Heading South Through Kansas

After a two day stop in Smith Center, Kansas, for a factory tour of the Peterson Industries (Excel) Plant, we stopped in Salina, Kansas for three nights.

We spent a day at Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure Museum and Zoo. The 64,000 square foot museum displays hundreds of animals in very elaborate dioramas.

The zoo features over 100 species of rare and endangered animals. This was a little gem of a place.

Dwight D. Eisenhower's boyhood home is located in Abilene, Kansas. Dwight's parents lived in this house from 1898 until his mother, Ida, died in 1946. The house is located on its original site and contains the original furniture.

The eleven foot bronze statue of General Eisenhower stands in the center of the campus with the Eisenhower Presidental Museum to his right and the Eisenhower Presidential Library to his left.

This Memorial Chapel is one of five buildings located on the grounds. This is the final resting place of Dwight D. and Mamie Eisenhower, and their first-born son, Doud.