Monday, May 15th we departed Wichita at 8:15 A.M. bound for Independence, MO with a scheduled stop along the way in Abilene, KS at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library & Museum.  We chose a zigzag route along country roads to Abilene to alleviate the boredom of the interstate highway with the hopes of enjoying more rewarding scenery and gaining more insight to rural life in Kansas.  I believe we chose wisely.

The Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home is the presidential library and museum of Dwight David Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States (1953–1961), located in his hometown of Abilene, Kansas. The museum also includes his boyhood home, where he lived from 1898 until being appointed to West Point in 1911,^[1] and his final resting place. It is one of the thirteen presidential libraries under the auspices of the National Archives and Records Administration.  (From Wikipedia)

We left Abilene and took the quick route via the interstate to arrive at the Residence Inn in downtown Independence, MO at 6:19 P.M. having put another 267 miles behind us.  For the immediate family – note there is a place called Eudora in Kansas.