Virtual 50 BCOF State Travel Blog

Day 16, Topeka, Kansas

We took the Coach Ride to Topeka, Kansas. The Coach Ride is so comfy. WakeUpAndLive Jellyfish is in Mauritius 🌞 AmyJo-home sweet home SpookyBee Šuŋgmánitu Tȟáŋka and I started singing Wizard Of Oz songs. Witchy Woman says she is the wicked witch of the west. I pretend to be a flyingmonkeyCelebratin'Slipslidin'Senior says she always wanted to go to Kansas.We watch The Wizard Of Oz and Wicked. This trip is a military one. We arrive at the Military Museum. We see all kind of military planes. I love military planes. My father flew C130s in Vietnam and Taiwan. I see a C130. I shed a tear or two. I think of Vietnam and the war. I shed a tear. Witchy Woman SpookyBee cheer me up by telling me my father made a difference and was a military hero. I tell everyoe my father and all the military vets made the world a better place fighting the wars. We go look at World War 1 planes and World War 2 planes. AmyJo-home sweet home Jellyfish is in Mauritius 🌞 Celebratin'Slipslidin'Senior and me wonder how hard life was in World War 1 and 2 for the military and everyone. AmyJo-home sweet home Šuŋgmánitu Tȟáŋka see some guns used in World War 1 and World War 2. There are also hand grenades. I go get in a World War 1 plane. I pretend I am flying.I love walking through the C130 planes.

We go through a military POW barracks. This is interesting. I remember seeing men running around in their underwear in the barracks at night with the curtains open one timewhen I eas thirteen. . Dad had to stop by to get something in Tennessee at the base at barracks. So many good memories of Dad being in the military.

This POW barracks is like a prison. Chains. The beds look uncomfortable. Not very comfy. Ugly rotted wood. They built it to be authentic.

We get to take helicopter rides. I am so excited. I get in the helicopter. SpookyBee Witchy Woman Celebratin'Slipslidin'Senior Šuŋgmánitu Tȟáŋka are in the helicopter. We hear the propellers and fly into the air. I love seeing the scenery below. Deer are running. We see some woods. I love flying in the helicopter. It is so comforting. We get a twenty minute ride. Our ride is done.
Jellyfish is in Mauritius 🌞 WakeUpAndLive AmyJo-home sweet home are next. We get off the helicopter and wave the ladies as the helicopter goes up.

This has been fun. We go back to the hotel. We are military oriented. We have dinner. Chicken and turkey dinners. I am going to watch Top Gun and An Officer and a Gentleman. I enjoyed today's adventure.