Driving through Kansas was not completely what I expected. Yes, there were miles and miles of nothing but fields and sky to look at but also rolling hills and trees in the eastern portion. In the middle of the state there were miles of wind turbines and huge Fort Riley with dozens of Blackhawks (one up in the air) lined up and other forts along the route...Fort Hays, Fort Leavenworth to name two.
We took a short detour to visit Wamego, Kansas - home of the Wizard of Oz museum! We even ate lunch at Toto's Taco shop AND visited the Oz winery! Who knew such a place existed!
We arrived in Independence,Missouri and are staying in a small hotel/B&B across the street from Harry Truman's home! (How cool is that?!) We missed the last tour but will get the first one in the morning. The Park Ranger did say the Presidential Library and Museum would be open until 9 so we headed there after dinner. What a treat - dinner in a lovely bistro AND a wonderful museum too!
The Truman museum had so much from 1952....including all the Life Magazines and a TV (just like the one we had when I was a kid - see pix) and the exact fridge we had. (Just had to take a pix!) They also have all Truman's oval office.
Can't figure out why the pix are showing up out of order. I am sure you can decide which were from Oz and which were from the Truman Museum!








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