2006 Autumn Trip

We took a week off and visited Dorinda's uncle Wendall in Rose Hill KS and Melissa's family in League City TX. Saturday morning we took a flight to Wichita. Wendall treated us to a delicious and filling steak dinner that evening. Sunday we stopped at Lowes to buy a new refrigerator for his garage which turns out was not needed as the outlet was just bad, that was discovered when they delivered it on Monday. For those not in the know, you can't plug a refrigerator or freezer into a GFCI outlet! Anyways after stopping at Lowe's on Sunday we watched the Eagles (lose) at Oscars sportsbar in Old Town Wichita. They have a huge TV on one wall (split into 4 games simultaneous while we were there) and many others scattered around with any game you want.



On Monday we drove about an hour to the Tallgrass Prairie Natural Preserve, a really off the beaten path destination. We checked out the prairie house and then took a bus tour with 2 other people and learned about the biological diversity of the prairie.





We then drove into Cottonwood Falls and had delicious cheeseburgers at the Grand Hotel, the only 4 star restaurant in KS. They had to call the chef back in as he had gone home, and it turns out we just missed seeing Bill Murray the actor who had just been in with his brother for dessert a few minutes earlier. They have beautiful rooms for between $150-$180 night and they were booked the night we were there.



Every summer they have the Symphony in the Flint Hills. Suzan Barnes the owner of the Grand Hotel told us about it while we were there. Sounds like a great experience!

Monday night we went back to Old Town in Wichita and saw the movie 'The Departed' at the Warren Theatre. You push a button in your seat and a waiter serves food and beer right at your seat! If there were theatre's like that around us we would probably see more movies. We were too full to eat but enjoyed a few beers while we watched a great movie.

Here is Dorinda and Uncle Wendall at his house.



We left on Tuesday around noon for Houston. That's another post.