Saturday (6/27)   We are in the capital of Kansas - Topeka.   We went to the Capitol Building  this morning for a tour.  Yes, Rich has a thing for State Capitols.   The tour on Saturday is not of the whole building but of the dome only.   So we joined the group to climb the 296 steps to the top of the dome and to go out on the dome and get a view of the city.  Well, we almost made it.  The last 75 steps or so were a staircase suspended from the very top of the dome with the last 20 steps or so making up a spiral stair case leading out onto the outside of the dome.  We both stopped just before the last 95 steps.  It was just too steep and too suspended for us.   We kind of regret not doing it but at the time, it just didn't feel right.  We ended up getting a complete tour of the capitol because there was a group of ten women there who had connections.  One worked in the capitol and one other was a former legislator.   These ten women get together once a year and have an outing.   They have been friends since they were all in the same Brownie Troop.   It was us and them and they were very gracious to us.  

We then went to the Kansas Museum of History.   This was a very nice museum outlining Kansas history from prehistoric times to today.   They did have a fairly large exhibit about Abraham Lincoln and Kansas.   The whole exhibit was about "Lincoln and his tie to Kansas" which was based solely on the ONE visit to Kansas he made prior to becoming president.  It was interesting to see how they had to stretch everything just to make the connection and make an exhibit out of it.  It just goes to show - everyone wants their piece of the pie!!!

Again today, it was very hot - in the high 90s.   So we decided some dessert (something involving ice cream) was in order.   We went to Bobo's Drive In for apple pie ala mode.  They have been serving apple pie to the residents of Topeka for over 60 years and they were featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.   It was excellent and the place was adorable.   It had three table and a horse-shoe counter plus drive-up service.  It was just fun to go there.