The Dead Presidents Tour 2013: Get Outta Dodge

This morning we took our time getting things together then headed into town. We passed a bar named "Bad Habit" which we thought was funny and soon we were at the museum at Boot Hill. We enjoyed the museum and we are on old west information overload. I must say I learned a lot. Buffalo Bill actually was almost single handedly responsible for the annihilation of the buffalo in Kansas. Before he put a bounty on their heads, there were almost 3 million of them and now there are less than 1,000 in this state! We went through the little old west area called boot hill and up to the cemetery. We watched the gunfight which was cute and bought a Sarsaparilla at the Long Branch Saloon. There had many original artifacts but had recreated an old bank, medicine shop, barber shop, undertaker, printer and of course the saloon and dance hall. They had an old guy in there playing the old upright piano and it was fun. After we left there we decided to take the Trolley Tour which was just across the street. As we bought the tickets at the Welcome Center they gave us push pins to mark on the US map where we were from. Much of the tour was what we had just done but then they took us out of town to see their bread and butter industry....cattle. The cattle are bought by Cagill and National Beef from the ranchers across the region and brought here by truck to "feed lots" where they fatten them up for anywhere from 30 to 90 days before they are slaughtered. I have never seen so many in one place before or smelled anything that smelled so bad! The ranchers at least don't brand them anymore which made me cringe at the thought but rather put a tag on their ears. We also saw the marker for the 100th Meridia which west of the weather is arid and east of the weather is humid.

We were told about a coffee shop that had good food called the Cup of Jones and we went there for lunch. It turned out the be the single worst place we have been. Kay ordered her sandwich specifically because it had sprouts on it and when she got it there were no sprouts and they said sorry they were out. Then Debbie ordered the 1/2 sandwich and cup of soup and they had two soups. She wanted tomato and of course they were out but neglected to take it off the chalk board menu where you place your order. I was going to get the soup too but then got the chicken salad and the bread was horrible. By the time we left there we came directly to the Hampton Inn which is a little out of town and checked in. It is next to the Boot Hill Casino so Debbie and I were happy. We have a great room here and went to the restaurant in the casino for their prime rib dinner which was a bargain at twice what we paid for it and wonderful. After dinner we all played slots a bit and yours truly was again a big winner with a 3 cent profit for the night...yippee! We also got to see the Blue Moon on our walk back to the hotel. We are all back in the room computing and blogging. Tomorrow we leave for Oklahoma City.