Benjamin and Tiffany spent a day in November driving across northeastern Kansas. Along the way, they stopped in Marysville to see the historic trails park, which had a replica of the rope ferry used by the pioneers on the historic trails to cross the Big Blue River. They also saw the Pony Express Plaza in town, with its statue, murals, and painted squirrels (Marysville is known as the City of Black Squirrels). After a nice BBQ lunch at Bite Me, they drove east to Atchison where they stopped to visit the birthplace of Amelia Earhart along the Missouri River.

Over the Columbus Day weekend we drove to Topeka where we saw the Kansas State Capitol and toured the Brown vs. Board of Education National Historic Site. We also drove south to Emporia and visited the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve where we briefly stopped at a barn dance before doing some hiking in the prairie. To end the day, we drove to Fort Scott where we explored the buildings and grounds of Fort Scott National Historic Site.

We spent a weekend visiting western Kansas. While there, we visited Nicodemus National Historic Site, toured Fort Larned National Historic Site, and spent a night in Fort Dodge. We also stopped at the Boot Hill Museum and followed part of the original Santa Fe National Historic Trail.

Tiffany traveled to Kansas City for an interview at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

We drove north through Kansas, spending a night in Wichita where we attended the flame show at The Keeper of the Plains monument. The next day we continued north to Abilene and toured the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum and the Eisenhower Boyhood Home before continuing to northwest Kansas towards the Nebraska border.