Little House on the Prairie

August 27, 2009

Day 7 - the last day of the trip. Today was allot of driving. We drove through Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri & Arkansas. Our first stop was at the World's Largest Ball of String, in Weston, MO. This is a small town northwest of Kansas City.

Next, we drove southwest of Kansas City to Paola, Kansas and lunch at the BBQ Shack (Drive-ins, Diners & Dives). The BBQ was good, but the side dishes were great. Naomi and I shared a BBQ Sandwich with a side of Corn on the Cob dipped in cheese and Warm Baked Potato Salad.

Our next stop was the final Laura Ingalls site in Independence, Kansas. The Official "Little House on the Prairie site. It was a nice place, with friendly people. The "Prairie" was allot more hilly than I expected and allot more trees. We walked a nature trail with a few bridges made by a local Boy Scout troop and then continued our trip.

Our next stop was another from the Roadside America. We are in Kansas, so a little way from Independence is a "Yellow Brick Road" site in Sedan, Kansas. The brick paths through town were interesting. We also found this to be the birthplace of Emmett Kelly - The World Famous Clown.

Our final stop on vacation was in Baxter Springs at the Cafe on the Route. I think this was my favorite meal of the trip. A small diner that served up some great food in large quantities. I had a Aztec Chicken that was a little spicy, with some great seafood type soup and a twice baked potato. Naomi had Stuffed Lasagna and Donny had a Mac & Cheese dish. Then we decided to end the meal with a little desert. We decided on a Chocolate Brownie Sundae. When it was delivered, I knew we were in trouble. The desert was served on a regular plate and had at least 4 scoops of ice cream ontop of a few pieces of cake and a ton of whipped cream. We could not finish it between the 3 of us.

Before leaving town, we stopped for a few pictures at the Rainbow Bridge on historical Route 66. We finally arrived home around 9pm. A day we started at 6am. The end to a long day and long road trip. It was a good day & trip.

tea pot water tower, hard to get a picture, going 90 down the interstate		Largest ball of string
	close up of string

			warm potato salad. cheesy corn on the cob and bbq sandwich
			piggy
		entry floor
	The official Little House on the Prairie site!!	The book by the same title was written about this town
replica of the cabin they lived in while in Wayside Kansas			very small and 5 people lived here
			Original Wayside post office, that was around during the Ingalls time
	postal counter	back room of post office, is just storage	school, not sure if Laura attend it
			back of post office
		the prairie land the Ingalls lived on
	Letter Laura wrote to a school teacher and donated to the museum
		creek on the property
	walking the Ingalls prairie
prairie flowers	small lake on the prairie

			Yellow Brick Road
The bricks aren't real yellow anymore
			cool buildings on Main Street Sedan Kansas
Movie Theater	Emmett Kelly on the Yellow Brick Road
Emmett Kelly Museum, wasn't open, you have to call if you want to see it	Emmett Kelly outfit	hardware store	outside of the Emmett Kelly museum
	General Store and from what I could see, it had everything in it
Wizard of Oz stuff in a Ice Cream shop

			Route 66 in Baxter Springs. this place is no longer in business

		Aztec Chicken, twice baked potato, Mitch's meal	yummy, Stuffed Lasagna
Donny with his mac and cheese with ham	small place, but nice to eat at

		cute bridge


		Rabbit on the side of the road, somewhere in south east Kansas

Little House on the Prairie - August 2009

August 27, 2009