Daddy-Daughter Trip - Day 8

This morning we found out what the surprise was! We drove out of Independence and found that this is the town where Laura Ingalls lived in the book "Little House on the Prairie"!!! When we got there, we saw that it was just a little log cabin - only one room! There was a sign that said "suggested donation." We asked Daddy if we really had to pay - and he said we should, so other people could keep coming here. We got to go inside the cabin and there was furniture and a little bed in there. It was windy. We read about how the little house was just a recreation (the old one fell down). But someone did some research and figured out that the well in the backyard was the one that Pa dug. There was also a one room school house and an old post office that people brought here. Laura Ingalls' house was very fun to learn about - I wonder what it would be like living in one room... We talked to a nice girl in the gift shop who knew all about the town and the house. Then we drove for a while and saw a sign that said the next town had the "world's longest yellow brick road." We stopped [Sedan, KS] and it was true (so cool!). People paid money to have a stone with their name or business on it - and they were gold stones. A lady at the historical society told us about the town and how lots of boys around here work on the farms and ranches and then play football. They get a lot of exercise working out here! Then we left and drove down to Oklahoma. There were lots of casinos and signs about Indian Nations. We didn't stop, though, because we had to get back early tonight! We made it through Oklahoma City quickly and then had some lunch (we even had a twinkie!). In a short amount of time, we made it to Texas and then we were in Fort Worth. It was the only traffic jam on the whole trip - right near our house. We were glad to get home - yaaah!