Today was Michael's birthday! He is now officially 24, and I told him today he's almost in his mid-20s, which depressed him. So I took it back.
Janet cooked us a "fry-up" this morning in honor of Mike's birthday. It consisted of scrambled eggs, sausage, fried potatoes, and pecan cinnamon bread. It was very, very good! I know Mike liked it, he had seconds.
After breakfast, Janet recommended we go to the Kansas State Capitol and Monroe Elementary School, a Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site. We decided to visit the latter one first.
I thought this museum was one of the best we've visited thus far. It was set in one of the first four schools in the country to be desegregated during the Civil Rights Movement. Brown v. Board of Education was a huge Supreme Court ruling that disbanded "separate but equal" schools in the U.S. What I found really, really great about the museum was that the school has actually been turned into a museum, so you can walk the halls and really get a feel for what went on here during the 1950s and 1960s.
When we were done visiting the museum, we drove over to the capitol. There is some renovation going on inside the building, so it took us a few minutes to find the visitor's entrance. The place was really beautiful, but unfortunately, we didn't see too much because a lot of the building is closed.
Mike's turn!-
We drove back to the house (after filling Alf's tank for less than $1.50/gal!) and caught up on our blogging while Janet ordered some pizzas. Don came home and met Chrissie for the first time. Don is great, he wasted no time ribbing us about anything and everything at all. We sat down for pizza and caught Don up on everything he'd missed while at work. Then Janet surprised me with a "baby" cake and ice cream, and a couple of Kansas U hats! Rock Chalk, Jayhawk!
We got our marching orders for the morning (since Don and Janet are going to be up and out to Grand Lake for six weeks by the time we leave) and bid them goodnight before we headed out to The Blind Tiger for a birthday drink or two. Turns out I had two. The Sasquatch IPA, which is as yet without a website, and their flagship Tiger Bite IPA. Chrissie had their County Seat Wheat, but wasn't as impressed as I was with it. We left with my birthday present, a growler full of the Sasquatch, and are now lying in bed about to catch the latest episode of True Blood. Enjoy the pics!
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