The weather forecast for Kansas City included snow even though it's officially Spring now so I wanted to get away from the powdery white flakes and see something green. Emerald green to be specific. So we followed the yellow brick road (in our case Hwy 70) to a little Kansas town called Wamego. This adorable munchkin sized village houses the Oz Museum which holds the largest collection of Wizard of Oz memorabilia. We first made a stop next door to Toto's Tacoz and ate lunch. The girls had munchkin tacos and I had a Toto taco, which pleased our palates and filled our bellies. Thankfully we didn't have to eat worm filled apples like the Tin Man and Dorothy did on their journey to see the Wizard, ewww! We stepped inside the museum and it felt like we took a hot air balloon ride to a magical land. You have to walk through the gift store which had no lack of Oz related mementos to purchase and then we entered Oz. There was all kinds of movie trinkets and autographed pictures and replicas of each character. We sat down in the theater and watched the end of the Wizard of Oz movie and then continued our visit to the Emerald City. Although I couldn't look at each and every piece since Princess Tiger Lily was running around like a whirling tornado, it was a really neat experience and it took me back to my childhood. The Wizard of Oz was one of my very favorite movies and it warmed my heart to share it with my girls, even though Picasso hasn't seen the entire film yet. Before we left we drove around the square and saw this old Dutch mill and a few little prairie bldgs. We clicked our heels together and chanted "There's no place like home, there's no place like home" and we magically were taken back to Kansas City via the gold Odyssey. The End.
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