After waking early and eating a quick breakfast, we drove north from Dallas and worked our way to Kansas. Along the way we made stops in Oklahoma City and Arcadia on Route 66.In Oklahoma City we visited the memorial to commemorate those that died in the Murrah Building bombing on April 19, 1995. Ted and I walked the length of the memorial, visited both gates, vie
wed the chairs that represented those killed - large chairs for adults, smaller ones for children. Then we quickly visited the survivor tree, a tree in the middle of the area that somehow survived the blast. After reading the plaques and making our rounds, Ted wondered why we went to so many places where people died (The Murrah Building and Dealey Plaza).In Arcadia, we visited a special gas station/restaurant that sells a huge variety of bottled soda. Other than paying homage to Route 66, not much historical here, but it was fun to get several bottles of gourmet soda for friends. Very cool architecture as well.
Then, pushing on to Hutchinson, we arrived at the Cosmosphere (an aerospace museum associated with the Smithsonian). My folks dropped Ted and I off so my mom could go to a nearby quilting exposition and Amish community in Yoder. Ted and I scrambled through the
exhibits and saw many interesting artifacts including reconstructions of V1 and V2 rockets, replicas of the first Soviet and American satellites and rockets, reproductions of launch pads, the white room, and mission control. I was interested to see the actual control module Odyssey from the Apollo 13 mission and the capsule from Liberty Bell 7. An SR-71 spy plane was hanging from the ceiling at the entrance of the museum as well. Ted's interest in rockets was piqued a bit, although he probably liked the film showing the several initial failures of the U.S. civilian rockets a bit too much.
We ended the day in Lindsborg, KS at a small hotel. Very quaint, no WiFi connection so I had to wait to update this blog from home when we returned. Tomorrow we
head for home.
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