Our Wichita Staycation

I decided that I had to take a much needed staycation with the kids. With Josh deployed and an extremely cold winter, I needed a break from the same routine. I heard about a hands on museum called the Exploration Place that was in Wichita only two hours away so that's where our planning began. Emma picked our hotel (I gave her a few to choose from) and she liked the one with the tropical pool with a waterfall. It was at a nice LaQuinta that offered a good military discount and a nice breakfast! Then we had to pick one other location for our two day one night stay. I found a few really neat museums but when the temperature was going to be 50 degrees on our first day, the zoo became our only choice.

It was 56 degrees which felt like a warm day to us but the wind kept us in hats and gloves.

We saw rhinoceroses and elephants.

Having fun with the statues.

Eric was the first to approach the gorilla exhibit.

The girls finally got closer

After the zoo, we ate a nice Mediterranean restaurant and then checked into the hotel.

Then we were off to the POOL!!!

We all slept well that night and were looking forward to our visit to Exploration Place or as Emma calls it, "The Museum of Fun".