Adventure Time

Today is a holiday and I wanted an adventure.

So I created a day full of fun and learning.

Thankfully my friend and her kids were up for this as well and we took off on our adventure!

This air-conditioned bus took us on an amazing 1.5 hour guided tour through part of the tallgrass preserve.

We were so excited to see the tiny dark spots through the window. Were they buffalo???

Our bus driver/tour guide/park ranger stopped and let us out to see a buffalo, up close!

At our second stop, Mr. Park Ranger was saying so many things that I wanted to remember, so I pulled out my phone and started the notes. As I was finishing, my friend says--"are you taking notes?" Of course. ;-)

As we stood at this point (the highest in the 11,000 acres), feeling the wind (thank goodness since it was nearly 95 degrees), Mr. Ranger reminded me about the name Kansas. It comes from the native people, the Kansa. The People of the Southwind. 

See off in the distance, a faint line where the sky meets the land? He said that it is about 15 miles away! So cool.

He talked non-stop. I loved it!  So much information. He really knows the prairie and used that knowledge to remind us that we need to take care of the earth.

And when the bus tour was over, we toured the historic limestone house.

When this house was built, Mr. Jones spent $25,000 on it. These are the steps from the front door looking up.

To the left is a sitting room.

To the right, another sitting room.

I would love to take my students here for a field trip!!!

When you are in Kansas, I would be happy to meet you at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, take a bus tour, hike around, fish, tour the house and barn and share the views with you.

It was a fantastic day and we cannot wait to have another adventure together.