Kansas

Driving into Kansas....we spent the night at Colby where I toured the Prairie Museum. Very nice, it houses the Kuska Collection, the life-long possessions of Nellie Kuska. Upon her death it was given to the people of Thomas County...seventeen tons of artifacts.... Smithsonian quality.
prairiemuseum.org

Moving right along..... Friday we arrived in Abilene to visit the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library. Sure did remind Jack and I about history that we lived through. We had forgotten that Richard Nixon was only 38 when he was elected Vice-President and about the turmoil the U.S. was in during the Eisenhower administration. I loved the extensive collection of Mamie's hats and gowns.    dwightdeisenhower.com/library-museum




Now we are in Topeka, state capitol of Kansas. From the tourist brochure I found the excellent city park with camping on Shawnee Lake. Really lovely....we'll be here a while.

Jack visited the Combat Air Museum, two full hangers of military aircraft. Very well done, history comes alive. combatairmuseum.org

This was Jack's museum day, he also went to the Harley Davidson museum with 30 Harleys of all kinds, from WWII military bikes to modern day racing Harleys. Nice little museum.

Shawnee Lake, an awsome county park with every outdoor recreation possible. Encompasses 430 acres and includes an incredible formal garden and arboretum. Eight mile bike/walk trail with lots of up, up, up and lots of down, down, down.