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The long-a** ride
... us. Needless to say, we were extremely happy and it renewed our faith in humankind. The kids were very tired of our long journey to Salina, Kansas today - six-and-a-half hours in the RV, and we only stopped once, at Dairy Queen, and to fill up the gas ...
Craziness, Awful, Asinine
... Red Columbus. I spoke to the campers last night around 9:30. They are at the Butch Cassidy campground in Salina, Utah. Red said the campground is "X-Rated." Red's words to describe Utah were"awful, craziness and asinine." Spirits ...
Fields of grain
... any indication of what is out there in the rest of Kansas, the name is aptly applied. About 50 miles before we got to Salina, we saw a windmill farm, thousands of windmills that went on for 25 miles. When I first saw windmills in California, I thought ...
Butch Cassidy, Flat Tires and New Friends
We put a lot of miles on yesterday as we continued our westward journey. Utah was suprisingly beautiful. We did not anticipate the splendor of the mountains and vast array of colors. It was pretty desolate so we drove further than planned. We ended up ...
On the road
In the morning after eating cereal and packing the trailer up, we were just about to leave when dad noticed that the rear left tire on the van was loosing air pressure. So we went to an auto tire shop and got a new wheel .Fortunately, we were able ...
Toto We're Still In Kansas
... Kansas. We left Denver after the passport fiasco and Sarah's preschool class recital and I am now sitting in the lobby of the Salina, KS Country Inns & Suites (Ninth Ave Steve T.) I am suppose to be writing a paper - my last assignment of the ...
Salina Utah, wheretheheckarewe?
... On our final night in Salina, Lee's stomach was feeling much better so we decided to check out the highly-recommended Mom's Cafe. Now, Salina is a very small town with not much in it, so it was either Mom's or more fast food (which neither of us were ...
Day 2 - drive to Salina KS
... campground in the area. Not having internet available at the time, I wasnt able to look up any information about the area. I took off towards Salina and decided I would wing it to see what I could come up with when I got there. I get to Salina and I am ...
Salina, Kansas
We spent a night in Salina, Kansas catching up Darren's old high school friends Rusty, P-man, and Scotty. In the future, P-man will be slipped ...
The Middle of No Where - Part II
... which were drawn by an ancient civilization that suddenly disappeared in 1640 AD - it was just wonderful! We arrived at the Luxury Inn, Salina and enjoyed a very relaxing swim in the indoor, heated pool and hot tub - a traveller's life is tough! ...
This is the day i'll remember most from the ...
... version of Boot Hill but, unlike Ogallala's tasteful city park, this one has become a tourist trap. I continued northeast along Route 56 and I made it to I-70 and by midnight I was in Salina, Kansas. Drive time stats... Daily KM: 1210 Hours: 15 ...
Salina, Kansas- visiting Darren's friend Russ
We visited Rusty in Salina. Rusty and Darren have lost touch lately but it was good to see him and make up a little for lost time. Darren found Buster the bear...if that bear could only talk...in English. For the record, Rusty offered ...
Brown V Board of Education NHS/Wizard of Oz Museum
Brown V. Board of Education NHS: On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously declared that segregated educational facilities are "inherently unequal" and, as such, violate the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. This decision by the Supreme Court ...
Fort Larned & Santa Fe Trail Museum
Fort Larned NHS: Fort Larned was established on the vast prairie in Western Kansas midway along the Santa Fe trail in 1859 to protect mail coaches, freighters and other Trail traffic from Plains Indians. With nine beautifully restored buildings, Fort ...
Mushroom Rock State Park
Although Mushroom Rock State Park is the smallest state park in Kansas, it's the most interesting. The Park has Dakota sandstone concretions. There are many concretions in this Park, but some of it still remains and has been supporting three of the rocks ...
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
The Tallgrass Prairie once covered 140 million acres of North America. The Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve was established in 1996 to preserve, protect, and interpret the less than four percent of remaining tallgrass prairie ecosystem. The 10,894 ...
Eisenhower Home/Library/Museum/Meditation Place
Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected the 34th President of the U.S. He served two terms – 1952 to 1961. He was elected President primarily because of his military accomplishments. President Roosevelt designated Eisenhower as Supreme Allied Commander. ...
Arrived Salina KOA Campground
Arrived in Salina with snow flurries and temps in the low 30's. It was a 4 hour drive from Kansas ...
Feb 26 - Salina, Kansas
... stretch and to have a snack. The only excitement occurred less than 5 minutes after I took the wheel, about 1.5 hours outside of Salina, Kansas. Speed - 75 mph. There appeared to be a queen sized mattress on the road in our lane. I was ...
"Goalkeeper was there."
The day after the US game, we said goodbye to the Owens brothers and checked out a tip from a old guy given to Andy at the MGM. Sitting in the sports book, Andy was told that the best sports book in Vegas, filled with huge screen, comfortable ...
Day Two
... really long driving days we will have this trip. Today we traveled 553 miles from Greenup, IL (which is just east of St. Louis) to Salina, KA (which is smack in the middle of Kansas. It was a very long haul for most of the way, I think I spent at ...
Midway, USA
Not the mid-point of our trip but a town thats exactly between New York City and San Francisco Today was another infamous lazy day, where we catched up on American TV and only left the motel for some junk food Big day tomorrow though, ...
Night Two
Got in late and found a stop over for a rest...in the morning going to keep moving towards Denver and into the Rockies. Breezed through St. Louis, Kansas City, and Topeka for day two. We saw a bunch of flat country and got into some of the straightest ...
Red Rock Travel Through time
Amazing drive. Like a walk through time. Red cliff canyon walls. One of best stretches of highway I have encountered. ...
End of Day 5
... and it's climate. And right now it's dry and desolate but magnificent and awe inspiring! I've ended today's travel in Salina, UT, having driven about 275 miles, visited a national park and a geological dig site, seen some incredibly magnificent ...
What did they say happened in NY?
Did I hear it right ? Was I just dreaming ? What was that ? All planes have been grounded ? What about all the students who were already out flying ? OMG ...
Hundreds of miles driving daily
... herds that once populated the great plains and provided the Indians with their livlihood. Stopped for the night Just NW of Salina, KS. On clear nights I would sleep beside my car in my sleeping bag. Couldn't justify motel bills. Had covered about ...
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