There's No Place Like...Kansas.

The first half of this post is dedicated to The Honest Chef.

We got an early start this morning and made a bee line to Wamego, Kansas for the Wizard of Oz Museum!  It was everything we wanted it to be and more.

Dorothy!

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

 After a few purchases at the gift shop, we drove a few more hours to the Underground Salt Museum, a very much anticipated stop by Sarah and slightly feared by Halley. The Underground Salt Museum is one of Kansas' 8 Wonders and involves an elevator ride 650 underground. To a museum dedicated to the salt mine.

Miner G-miner.

Holes for dynamite.

Another miner.

Something we definitely did not know: Salt mines are ideal places to store and preserve artifacts from movies/television shows. Pictured here is one of the many boxes from "Friends."

After our self-guided tour, we went on our Dark Ride. The ride involved us seated in a tram looking at different parts of the non-active part of the mine.

When part of the mine is no longer being used, they need to close it off so that air is no longer circulated there. Today they use thick yellow curtains but before that they used empty dynamite boxes, shown here.

Pile of salt that we were allowed to take a few small pieces from.

When a room is completed, the miners sign their names and, in this case, a catchy phrase.

 After reaching the surface, we embarked on the long drive to Amarillo, Texas for the night.

A beautiful sunset always makes the drive seem shorter.