Peppernuts or Pffernuss

A Kauffman family tradition to make the little German cookie and then give them to friends at Christmas time.

Botanical Gardens at Christmas

On a nice warm evening, we all enjoyed the Christmas lights. 

Electric Light Parade

Victor at the Christmas light parade, it was a cold, but a bright parade. 

Kansas Cosmosphere

The musuem is filled with rockets, planes, a lunar lander, and a space shuttle. The museum explains the story of the space race. 

Victor saw Dr. Goddard's lab where they showed experiments and blew things up. 

Below is Victor next to the SR- 71 aircraft. 

Salt Mine

Victor the salt miner!

Hutchinson is known as the salt capital of the world. The elevator, built by Germans, takes visitors down 650 feet or 200 meters. 

Salt is mined and used mainly to thaw ice  on roads. The area that has been mined is then used to store medical records, government records and film industry memorabilia.  The temperature stays at a constant 68 degrees or 20 Celsius. 

First Thanksgiving

Turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, green bean casserole and salads. Then pumpkin pie, chocolate, and pecan pie. And repeat. 

Black Friday shopping a day early, it wasn't Target, it was a zoo. 

We all played ping pong and some darts in the basement. 

Lubbock Texas

Just two hours south of Amarillo, we went for the day to tailgate and watch the Kansas State vs Texas Tech football game. It was cold, about 11C and add to that a loss, 58-41.