rocky. Once we saw buffalo but weren't able to take pictures because we drove by too fast.
From sunny California, to dry Nevada, Rocky Utah to weather changing Wyoming. That's right that's those were the clouds as we drove by.

Then came the state we decided was the most beautiful of all the states we were passing by: NEBRASKA. Green and rivers all over the place. We really like the scene. We also passed by Iowa but that was just a very short distance (say 10 miles?.)

We passed by Kansas City at night and we got lost. Good thing it was already 12:50 am. Hardly any traffic. But once we found our way, we ended up in Independence, Missouri. By now, we had driven another 1,083 miles to our trip. This second day was very successful and also very enjoyable.

Thursday morning we were ready to keep on going. From Independence to St. Louis, Missouri where we had lunch. and then straight to Illinois, then Indiana and finally Louisville, Kentucky.

After lunch we drove through Illinois, which had corn fields galore.

Indiana was yet another very green state, just like Nebraska, pretty sights and lots of water lakes. We crossed Indiana into Kentucky and by the time we got home, we had driven another 506 miles. In total, 2,500+miles and three days with two sleepover nights.
Yeap! This is Kentucky.