Friday night, Tom and I talked about our travels on Saturday: here we were in Abilene, KS, the birthplace of Dwight Eisenhower, and we didn't have time to visit his presidential library. We were close to deciding to visit the library for an hour and leave town by 10 a.m., then decided it would only be of interest to the adults, and we'd be better off leaving by 8 a.m. to arrive at Annina's home at an earlier hour.Our mid-morning "get the wiggles out/feed Dominik" stop coincided with Fort Hays. (I got confused and had this on the previous day, but have now corrected it!) We posed with the bison across the street, then walked around some of the old buildings still standing from the fort.
We saw a lot of funny signs that will be featured in a future blog post of the trip, and we also saw this huge harvester being transported...Konrad was very excited about it.
We were happy to arrive by 4 p.m. at Annina's home so we could settle down, Annina could catch up with her family, and the kids could burn off some more energy. And our arrival didn't come any too soon: Dominik was in full melt down (he wanted to eat), and Konrad and Natalie weren't far behind. But as soon as we got out of the van, all was better. Lukas and Katrina had a great time running in the sprinklers and playing with the pool toys we brought: fill with water and squirt! Natalie and Konrad had a fun time making mud pies...then Lukas and Katrina got into the action and Lukas ended up the dirtiest one of all.
And Carl and Esther honored us by including us in their celebration of the Swiss National Day. They had delicious bratwurst, corn on the cob, grilled tomatoes and bread and beer. What a fun celebration!
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