First of all, Happy Birthday to our favorite granddaughter in Texas, Kelly Ann Shade! Happy 25th Birthday Sweetie! We wish you the best day ever! We are proud of you!

First thing this morning we took a walk through Marysville to get some exercise . It really is a very nice little town. There are brick streets in the main part of town, and it is a clean and neat downtown overall. There are many Victorian style homes and the ones that we saw seemed to be in good repair. The park we stayed in last night was excellent. There are "rails to trails" walking areas, a very nice municipal swimming pool, several historic exhibits and very nice green lawns. Last night was a good stay. Carol O., we really enjoyed visiting the town that you spent a lot of time in while growing up in this area.

Pulling out at 9:30, the temperature was already 80 degrees with a somewhat higher humidity. We headed south on US 77, stopping in Junction City, Kansas for fuel. We paid $3.27/gal and got over 10 mpg on that tank. From there, we hopped on I-70 W toward Abilene, Kansas to tour the Eisenhower Library and Museum. As we drove, I saw a sign that said we were also following the Chisholm Trail. I think five different trails converge in this area: Santa Fe, Oregon, Chisholm, Pony Express and California I believe .

We arrived at the Eisenhower Complex at 12:35...the temp was up to 90 at this point. Paying our admission we took the next two hours touring the area. First we went into the Place of Meditation which is the final resting place of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower, and their first-born son, Doud. It is an amazingly peaceful feeling spot.

Then we went to the Presidential Library and spent some time looking at a very moving exhibit of art work that was done by prisoners in Auschwitz Concentration Camp during WWII. Some of the pieces had been smuggled out in different ways, but many were hidden in various places in the camp in the hopes that someday someone would find them. They told a chilling story.

From the Presidential Library, we walked across the common to the Presidential Museum, passing the 11-foot bronze statue of General Eisenhower that stands in the center of the campus . We spent quite a bit of time at the museum looking at the temporary gallery called "World War II, Remembered: Leaders, Battles, & Heroes." I took a few pictures and we could see that if you were a WWII buff, you could spend days here. It was very detailed and had lots of information to absorb if you had the time. We were just there for a short period of time so it was a fairly quick look through. On our way back to the RV we walked by Eisenhower's boyhood home. Our ticket included a visit to that, but we had seen it before and so we contented ourselves with a look from the outside.

As we pulled out of the parking lot at 2:36, the temperature now clocked in at 95 degrees! From Abilene, we headed to El Dorado, Kansas which is our base for the night. We are in Deer Grove RV Park. The site is level, electricity is good, and I think I have a good WIFI signal. Having said that, this is the least appealing visually of all the parks we have been in on this trip so far. It is almost full (we got the next to last site) of workers who are here for various jobs. It is fine, but a working camp RV park just doesn't have the same feel as a park that is mainly for those of us who are passing through. John is out (again!!) washing Muf's face...and oh, yes...the temperature when we pulled in here was (Ta Da!!) 98 degrees! Yikes!

We drove 195 miles today.