Topeka State Capital

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The Kansas pictures continue. Sorry it took so long. Things have been a little crazy. The upstairs AC decided to stop working. Luckily we have AC on the other two levels. Of course we have to put our time in at the pool. But, here are the rest of the Kansas pictures. Enjoy.

We visited the State Capital and were excited to find we could climb to the top. It was quite an adventure.

This is at the beginning of the climb. Notice the shirts? Can you guess where we were visiting later in the day?
The tour guide pointed out all of the names on the wall. For many years this part of the capital was open and not supervised. So people visited and left their names and messages all of the place. They frown on this now, but it is neat to see names from 9o years ago. Some people were even more daring and climbed rafters and left their names in more obvious places. No thank you.
We are halfway to the top at this point. It was warm and can you believe there wasn't a water fountain in sight!

The view from the top was worth the climb. You could see for 40 miles. Marcus and I used to work in this building.

Audrey enjoying the view

Sojung not so sure she wants to enjoy the view. By the time you get to the top your legs feel like jello.

Going down was harder than going up, believe it or not. The spiral stairs were a challenge. We kept telling the girls to focus on the stairs and don't look down.

This is Betty's new buddy. Zach is the son of our friends, Brad and Renae. We stayed with them while in Topeka. Zach almost made it to the top but decided to stop at the last set of stairs. On the way back down he said to me "I think my cologne has worn off!" He is a cutie.

We were up there!