Day 37 June 19 Friday

Made it only as far as Abilene KS. Another one of those days. Went to see the school that was part of the Brown v Board of Education Supreme course case in Topeka first. Another National Park extremely well done. The school reminded me of my elementary school days. Lots of info on Thurgood Marshall who worked for the NAACP and the history of that. Marshall's mentor (I think his name was Houston) was a Harvard grad who became the dean of law at Howard. He made it the West Point of law for integration with many of the grads working on the supreme court cases etc. The case was actually 5 combined cases that were all sent to the Supreme Court about the same time. The others from SC, DE, Washington DC, and VA. See picture of signs at the main hall, auditorium straight ahead with wonderful videos.

We then wanted to see the Tiffany windows at a church downtown. Again duped. Everything said opened from 9-5 every day and after services on Sunday. Doors locked. Right across from the capitol which was under contruction.

We headed to Fort Riley where our friend Pat had basic training. Map was misleading and wasted a lot of time. Finally found only when we saw this tiny little sign for the turn. Got to the gate and told we could not go in unless we went back to the visitor's center that we never saw and get a pass. Just let that one go. It is on the edge of Junction City. Nothing much going for it however there are a lot of Korean shops, churches, and restaurants for a little town. Jack contributes to war brides whose husbands were stationed here after the war. I think they should just say high alert and no one allowed on the bases and be done with. Too much rigamaroll. We are done trying to find them and then get in. From FL to KS there have been issues, and I am sorry we missed the museums there.

Westward ho. Straight road that you can see ahead for miles but more small hills than I expected in Kansas. Beautiful acres and acres of wheat. Sorghum is the other big crop. I will have to ask someone what it looks like in the field growing. Also managed to go past the Oz museum. Stopped in nice camp just east of Abilene with an rv service center. Got the water heater fixed. $300 so our luck with cheap service seems to have run out but a hot, even a warm shower is much better in the morning. Ordered a pizza in the convenience store/registration office. Pretty good. Remains + 90s.