June 9, 2012

We took showers this morning and when Jim came back he noticed there were 2 ticks on him. Then I found another. He got them yesterday while walking through tall grass.  We looked them up on the internet and they were Lone Star ticks.  These almost never carry Lyme Disease.

We left camp and drove to Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.  On the way we stopped at an auto parts store and got a new bulb for the Casita’s outside porch light.  Then we drove a scenic highway through the Flint Hills.  These hills have very little topsoil and the soil can only support grasses.  In the valleys you see some trees.  There were lots of really pretty houses and farms along the scenic highway.

After getting to the preserve, we took a 90 minute tour on a bus with the park ranger.  They had buffalo that were brought in from Wind Cave National Park.  There were five new calves born in April.  Upon returning back to the visitor center, we took a self-guided tour of the house, barns and other buildings on the historic property.  On the way back we went to Wal-Mart and I bought some groceries while Jim updated the blog for yesterday.  We haven’t had a strong enough signal for dependable internet at camp.  Across from Wal-Mart at a Braum’s ice cream store we stopped to find another quick geocache.  Before we left this morning I put some meat in the crock pot and it was cooked when we got back. We played a game pf Phase 10, then took pictures of the sunset again.