Magnus Goes North With Summer, Day 4

Friday May 30

As planned, we went to the Pony Express Museum. Finding it, in a downtown full of little tiny streets and one-ways was somewhat challenging.  We ended up having to pull over, look at the map, think, then use our eyes. Google Maps was about a block off on the location.

 

The museum was okay. The little movie they showed was more concerned with the founders and owners of the company that ended up running the Pony Express, and there was little of interest about the places and routes and riders. Also the movie had an annoying, sucky background soundtrack.  But the museum exhibits covered all the other stuff in detail.

 

But the most interesting thing was that the building had been repurposed at least twice since the Pony Express days, so when it became a museum they’d done an excavation to expose part of the original foundation. And they exhibited the artifacts they found there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After that we went to the restaurant I’d chosen, 54^th Street Scratch Grill and Bar. I thought they were only a chain in the St Joseph area, but it turns out they’re a nationwide chain with locations in Dallas and maybe even McKinney.  Oh, well, that’s how it goes. The service was fast and the food was very good.

Home by 6:45 or so, in plenty of time for Molly’s evening walk and winding down. On the road again tomorrow!

 

Campground sucked, pretty much.  Here are some shots of it. Nice trees and that's about all.