Yellow Brick Road

 

Today, Nancy and I will take the Yellow Brick Road to Liberal, Kansas, to visit Dorothy's House of Wizard of Oz. The house is located at the Seward County Historical Museum. The museum also houses the Coronado Museum. Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Luján, aka Vázquez de Coronado, was the guy who led a large expedition from what is now Mexico to present-day Kansas through parts of the southwestern United States between 1540 and 1542 in search of the Cities of Cíbola, often referred to now as the mythical Seven Cities of Gold.

Dodge City, KS

 

We got an early start this morning, heading from Junction City, Kansas, to Dodge City. Along the way, we drove past several fields of commercially grown Sun Flowers. Kansas is the Sun Flower state. We intersected the Santa Fe Trail in Great Bend, KS. Now we are on some back roads. The truck route bypass through Great Bend started as a gravel road. While in Dodge City for the weekend, we are staying at the Gunsmoke RV Park.

Dodge City, KS

 

Today is day 5 of our 6-month road trip. We had a good visit with my second cousin's widow. I've got more addresses now of other relatives that I lost base with and haven't seen in years. The small town of Marion hasn't changed much since I lived there in the early 70s. Some streets are still paved with brick. A new house has been built where my great-grandmother's house use to be. The house I used to live in is now a parking lot for a church.

 

Today we travel 208 miles to Dodge City where we will stay for the weekend. There have been some changes there since Matt Dillon was a U.S. Marshal.

Smoky Hill RV Park

 

While here in Grandview Plaza, we are staying at Smoky Hill RV Park. 47 years ago, my wife Chin and I lived here when it was called Smoky Hill Mobilehome Park.

Grandview Plaza (Junction City), KS

 

We finally made it to Grandview Plaza (Junction City), KS. It was a long drive mostly on 2-lane back roads of Nebraska and Kansas. Tomorrow, we are going on a road trip 60 miles south to Marion, KS to visit distant relatives. I was hoping to meet up with a second cousin that lived there but found out he had passed away 3 years ago. Then on Friday, we will go on to Dodge City, KS for the weekend. While in Dodge City, we will take a road trip to Liberal, KS to visit Dorothy's House of Wizard of Oz.