Treo blogging from Lawrence, Kansas.
Five days after leaving the Chicago area and driving all over the Sunflower State, here I am at the Old Chicago Restaurant on the campus of the University of Kansas.
There is some Chicago sports memoribilia, amidst the KU and Kansas City Chiefs stuff, on display here. As is sadly the case in Chicago, more attention is paid to the Cubs than to their South Side baseball counterparts, the White Sox.
Today I picked up where I left off yesterday--continuing my drive on the Kansas Wildlife and Wetlands Scenic Byway. From there I motored to to the town of McPherson, generally considered one of the most beautiful small towns in America. It's reputation is well deserved. Then on to Mushroom Rock--no, I didn't make that up
Abilene, Kansas was my next stop. It's the hometown of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. As I drove south on Buckeye Street to the Eisenhower Center, the street is lined with US Flags, I discovered that Abilene's downtown is greatly underrated.
The Eisenhower Center has the feel of a college campus, there is a lot of open space. The center consists of the Eisenhower boyhood home, the museum, the presidential library, a visitors center, and a medition center--that's where Eisenhower, his wife Mamie, and their eldest son. Doud, are buried.
The museum covers all aspects of Ike's momentous life, but not surprisingly, the military portion of Eisenhower's life dominates.
However, in addition to describing Ike's presidential years, his life in retirement isn't forgotten. By pressing a button, I was able to listen to a 1966 telephone coversation about the Vietnam War between Eisenhower and President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Tomorrow I'll take a look at historic downtown Lawrence, then head home.
It's been a great trip to wondrous Kansas.
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