Kansas!

 Hey Y'all,

One day my mom came and told us we were going on vacation to none other than Kansas. In case you were wondering Kansas isn't all tumbleweeds and tornadoes, it actually had many hidden gems.

If you know us there is always going to be at least one off the beaten path stop along the way. This trips was the Route 66 Museum. It was a fun drive by with lots of old cars and memorabilia.                                                                       

 One thing about our family is we have a hard time finding hotel rooms for six people, for this particular road trip my grandma rode along with us so that makes seven. Lucky for us my mom is superb at finding houses we can stay in and Kansas surprisingly had great ones! My favorite house we stayed in of course was called the Gingerbread house! The good thing was there was no evil witch waiting to eat us! Now if you have ever seen the movie "Encanto" this is your dream house. The room me and my sister slept in had a swinging bed fit for Isabella herself! 

We went to way too many places to give a big description of all of them, but here are some of my favorites:

Fort Larned National Historic Site: I loved this Fort! You got to walk a pathway around it and see all the barracks the soldiers would have stayed in! The best part was it snowed while we were here!

Combat Air Museum: You will never see more planes than you will see here! I didn't even realize there were so many different types! A fun part about this place was we got to fly a plane simulator and see how its actually done!

Brown vs. Board of Education: The displays here were a very good picture of what life was like back then. My favorite part of this one was getting to go on a makeshift bus and here the story of Rosa Parks!

Oz Museum: I grew up watching and reading "The Wizard of Oz" so this was my favorite museum! It really brought the story to life with memorabilia, props and a theatre where you could watch the movie! After the museum we followed a real life yellow brick road that led to an emerald city playground! There may not have been lions and tigers and bears, but I did get to feel like Dorothy for the day!

After all our time in Kansas we had to have a pit stop on the way home so we decided on Pawhuska, Oklahoma! My mom loved the Pioneer Woman and wanted to visit her mercantile, it was a blast! While there we ate at her pizza place, breakfast at her restaurant and ice cream at Charlies Sweet shop. We finally  ended our amazing trip with visiting the house she films her show in!

I hope you now visit Kansas for yourself! Let me know if you find anything else I need to go back for!

Always Remember: "Sometimes you have to live on the wild side, have faith and trust that everything is going to be okay."

                                      -Carly