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Mr. Fiers’ Room Heads Down The Road

GLEDHLL GOES COUNTRY - Kansas

In the morning we woke up in Brewster, KS. We took the inter state 70 to Hays, KS. The population of Hays is 17,800 and the elevation is 1,997 feet. We went to a place called Volga-German House. We saw many old furnishings from the 1880s.After; we ate at the Vagabond Family Restaurant.

Then we kept on going on the Interstate 70 to Abilene, K S. The population of Abilene is 6,200 and elevation 1,155 feet. We went to a park called Eisenhower. There we went swimming in the pools. Then there we saw a tennis court. After we went to a museum called Museum of Independent telephony. The museum shows the history of the telephone and Alexander Graham Bell.

So we kept on going on the same road and we made it to the state capital, Topeka. The population of Topeka is 119,900 and the elevation is 940 feet. Before we did anything we ate at the Roost Family Restaurant. We ate fried chicken and roost beef. After that we went to the Topeka Zoological Park. We saw a lot of animals in a habitat that looks like a jungle. Some animals we saw were lion’s bears, zebras and gorillas. After that we went to the Governor’s mansion. We shook hands with the Governor.

We took the Interstate 70 again and made it to Overland Park. The population is 111,800 and the elevation is 763. We stayed at a motel called Amerisuites. We spent the night there. Lets see what’s in store for us now.

Nicholson - Visiting the Sunflower State!

Yes, we’re back on the road again, leaving Denver and traveling on I-70 to the I-24 and back on the I-70 again, into Kansas, cattle country, the home of the Chisholm Trail, and of course, Dorothy and her dog, Toto! Our journey took us from the rocky mountains to the wide open spaces of Kansas. Kansas is also known for its endless fields of wheat - inspiring the words “for amber waves of grain”. The population of Kansas is 2,594,800, temperature around 55 degrees. Our destination for today was Topeka (pop. 119,900, elev., 940’), the capitol of Kansas. All of us looked out of our windows in awe, that we have traveled so far in just 5 days! Nichole kept a journal of all the places we visited, and was busy sharing it with Rachel. Chris as always, began telling jokes and had the attention of the rest of the crowd. Ms. Nicholson, as usual was pouring over the map and pointing to interesting sights along the way.

Lunchtime was spent in Russell, the birthplace of U.S. Senator and 1996 presidential nominee, Robert Dole. Russell has a population of 4,800 and an elevation of 1,826 ft. It was originally a town for railroad agents, military garrisons and section hands, until 1871, when settlers started a colony and it developed into a small city. After our brief visit to the Oil Patch Museum, where we learned the history of oil exploration, we headed back on I-70 towards Topeka and arrived there at around 4 p.m. The weather was warm and sunny, in the upper 60’s, with a slight breeze. .

Topeka was founded on the banks of the Kansas River, by nine anti-slavery settlements in 1854. It became the state capitol in 1861 and was the setting that opened the door to school desegregation. We visited the Kansas Museum of History, which provided exhibits about Kansas history from prehistoric times to the present. In the Discovery Room, we got a first-hand view of how the frontier people dressed, and even got to visit a Plains Indian teepee! After the museum, we rushed to the Topeka Zoological Park. It was a beautiful place with its enclosed tropical rail forest. Vincent tried to scare the monkeys, but the monkeys were so aggressive, they scared him instead! We also saw some lions, bears, zebras and gorillas. We had quite an exhausting day, and after dinner, we flopped into our hotel beds dreaming of Indian teepees and frontier life out in the state of sunflowers.

Mr. H

Today we begin our journey from Bismarck, North Dakota on Interstate Highway 94 heading East. Then we took the 94 Southeast headed for St. Paul, the capitol of Minnesota. We took this route because we desperately wanted to visit the Runestone Museum in Alexandria on Highway 94.

The weather was partly sunny and 56 degrees F when we left Bismarck. The winds were blowing from the East at 6 MPH. High today was 58 degrees and the low was 38 degrees F.

The population of Saint Paul is 287,151 and the elevation is 1492 feet. Today we traveled through the states of North Dakota and Minnesota.

We chose Highway 94 because we could stop at Alexandria, MN and visit the Runestone Museum. The runestone is rock that Olaf Oham found on his farm nearby. It has been confirmed by scholars and scientists that it was carved in 1362 by the Vikings who used it to tell a tell of a band of Vikings who came to a tragic end.

