So, I will have been here three nights. I can't say Kansas was one of the most beautiful states I have been in as yet. Although, yesterday I went to the Strataca Salt Mines. That was extremely interesting. I did the whole tour which is a very large museum and then 3 tram rides through the mines. This mine, which is still an active mine, is mostly used for rock salt for the roads all over. Tons and tons and tons of it. The way they blast through the walls is unreal. Even to get their equipment down, which is 450 feet below the surface, they take everything apart , dispose of unnecessary parts and re-weld after the parts are brought down the shaft. Absolutely amazing! When they are done with the machinery and any garbage it stays down there forever. "What goes into the mine, stays in the mine" the empty cardboard boxes of dynamite, 1000's of them, are still ther. They used them to block open spaces so moist air couldn't come in. In the garbage piles there were lots of empty Camel and Lucky Strike boxes, Hershey wrappers and double mint gum wrappers. One of the rides was called the dark side, and boy was it dark. The driver had a hard hat with a light and we each had a small flashlight. I thought it was dark in Moncure, no comparison!
I stayed an extra night here so I could go to the space museum, Cosmosphere! It was good but lots of walking and reading through the museum. It went all through the space program here and the Soviet Union. One would have to be there for at least 4 hours to have read and comprehend it all! It the end there was a really cool movie in a dome. You felt almost dizzy as if you were moving, weird!
Leaving in the morning for Grinnell, Kansas. I'll let you know if there is anything interesting there. On my way to Colorado!
Sherry, it looks like you are having the time of your life crossing the great USA!! We are enjoying our visit with Ken and Shelley in Aspen. Where are you going in Colorado? Are you crossing on I-70?
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