1st Inn Gold In Salina

... an 1881 historic ranch house, limestone barn and outbuildings, and one-room schoolhouse. Today's Prairie is home to an astonishing variety of life: over 450 species of plants, 150 kinds of birds, 39 types of reptiles and amphibians, and 31 species of mammals.

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 for many years.

The resulting combination of rocks have a mushroom shape. The unusual shapes caught the imaginations of the Native Americans and pioneers, some of whom have left graffiti in softer sandstone.

... the railroad was completed through Kansas, the fort was abandoned.

Santa Fe Trail Museum:

The Santa Fe Trail originated in Independence, MO through Kansas and ended in New Mexico. The Trail began in 1821 and carried a stream of merchant wagons and pioneers until replaced by the railroad system in 1880. The Santa Fe Trail Museum tells the story of the transportation route once known as the Santa Fe Trail which blended the Indian, Mexican, and American cultures.

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. As such, Eisenhower's duties were to direct and coordinate all military efforts to end tyranny in WWII. He successfully commanded the Allied invasion of northern Europe and brought an end to WWII ...

... the rights of citizens from state laws that threatened those rights. It opened the modern civil rights movement for African Americans and laid the foundation for similar movements by other minority groups.

The Brown V. Board of Education case began in Topeka, Kansas.

Wizard of Oz Museum:

The Wizard of Oz is an ageless tale of heart, home, and adventure. The Oz Museum celebrates not ...

... 8217;s Tacos Mexican restaurant and then the Museum. It was a small store stocked heavily with every imagineable Oz memento from “red shoes”, to snow globes to dolls and Christmas ornaments. I didn’t purchase a ticket to see “The Wizard” behind the curtain and preferring to stare at the window front showing a clothesline with faded Dorothy clothes, socks and a man’s shirt. They ...

We left Golden to a cold and dreary day and headed east. We knew we would not have to go up and down on the mountains but we are losing another hour as we are now in Central time. We have had the hardest time on figuring out when the shows are on especially if we use our satelite as that is on eastern time.

We were surprised how the land started to get rolling hills and green. Of course we saw more corn, hay and sunflowers.

Although we are ...

... lap. Janelle rented mini-golf clubs and balls to sooth the woes of the two bikeless triplets left behind, which kept them occupied for two minutes and then they lost it again once they saw the others on bikes, but could not ride with them. After the bike ride, Harmond and Warner played mini-golf with our new friends from Kansas, who then came over to the RV and visited with us until we left, offering popsicles and "pop". The kids ...

... paper - my last assignment of the semester. However, in the past 36 hours I have had 5 hours of sleep, taken a Final exam, had a high blood pressure moment with my passport and driven half way through one of the most sparsely populated places in the world with my kids screaming in the back seat. Maybe I'll just get in the hot tub...