Yesterday we left St.Louis – after we finally found our car. We were definitely a couple of hicks yesterday. We had parked in a parking garage and when we went back to get the Jeep yesterday morning, we entered by a different door than which we exited. Then realizing our mistake, we had to walk about 2 more city blocks lugging suitcases, backpacks, and various paraphernalia to get to the right door and up a flight of stairs. Once there, our Jeep was just a few feet away. It added about 30-45 minutes to our departure time. It wasn’t funny at the time but by the end of the day, it was.
We had a very pretty drive through Missouri. I was really surprised at how pretty it was. Went to Independence, MI and toured a very nice museum there called the National Frontier Museum. Independence was significant during the westward expansion as pioneers had to register there before going further west. Very interesting. We stayed at and Bed and Breakfast there last night.
Today was a long day across Kansas. Partly because we got a late start, then road construction, then stopped at a couple of times to explore. One place was the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. This is an 11,000 acre preserve maintained by the National Park System. The pictures don’t do it justice but it was beautiful rolling grassland. There were several trails through the grassland but we didn’t do any of them, mainly because of time and thunderstorms in the area. Then in Hutchinson, KS we stopped at the Cosmosphere Space Museum. I could never remember the name of it and kept calling it the Cosmetology Museum but I knew that we would never stop there! Anyway, that was a cool interesting place as well. We drove all the way to Dodge City today and didn’t get here until 7:00pm. Needless to say, we’re tired. On to Colorado tomorrow.
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