Another uuusual, small place I visited that will have a place in my heart is, of all places, Garden City, Kansas. Why in the heck, you might ask. Well, to start with, we arrived and parked our rig to find ourselves surrounded by Monarch butterflies. Within the next few days, the ones too weak to follow the migration were dying all around us. A bit sad, but still, something lovely to see in the terms of the cycle of life.
But what I really loved was their zoo. It was flat-out wonderful. For a relatively small town, it was gorgeous. They did something I've never seen before, but had a driving path through it, where people who couldn't walk could drive to some of the major exhibits. Normally I'd have thought this was bad, but in reality it gave access to the zoo to folk who might not be able to do so otherwise. Because of their heavy immigrant population, the signs were all done in English and Vietnamese. I saw there one animal I haven't seen before or since, a little red panda. They were so gorgeous and playful. If you haven't seen one, think red fox, but much cuter.
Since they did, at that time, have a good-sized Vietnamese population, we were able to stock up on our Asian supplies, and eat a good Vietnamese meal (I love bun!).