Twin cities here we come!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Badlands Aren’t So Bad -They’re Great!

Douglas was originally known “Tent Town” in 1886. It served as a supply post for cattlemen and the also for the railroad. It is also known as the to be the original home of the “jackalope”, a fanciful creation of Wyoming’s taxidermists, it is best described as a jack rabbit with antlers. A 10 foot replica stands downtown in the city square.

From there we began one of the most unbelievable days anyone could have. We began the exciting drive to Rapid City. Our first stop was at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. What we saw we could not believe. In the side of a granite mountain there were carved the faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. The faces were created by Gutzon Borglum. The faces were 60 feet high, 500 feet up looking out over pine trees. The drilling began on the 5,725-foot mountain in 1927 and took 14 years to do the work that we saw. They said that it was not completed yet. Regardless we were impressed.

There were many historical cities around in this area. It was really hard to decide where to visit. We choose Deadwood. It only had one street because it in a gulch. We saw many reminders of its lively past as a gold-rush boomtown. In the late 1800’s the town was a haven for gunfighters and gamblers such as Wyatt Earp and Calamity Jane. The guide took us to Boot Hill where we were told stories of the old wild west, and the history of the 1876 Gold Rush. Most of us bought souvenirs at the trading post.

Rapid City is the capitol of the state. The city was founded in 1876, two years after gold was discovered in the Black Hills. Rapid city now functions as a trading center and a tourist headquarters for the Black Hills area. Some of the kids even bought some gold nuggets there. Our bus driver was anxious to more on, so we hopped on and off we went again.

Heading east the highway went straight through the Bad Lands. We thought that we had had seen a lot of mountains but these were extremely eroded buttes and pinnacles and spires. This was a totally different look .It was made a National Park in 1978. The Oglala Sioux Tribe co-manages this area with the federal government. The park is well known for the gold rush but it also full of fossil beds. The whole area looked like pictures of the moon that we had seen on T.V.

We proceeded on to Mitchell, which was on the way to Souix Falls. Imagine a building covered with colorful murals entirely made of corn and other grains! The building is called

“The Corn Palace”. The original one was built in 1892 to display the produces of the harvest. Each year these corn decorations are stripped down and then entirely new mural are created. We understood why it is such a tourist attraction

Our dinner awaits us in Souix Falls at Bogey’s Bar and Grill. We ordered our food this morning. Our teacher knew that we would be tired after our long exciting day. All of our stuff had been put in our rooms so all we had to do was GO TO BED.

We went this way because we wanted to pass through Rocky Mountains and Salt Lake City.

“WE ARE PIONERS SAYS MRS.BROWN

Today is the fifth day of our long journey. The temperature in Sedalia, Missouri is 44 degrees. The population is 19,800 and the elevation is 909 feet.

We woke up and ate breakfast at the hotel. The temperature was 71 degrees but we took our sweaters just in case. We started at Grainfield, Kansas and went on Highway 80 to Topeka, because it is the capital of Kansas. There we saw a beautiful bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln and beautiful murals. We stopped at the Kansas Museum of History, which was a blast! In the Discovery Room we experienced history first hand by dressing up in frontier clothes and visiting a Plains Indian Teepee. We had so much fun that we didn't want to leave. From there we went to the American Jazz Museum. There we learned about Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, and Charlie Parker.

We saw videos of how and what they played. They were amazing! After that, we kept driving to Sedelia on Highway 65.

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When we got there we at a hotel. We were so tired after driving 423 miles but we sure managed to chow down our dinner. We ate at a nearby In-In-Out. When we went back to the hotel, we fell into our beds, exhausted. Good night from room 3.

Turner Elementary

Rallies are a game played on public roads by several people in a car against a rally master. The rally master gives you a set of directions to follow and speeds to travel. Along the way are checkpoints where the entrant's progress is checked. The idea is not to get there first, but to get there precisely on time. Usually the person in charge of writing the instructions will take you on roads that are fun. Rallies can be as simple as plotting a course from point A to point B or as complicated as an intersection where more than one instruction might be possible. At one National level rally, it is said that there were 26 possible ways to traverse one particular intersection. West coast Region attempts to keep their rallies low-key and fun. The students at Turner elementary follow the road rally as the rally draws closely to an end.

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