Hutchinson and Abilene Kansas

There is a good place to eat in Abilene as well called the Brooksville Hotel. Not a hotel but a copy of the original restaurant from Brooksville Kansas that was a hotel. The guest book had a lot of famous people from the old west such as William Cody. While not a hotel they rebuilt the rooms as they were in the old building that you can tour. The original restaurant took up several buildings in Brooksville and had different rooms from the buildings they took over , such as the bank room. The new restaurant has recreated these rooms as well. Abilene has a old west town with a steam train south of the EIsenhower museum.

X3 on Kansas Cosmosphere, allow plenty of time . If yo like BBQ there is a small hole in the wall place called Roy's In Hutchinson, only open from 11:00 to 2:00 or when they run out of food.

X2 on the museum, this is a world-class place sponsored by the Smithsonian I believe; allow several hours for your visit.

While in Hutch go to the space museum. A must see.

We have stayed at the covered wagon in Abilene... The sites up front have shade, but are cramped and mostly seasonal... The sites in the rear are where we stayed and while there is no shade the sites are more than ample size and offer good access for a large rig. If satellite reception is important the sites to the rear also work well. Power water and septic hooks ups all good in the back where we were...Did not feel a bit cramped.. Access was easy in and out...

The campground is a very short walk to the Eisenhower museum, the Greyhound Hall of Fame museum.. as well as a couple of local restaurants. BTW expect to meet some Greyhounds at the museum.

This is not a fancy place, but the folks that run it are cordial and professional. If our travels take us that way again we would stay at the Covered Wagon without any hesitance.

JohnnyT