With all the busy-ness of summer upon us I almost forgot to post about one of adventures in Hays! So, about a month later.... let me tell you about the the other Hays adventures we had :) We started off the day at Frontier Park which is on the south side of town. It had a great little playground, a nice waterfall area
and of course was close to a train track! Shorty was thrilled!
This park is right close to Fort Hays, which had visited when the bigger kids were young, but it hit the cutting block this time.
Next stop, the Sternberg. When Hubby was working in this part of the world several years ago we went several times. The older kids were prepping Shorty on seeing the big dino that roars (more on that later) so much so that I finally had to tell them to stop!
The museum had changed things up a bit since we'd been there last, and it was even better! They had incorporated more live animals into the displays. The kids loved the funny little mudskippers.
One of the biggies is of course the fish within a fish
And they were thrilled with Titanoboa - ewww!
The big T-Rex did not roar this time at us, which is just as well Shorty was shaking like a leaf when I carried him past.
The dig pit was there previously, but in a different area. Where it is now is a great usage of what had been dead space!
A great place for the kids is the kids' discovery center. They have tons of hands on scientific activities ranging from critters, puppets, microscopes and even down to a collection of poop ;)
One thing I need to mention is that if you are ever in Hays, you have got to try
Al's Chickenette. Cute little diner with excellent food and service!
All this reminiscing about adventures makes me ready for another! So far it's just been swimming since then. Well, tomorrow is Friday. We'll see where the road takes us!
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