What do you do when you want to get out of the house, but don't have the time or the money for a full-fledged vacation? Never fear, the Walt Bodine Show is here.
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KCUR's Bill Anderson talks with a local travel writer about the best ways to hit the road--if only for a few hours--to see and experience new things in our area. Need a historical fix? Want to bask beside a lake? Prefer to sip a glass of wine beside a river? Peruse antiques behind antique storefronts? Any of these and a thousand more can be on your itinerary.
Destinations mentioned on this program:
Laura Ingalls Site - Independence, KS
Big Brutus - West Mineral, KS
McConnell Airforce Base - Wichita, KS
Amelia Earhart birthplace, Atchison, KS
The World's Largest Ball of Twine
Cawker City, KS
Monument Rocks, Gove County, KS
Dodge City, KS
Greensburg, KS
Biggest Hand Dug Well
Greensburg, KS
National Orphan Train Museum , Concordia, KS
Czech Festival
Wilson, KS
Garden of Eden
Lucas, KS
Eisenhower Museum, Abilene, KS
Leavenworth, KS
Washington, KS
Tulip Festival, Wamego, KS
http://www.wamego.org/
Brown vs. Board of Education National Historic Site
Topeka, KS
Louisburg Cider Mill
Louisburg, KS
Nevada, MO
(the bushwacker capitol of the world)
Precious Moments Chapel, Carthage, MO
George Washington Carver birthplace
near Diamond, MO
Pershing State Park
Chillicothe, MO
General Pershing's boyhood home
Walt Disney's boyhood home, Marceline, MO
Boyhood home of J.C. Penney, Hamilton, MO
Truman Trolley, Independence, MO
The Glore Psychiatric Museum
St. Joseph, MO
Warm Springs Ranch (clydesdales)
Boonville, MO
Henry Doorly Zoo - Omaha, NE
Brownville, NE
(countries only floating B&B)
Big Blue Whale - Catoosa, OK
Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, OK
Bart Hoss
Saint Louis for a Cards game and a tour of the Budweiser Plant...
Jennifer Evans Mertes
Highway 224 through Napoleon, Wellington then Lexington. Take 24 back to Indep & get some Peaches along the way.
Liana Twente
I'm a sucker for any place with historic buildings and charm. Downtown Weston is one such town -- you can just imagine the streets lined with horse-drawn carriages and pioneers packing their wagons to head west. While you're there, go for a wine tasting at Pirtle.
Jeramie Davis
Omaha is always a good weekend trip from KC. A Few weeks ago we went to the zoo, the bodies exhibit, and to see Beauty and the Beast with Broadway across America. What a great time!
Kathy Aron Dowell
flint hills. perfection.
Sara Jane Crane: A visit to Paxico, KS (about 20 minutes west of Topeka) is always enjoyable. The whole historic downtown is full of antique shops. Nearby Wamego is also a nice stop. It has a picturesque town park with a Dutch windmill, plus the Oz Museum is a lot of fun.
Wendy K Smith
I did the tall grass prairie outside Pawhuska, OK. A 4 1/2 hour drive to get there, about 2 hours to drive through. There is a wonderful bunk house and the back of the prairie. The volunteers there tell you all about the history of the land. There are no fences and 4,000 head of Bison roam free. Pawhuska, Oklahoma is home to the FIRST Boy Scout in the United States. There is a small museum there, and all over town are numerous bronze statues. For Lunch you can't beat Bad Brad's BBQ bologna and big glass of sweet tea.
Dee Swindler
The area around Rocheport, Arrow Rock, Blackwater, MO is great - things to do, shops, restaurants, that wonderful small town feel.