We're not in Kansas Anymore...

  Tooie and Buster, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
Nope, we're in Missouri.  Close to Kansas City..which is not in Kansas..hmmm I'm getting a little "corn"fused.

Truman's home.

We made it out of Colorado and as they say..."We swam the wide rivers and crossed the tall peaks.  We camped on the prairie for weeks upon weeks. . . .   I was not looking forward to our trip across Kansas, but low and behold....a land of neat and orderly farms, no trash, no junk, nice people... I'm loving Kansas.  We had our rv worked on in a little town just south of Kansas City.  They did a nice job and we were able to stay on board while they worked on it.  That means a lot to full timers who have two little dogs with them.  When the temps hit the high 90's, it's scary to go away and leave little dogs locked up inside an rv.  If there would be a power failure....yikes, I don't want to even think about it.  But all went well and we moved on up the road to Independence, Missouri.


We visited Truman's home in Independence, Missouri.  It was a large  house, but there are many other large homes and even several "mansions" in this small town.  By comparison, Truman's home was quite modest.  It really wasn't even his home until later in his life.  He lived here with his wife, Bess, and her parents for most of his life unless he was in Washington.  He ran a clothing store, which failed and attempted a few other careers before he became a judge, ran for Congress and eventually became vice president.   He became president when Roosevelt died of a stroke in Georgia.   Truman had a lot of surprises to deal with ... like...what in the heck do you do with the atomic bomb???

Truman would leave the farm and stay in Independence in this house with family members.
The love of his life lived across the street.

                           Truman was a good looking guy!

All right, I can never see enough of old houses.

All items in the house were exactly as they were when Harry and Bess lived there.  Even his car is still in the garage.

downtown Independence.

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Cindy found the best ice cream parlor.  Truman used to work here when  he was a kid.

The church where Bess and Harry were married.

Truman's library.  He had an office here.

Truman and his wife were more than avid readers!

hmmmm tell the Republicans that.

Unions were popular fighters for worker's rights.