Sights from the road

As you may have gleaned from my posts, we've been doing a LOT of driving across the plains the last couple weeks. And while in many cases there isn't a whole lot to see out here, we've managed to find a couple local gems and stop to take a picture:

Carhenge in Alliance, NE.
Alliance has the dubious honor of being remembered as the place that we got to stay at the 1st Inn. If you've ever wondered what it's like to sleep in an ashtray, you should stop by the 1st Inn in Alliance, NE. However, Alliance is also home to a little place called Carhenge. As the name suggests, Carhenge is an homage to Stonehenge, only constructed entirely of old cars. A must see for any storm chase passing through town.



There are other pieces of "art" scattered around the site as well, the common theme being that everything is made out of car parts. Two of my favorites were this dinosaur:



And the "wagon" (get it?).



And for a guy who walks around with the "Wizard of Oz" theme as his cell phone ringer, we just had to stop by Dorothy's house. I'd make a "we're not in Kansas anymore" joke, but we actually were still in Kansas...Liberal to be exact.



Other sites that we heard about, but didn't bother to visit included the World's Largest Prairie Dog (this would have earned a stop, had we not learned it was made out of concrete!) and the Barbed Wire museum near Hays, KS....maybe next time.