Well, our time in Wichita had come to an end, and we headed west in Kansas to Dodge City. (Some of you may well remember the "Gunsmoke" TV show with the Longbranch Saloon.) Our reason for stopping in Dodge City was to meet my cousin and her husband. They drove down from northern Kansas about two hours to have lunch with us on our trek across Kansas. What an enjoyable time reminiscing about her mom and dad who had a dairy farm when Jim visited them with his parents in 1966. After lunch we headed further west and made two side trips to take in some interesting sights. One was in Meade, Kansas where the Dalton Gang hideout was. Yep, we were tourists and enjoy every minute. Then we made our way a little further west to Liberal, Kansas where we visited Dorothy's house before she left for Oz. Unfortunately, it was closed the day we were there, but it was interesting nonetheless. On our final leg of day 6 we headed across Oklahoma again (only about 20 miles at his end) to Perryton, Texas. We were told during our stay with the Ball family that the wind is always blowing here. We had a wonderful respite and marvelous meals before we headed for our final stop in Texas--San Angelo, where it all started for Glenda and Jim 40 years ago.
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