Sunday April 10, 2022 Note: The walking is the tiny bit of yellow at the eastern end of the route – only visible when zoomed in. Not much to report today. I made the 252 mile (406 km) drive from Wichita, KS to Springfield, MO and, on arrival, walked the Springfield Conservation Nature Center’s “Long … Continue reading Pleasant Day of Driving and Walking
Saturday April 9, 2022 Note: The yellow lines on the map represent walking, green is driving. When I saw what Wichita had to offer I decided to stay in town for an extra day and explore a little. I was very impressed. I had to choose carefully because Wichita has several attractions that interested me … Continue reading A Wonderful Day in Wichita
Friday April 8, 2022 I said goodbye to Route 50 today during my 168 mile (270 km) drive to Wichita, Kansas but not before I had learned a lot about Dodge City by visiting their Boot Hill Museum. Dodge City is well known for its western heritage, which includes such figures as Wyatt Earp, … Continue reading Dodge City History
Thursday April 7, 2022 Today was mostly a driving day following Route 50 274 miles (441 km) east to Dodge City, Kansas. After the spectacular scenery of the Rockies driving was relatively dull, straight roads with a few undulations, but it needed my full attention because of dangerous cross-winds. An atypical road scene from … Continue reading Preserving History
Today was Veteran’s Day in the US, which recognizes the contributions of all US Armed Forces veterans on the anniversary of Armistice Day in 1918, when World War One hostilities ended. So it was particularly appropriate that this was the day that I happened to be in Kansas City, Missouri where the National World War … Continue reading Day 50 – Learning Some History on Armistice Day
Today was a quick dash from Denver to Topeka, Kansas; a distance of 535 miles. Nothing remarkable to report although I had not realized that the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library was on my route (in Abilene, Kansas) or I might have planned a stop. I also drove over the first 8 miles of Interstate … Continue reading Day 49 – Dashing across the plains