That morning we woke up around 6:30 after a rather windy night. We had both woken up around two due to some wind that slightly shook the car. But, we woke up on solid ground, with an overall goodnight sleep and were on the road again. Our first destination – Worlds Largest Prairie Dog in Oakley, KS.
After seeing billions of signs advertising this place (which Ali had been to once before with her family when she was little) we pulled off on the exit labeled “Prairie Dog Town.” Overall, way sketch. Overall, the first REALLY exciting thing we saw in Kansas. When we first walked in we paid a fee and went straight to the Rattle Snake pen, where the woman who worked there held the light over all twenty snakes to irritate them – so they all rattled and Rach and I move on to the “petting zoo” outside.
There might have been stuff going on there that wasn’t quite humane, such as a group of small coyotes in a small pig wired cage pacing back and forth. BUT we looked at all the animals and Rachael even fed a goat!!!! The goats were Ali’s favorite because she could pet them and feed them. While the peacocks were Rachael’s favorite because they were pretty and you did not have to touch them. Typical. Then came the moment of truth. The Prairie Dog – wait, there were actually TWO!!!!! Even better than Ali had remembered . . . well, not really. They seemed to have shrunk in size and maybe excitement. However, when you are two good pals in the middle of Kansas, anything is exciting.
So we drove and drove and drove and finally arrived in Olathe around 7 sometime. Ali’s cousin Andrew and wife Halee hollered at us from their yard as we pulled up to Ali’s Aunt’s house. We ran over and said hey and they took us into their home and showed us around. Inside, another cousin Jordan with his wife Liz awaited. We all chatted for a bit and Jordan and Liz told us about how they would soon be moving to Michigan and Andrew and Halee to Macedonia. Big moves and very exciting! We ran back over to Aunt Joyce’s house to unpack and see her and some of her friends. Then the six of us eventually decided on Olive Garden for dinner, where we met up with yet another cousin, Seth, and his wife Heather. We goofed around, ate good food, enjoyed each other’s company and then headed back for a good night’s sleep in a REAL bed :)
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