First Day, of the Rest of Our Trip

Firstly a couple of corrections from yesterdays post--

- The SUV is actually a Cheve Equinox
- The place we stayed in was Goodland , Kansas.

Right , now I have straightened that out, lets talk a bit about yesterday.

I would say that almost every American we have spoken to during the trip have asked what on earth we would want to go to Kansas for & Oklahoma come to that. It reminded me of either a film or American film where someone said "There's only two things that come from Kansas-- Steers and what was the other one-- I think it must have been Beers", well you've got to be politically correct haven't you . So it appears that Kansas has that kind of boring tag against it.

We however have a different opinion -  for example we passed right by Lebanon , Kansas, which for all those of you that did not know, is the Geographical Centre of these United States-- come on, all you Americans--hands up who didn't know that

Well of course they would if they didn't know about Dodge City and Kevin-- more of him later.

So this is what you see in Kansas--lots and lots of continuous views such as these---

Get the picture.
To say it is flat and farming is the proverbial understatement, but this is the Great or High Plains and this is where you cold see someone coming for many miles away.

However, having not only a Navigator but now also a Co-Pilot is also great--

Ok, so we got to Dodge City, which as pretty easy and if you think of the Midwest, it was a pretty wild place until the Earps and Bat Masterson cleaned up the place and moved on to the likes of Tombstone and Deadwood. This also has the original Boot Hill in so I think the name stuck for other Cemeteries.

BTW below are two different towns that we drove through and this was on am Saturday afternoon ---where are the people-- Aliens maybe taken them--they've all gone in to Kansas -- answers please on a postcard.

Anyway , back to Dodge--so if you are an aficionado of the wild west you have to go to these places and see----

Ok, so for those of you who associate Dodge City with Gunsmoke and the guy below--

---- the James Arness character--Marshall Dillon did not exist.

Then we come back to Kevin. So it is Kevin Browning that I referred to at the beginning who is apparently of Indian decent. See -- www.facebook.com/Warponybrowning -- who does the character bit on the historical site.

Lynda and I both agree that there are a whole bunch of people trying to maintain the American Heritage sites for people like us to visit, and they are now factual accounts of what went on in the past between the Indians and the rest, and yes it is to earn money, and yes it sometimes is cheesy but if it is all just left to disappear then what awaste that would be so thanks to all those who care to preserve these sites.

So that's why we came to Kansas to see Dodge City and to meet Kevin---long may he be a part of this.

Finally, sorry about the big pictures below---I am not sure what I pressed so forget them but if anyone knows how to delete things from a blog as you are writing it , please let me know--and yes I have right clicked but delete is not there.  Thanks and Happy Trails---and well done to Chelsea finishing the preseason in style. KTBFFH