Come visit us and see the new redone Keeper of the Plains. We walked across the new suspension bridges tonight after Memorial Day dinner. There was a beautiful rainbow in the sky (even though we have not had any rain today.) The river is very high, up over the bike paths in many places, because of all the rain we've had over the last few weeks. If you are thinking of visiting Wichita, it's a do not miss attraction.

The view from the bridge of downtown. The big grey building is Exploration Place, a kids science museum that Sam loves to go to for the many Thomas the Tank Engine tables, as well as seeing what he can buy with the money he has "saved" in the gift shop. Lately his newest collectible are the planes from the tv show Jay Jay the Jet Plane.

This is from the Wichita Eagle (our newspaper)
Dally no longer if you haven't seen the new Keeper of the Plains exhibit. It won't disappoint. The city just completed a $20 million face-lift of the Keeper and the plaza surrounding it at the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas rivers. The project includes pedestrian bridges from the riverbanks to the statue by American Indian artist Blackbear Bosin. Fire pots, a fog system, a sound system with Native American music and a written history of the Plains Indians are among the project's features. Admission is free. Park in the Exploration Place lot.