We woke up with a flat tire and had to make a stop back at the mechanic. After an hour they had it fixed and we were on our way. With only a short two hour drive to our next stop we went searching for something to do on the way. we decided to stop at the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, MO. We have been to museums on many wars but never WWI. This is a very well done museum with tons of information, a couple short films, lots of artifacts, and a memorial tower overlooking the city.
We started with the introduction film to understand what lead to the war. Then we headed to the tower. It was predicted to be very hot that day and the tower shuts down in the heat. The views were great from the top of the 217 foot tower.
Waiting on the elevator
Next we went to the museum. They had a family guide with games, a scavenger hunt, and questions to keep the kids interested and searching for information. The museum was divided up into pre American involvement and post involvement, with a video in between about why American joined the war. A already knew a lot of this information, but the rest of us knew very little about WWI. We have been to a few museums, both in the states and in Japan, on WWII but none on WWI. We learned a lot and had some good discussions on point of view, government propaganda, and the realities of war.
Trench warfare 
After learning as much as we could we got back in the beast and drove to our site. We did not have much planned for Kansas except picking a site in the middle of nowhere and enjoying a star filled sky. We called Sycamore Springs Resort in Sabeth, KS and asked about night sky viewing. They recommended a couple of open sites and said they had great night skies. We were excited for a night of campfires and stars. Unfortunately we were extremely disappointed when we arrived. The entire place was covered in large trees, in a mostly empty campground our site was squished right next to their empty trailer so our windows were a couple feet from it. Also at night we were right under a large super bright street light. Seriously!! To say we were angry was an understatement. It was late and we did not want to try to find somethings else. We never even saw the owners, the only staff we saw was a young girl on her phone painting the mini golf. Not a place we would recommend anyone ever going to, over priced, run down, and bad ownership was our impression.
We still had a campfire and saw some stars, no more then in our backyard. The next morning the kids played on the mini-golf area until we headed out. Super disappointed in our Kansas experience. Hopefully tomorrow in Nebraska will be better.
Catching frogs and fireflies instead of looking at stars 
Fire by the corn field 
Night photos of the corn field 
Breakfast by the corn field 
Corn, corn, and more corn fields
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