A Girls Road Trip

Thank you for all your wonderful kind comments

about my sister Susan's visit

and 

well wishes

for my sore back.

I'd like to report that we had a

WONDERFUL VISIT

albeit too short AND my back is much better.

Three days before Sue left for home

my favorite SIL ;)

Donna

took Sue and I on a road trip.

Donna loves taking the 'back roads'

and so do I so we

had a wonderful time driving

the country roads around our part of Kansas.

We saw lots of old barns 

and wonderful rolling hills

which I just can't get enough of.

Where Sue lives in Manitoba Canada

it looks very much like this.

It's funny though...

when you see it in a different country

it takes on a more intriguing look!

Why is that?

Rolling hills

We had a destination.

We were heading to a little town

neither Donna or I had seen before...

Hillsboro Kansas.

The name said it all for me.

There had to be HILLS around

this little town for it to be called 

Hillsboro don't you think? 

Well turned out that there were no

hills in town!

That didn't stop us from checking out 

the antique store and gift shop

while we were there

and we even

 bought a few things.

From there we headed to the little town

of 

Marion Kansas.

Well guess what...

Marion has HILLS!

Not only did it have hills

it had at least 6 antique shops!

A few weren't opened that day but

 we still managed to check out 4

I think and even brought home a few things.

Marion Kansas

What a sweet town.

If you ever get the chance to visit 

Marion you won't be disappointed.

I wished we could have looked around

 the town a bit more 

BUT...

we had reservations in the 

country and didn't want to be late

so off we went.

We drove some pretty 'backwoods'

country roads on our way to

our destination.

We were headed to the

The Prairie Rose Chuckwagon Supper

near Benton Kansas

which is about 15 minutes east of

Wichita.

Now this isn't just a place to eat....

it's an 

experience!

When the weather is right this is a real treat.

First you can go for an 

*old time wagon ride

*train ride

*walk the beautiful grounds

*watch old time cowboy movies

*check out props from TV shows like

Bonanza...Gunsmoke...Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.

When the BELL rings (triangle dinner bell) for supper

you head into this room below.

On one side of the table is chairs

on the other is benches

and everyone eats together.

When you get in there the tables already have

water and coffee pots filled with hot coffee.

They were just setting up when I got this photo 

above.

Then they start bringing in the food.

Each plate is brought in loaded up with

*new baked potatoes

*BBQ'D beef brisket

*smoked sausage

*home-made baked beans

*buttermilk biscuit

And if that isn't enough they come around

and with pots and load you up with 

more if you have room!

Then

to top it all off....

home made 

Apple Crisp with ice cream.

YUM.

What is really fun about all this food

serving is that the nights entertainment 

is part of the staff that serves you the food!

Once the food is all eaten and the tables

are cleared off the entertainment begins.

We caught one of the last regular 

performances before their

Christmas show began

so we got

to

enjoy 

the old time cowboy

favorites that a lot of us remember

as kids.

 Prairie Rose Ranglers

What was really exciting for us 

is that the woman second from the right

is a friend of ours who runs a

little restaurant/cafe

in the little town we live near.

She's a real sweet heart.

They did a Patsy Cline show

last summer that brought tears

to many eyes when Kim sang

'Crazy'.

Anyway...

the show was over at 9:30

and we headed back home to put our

sweats on and sip a cooler before bed.

We had a 

WONDERFUL 

day.

~~~~~~~~~~

Sue...thanks for coming to visit us.

Can't wait to see you again.

Love you.

I hope you all have a wonderful week...

have fun preparing for

Thanksgiving

and I will 

'talk' 

to you before then.

It's good to be back.