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I think it's really neat, having the Eisenhower presidential library in that city. Except, it's not in that city, it's in Abilene. But I persistently think that it's in Wichita, because their airport is named after Eisenhower, so I conflate the two in my mind. Also, I remember when I was a kid, I saw a picture of a tornado hitting Wichita, and it stuck in my brain for some reason. Though, now that I think about it, it might have been a tornado in Wichita Falls, TX. So, apparently, my opinion of Wichita is based on other places. Maybe I ought to go there sometime and see it for myself, so I can form a real opinion about it.
Oh, what the heck. Abilene, KS.
I've been there, and I've visited the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Boyhood Home there twice — my grandparents had friends who lived in the town.
It's also the end of the Chisholm Trail, the route Texas cattle ranchers followed to bring their herds to the railhead in the 1870s. From Abilene, the cows would head to slaughter in Kansas City or Chicago by rail.
It's a pleasant enough town in the part of Kansas that really is flat and featureless. But aside from the Eisenhower Library and the Chisholm Trail legacy, it doesn't have that much to recommend it over similar smaller Kansas cities like Salina to Abilene's west or Hutchinson to its south.
Now to take you to the next sizable city to Abilene's east, in what most consider the most scenic region of the Sunflower State:
Junction City, Kan. I'll also throw in next-door Manhattan, home to Kansas State University.
Located near Mt. Rushmore, which I've always wanted to visit. Clovis NM.
An isolated military town, west of the Texas/New Mexico border. It's probably okay, but there's nothing that'd compel me to want to necessarily visit there.
Back to Kansas, and a small/midsize city with a well known space museum(Cosmosphere): Hutchinson, KS
An isolated military town, west of the Texas/New Mexico border. It's probably okay, but there's nothing that'd compel me to want to necessarily visit there.
Back to Kansas, and a small/midsize city with a well known space museum(Cosmosphere): Hutchinson, KS
Not too far from Wichita, and it's not at all dangerous. Seems alright.
The college town, where at one of its bars(Willie's Saloon, and yes still open to this day), Garth Brooks was a regular music performer there back in the 1980s. And where Oklahoma State University is located.
I liked it. It's surrounded by breathtaking and rugged mountain views, and has a bit more of a blue collar feel compared to some other Vermont towns. My wife and I made a brief pit stop at the Hannaford's there to get some last minute supplies prior to camping at Coolidge State Park.
I liked it. It's surrounded by breathtaking and rugged mountain views, and has a bit more of a blue collar feel compared to some other Vermont towns. My wife and I made a brief pit stop at the Hannaford's there to get some last minute supplies prior to camping at Coolidge State Park.
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
I think there's a military base of some sort, there? I do like how it is close to Destin, and all this Panhandle beach town offers though.
Slightly crossing the state line, for the next one: Dothan, AL
The college town, where at one of its bars(Willie's Saloon, and yes still open to this day), Garth Brooks was a regular music performer there back in the 1980s. And where Oklahoma State University is located.
Right, you are about Willies as pictured, snapped on 11/24/21. Since Garth Brooks left, it has changed looks by getting new siding, but still a dive bar, in my opinion.
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