Second trip, first stop

Between our first trip and our third, which was our 'big' trip, we decided to slip in a quick trip to the Rockies.



We sped across the mid-west as quickly as we could. We have always meant to stop by S. P. Dinsmoor's Garden of Eden http://www.washburn.edu/cas/art/cyoho/archive/KStravel/GardenOfEden/ but never get the timing right - they have hours of operation, and we don't seem to be able to be there when it's open.



We also wanted to stop by the Boyer Museum of Animated Woodcarvings http://www.homestead.com/genada/Boyerindex.html but we had the same problem. Oh, Kansas, why must you be so timely?



We 'camped' (slept in the van) at Bonnie Dunes State park, where thousands of bugs struggled desperately to get in our car. They didn't seem to want to bite much, they just wanted to get in and possibly fly in our ears and up our noses.



The next morning we saw these birds' nests in the roof of a picnic shelter. They are swifts, and were very busy flying in and out of their homes.