# Taking a roadtrip in Kansas **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 14, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-roadtrip-in-kansas/678830 "2014-01-14T23:42:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kansas_Beekeeper)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-roadtrip-in-kansas/678830/41 "2014-07-26T15:16:39Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > One thing I forgot to mention, from the Sternberg Museum of Natural History, in Hays, Kansas. > > Currently an exhibit is running that shows all 22 species of rattlesnakes found in Kansas. It’s called “From Fear to Fassssssssscination” Some rattlers are quite small, some much larger. In on display I noticed a small white mouse building itself a little nest in the corner of the cage, not knowing the fate that was eventually in store for it. I pointed him out to my mother, and some kids touring the exhibit overheard and came over to see. The were glued to that cage, not knowing the snake would probably go a \*\*long \*\*time before taking it’s cage buddy. I saw that there’s a big new new fossil exhibit at a museum in Overland Park. I’ve not been there yet. [http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article356479/Overland-Park-museum-gets-85-million-year-old-fossils.html](http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article356479/Overland-Park-museum-gets-85-million-year-old-fossils.html) [http://www.museumofpf.org/](http://www.museumofpf.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-roadtrip-in-kansas/678830/42 "2014-07-27T05:14:02Z")
> [@Kansas\_Beekeeper](#): > > I saw that there’s a big new new fossil exhibit at a museum in Overland Park. I’ve not been there yet. > > [http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article356479/Overland-Park-museum-gets-85-million-year-old-fossils.html](http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article356479/Overland-Park-museum-gets-85-million-year-old-fossils.html) > > [http://www.museumofpf.org/](http://www.museumofpf.org/) It’s really dinky and you can probably be in and out in something like 15 minutes. Not worth the cost. I live in the area and its better to go into KCMO and visit the Steamboat Arabia exhibit. ---
**Author:** ![Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kansas_Beekeeper)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-roadtrip-in-kansas/678830/43 "2014-07-27T13:19:48Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > It’s really dinky and you can probably be in and out in something like 15 minutes. Not worth the cost. > > I live in the area and its better to go into KCMO and visit the Steamboat Arabia exhibit. Thanks, the article made it wound better than it apparently is. Yes on Steamboat of Arabia. I’ve been there a couple times. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-roadtrip-in-kansas/678830/44 "2014-07-27T14:34:50Z")
All over Kansas, look for a Sirloin Stockade. I’ve helped remodeled several in some small KS towns thru the 90s and early 00s. It’s a cafeteria/buffet that serves steaks and stuff. Yes, it _ **IS** _ low brow, definitely. But it’s pretty good. As usual on the highly exalted foodie branch of the SDMB, YMMV! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-roadtrip-in-kansas/678830/45 "2014-07-27T14:36:38Z")
Oh, you’re already home. :smack: Missed the OP the first time you posted. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-roadtrip-in-kansas/678830.md?page=2)