Day 4
Father's Day!
Yes, that's right...after being up late the night/morning before (DH & DS fell into bed at almost 2 a.m.) and trying to decide if we were going to pack it in for the rest of the trip, head home and get the windows fixed, or ride out the rest of our vacation, we decided to finish our stay in Independence (Sunday night was our last night booked there) and we would think about it during the day.
Sooooo - DH & DS left the hotel early to go find a car wash with a vacuum to clean up all the glass inside the van and repatch the back windows. They did a great job!!!
After a quick breakfast, we drove into Kansas, with a few stops on our agenda.
We arrived at BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION NHS in Topeka. We walked through the museum, learned some about the case and it's affect on civil rights at that time.
We drove on to Abilene, had some lunch
Then headed onward to EISENHOWER LIBRARY AND MUSEUM - there is an incredible military museum, his boyhood home and President & Mrs. Eisenhower's final resting place.
On the way back toward Kansas City, DH asked if DD & I would be interested in going to the OZ MUSEUM in Wamego (he had seen billboards on the way to Abilene). We said sure and are glad we stopped. It is off the interstate quite a ways, but it's a fun museum and store.
They had a display of the Oz "spinoffs" and DS found this college age spinoff and the picture almost killed him - he made a fool of himself he was laughing so hard. Now, I agree - it is pretty funny!
I give you "frat boy scarecrow"!
When we got back to Kansas City, we tried Oklahoma Joe's (closed on Sundays) so ended up at Bandana's for dinner. We were all physically and emotionally drained by that point, the food wasn't good and the service terrible.
I spent almost an hour on the phone with the insurance company when we got back to the hotel, attempting to set up a 'fix it' appointment for the windows. When I finally hung up, I had a phone number for a glass repair place in Arkansas (where we were headed next)...
And as those of you who visit here semi-regularly know, my children can't take a nice picture without a crazy one. This is their self-portrait - I didn't know they'd taken it until we got home and was going through our pictures...
Thanks, kids!
Stay tuned - there's more adventures and window saga to come.
Great photos, Jen. I didn't realize there was an Oz musuem.
ReplyDeleteLoving all the photos!! I would go see that OZ museum in a heartbeat!!!
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