Road trip!



The past 2 summers we have driven to Colorado via Route 70.  As neither Zupe nor I want to sit in a car for 10 hours a day, I plan the trips with multiple, I-hope-to-be-fun stopping points.  I do consider what Zupe might enjoy, but I am much easier to please.  Therefore, I think many of these stops I enjoyed more than him.  In fact, I really, really liked several.  I'll kiss them with an asterisk, in case you want to be me.  All of these stops will someday get featured in Tripping Tuesdays...at least I hope so.  There is only one stop that made it on both itineraries: Lucas, Kansas.  When I grow up, I want to live there.

2025

Batman Museum - Logansport, Indiana

Gemini Giant Wilmington, Illinois

(Paul) Bunyan Giant (with hot dog) and more (giants)!  Atlanta, Illinois (note - home of the American Giants Museum - but it was closed when we arrived.) *

Start of Lewis and Clark's expedition - Frontier Park -  St. Charles, Missouri

Jim the Wonder Dog Museum - Marshall, Missouri

Prehistoric Putt - Independence, Missouri

Flint Hills Discovery Center - Manhattan, Kansas

Grassroots Art Center - Lucas, Kansas (our only repeat from last year)*

Monument Rocks   Oakley, Kansas*

Georgetown Rail - Georgetown, Colorado

and home...

Dinosaur Ridge -  Morrison, Colorado

Kit Carson County Carousel - Burlington, Colorado

Boot Hill Museum  - Dodge City, Kansas

Just plain cool shops in West Bottoms of  Kansas City, Kansas*

Cahokia Mounds - Collinsville, Illinois

Indianapolis Children's Museum - go ahead and guess


2024

Small town of Big things - Casey, Illinois

Moon Marble - Bonner Springs, Missouri

Lessman Farm and Truckhenge - Topeka, Kansas

Oz Museum - Wamego, Kansas*

Little Jerusalem - Oakley, Kansas*

The Big Easel with Van Gogh painting - Goodland Kansas

and home...

Isak Heartstone (Troll) - Trollistigen Trail - Brecken Ridge, Colorado

Sternberg Museum of Natural History - Hays, Kansas

Largest Ball of Twine - Cawker City, Kansas

Eyegore's Curiositis and Monster Museum - Cawker City, Kansas*

Garden of Eden - Lucas, Kansas

World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things - Lucas, Kansas

Grassroots Art Center - Lucas, Kansas*

Bowl Plaza - Lucas, Kansas*

This isn't to say that almost all of these were absolute winners.  Nor does it imply (AT ALL) that these were Zupe's favorites.  (That would be the Batman Museum....but word of caution - there is a gift shop.)


In thinking ahead to a future trip- where would we be sure to stop again?

I'd like to see The Museum of American Giants.  We only peeked through the window and enjoyed the outside giants.

Lucas, Kansas (obviously)

Oakely, Kansas

West Bottoms of Kansas City, Mo- Saturday morning street fair - we only caught the end.

and while I would LOVE to go bacl to Eyegore's - it is a bit far off the path.




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