Just an Update

Just an to update my list of things I like so far about Kansas:

Day 8: The Wind. I can hardly believe I'm including this, since I thought it would be one of the things I didn't like about Kansas. However, in the summer it can be a blessing! Air movement on a hot day can most assuredly be a good thing!
Day 9: Day 9 in Kansas just happened to also be my birthday! What started as kind of a dreary day perked up quite rapidly with the traditional telephone rendition of "Happy Birthday" from my Dad and Mom, followed by another phone call from my precious daughter, a nice phone chat with my mother-in-law and then the surprise lunch time arrival of my husband home from work! Steve and Kim had the afternoon and evening all planned out and it was fabulous!! We spent a couple of hours at the Wichita Museum of Art in the afternoon, followed by a yummy dinner at the Mediterranean Grill, on to a stroll in Old Towne, and then the highlight - being treated to a performance of "All Shook Up" by the Music Theatre of Wichita. It was a great day!
So, my list item for day 9 will have to be the Music Theatre of Wichita- we look forward to enjoying it again, soon!
Day 10: Getting around in Wichita. Since the terrain here is flat, the roads are straight. This allows for the city to be set up on a grid. The main north/south roads and the main east/west roads all run in grid fashion 1 mile apart from each other. The east/west roads are Kellogg, Central, 13th, 21st, 29th, 37th, 45th. The north/south roads on my side of town (the east side) are Oliver, Woodlawn, Rock, Webb, Greenwich, 127th, 143rd, etc. This means that as long as I know my neighborhood lies near the intersection of 21st and Webb, I can always find my way home. 21st is an east/west road so even if I am way on the west side of town (we live on the east side), if I get to 21st street (which will ALWAYS be 1 mile north of 13th and 1 mile south of 29th), I can follow it home. Or if I get way to the south or north, I can always find Webb ( which will ALWAYS be 1 mile east of Rock and 1 mile west of Greenwich) and get home. So, I have never gotten lost in Wichita- even when my GPS is turned off! I have made wrong turns and gotten a little turned around ( I know many of you are not at all surprised!), but I am always able to figure out where I am within a mile!

I am excited that so far it has been easy to come up with 10 things I like about my new home! We'll see how it goes from here!