Back from Wichita

I spent this last weekend visiting my husband in Wichita KS. Because you really never hear about Wichita (except that their college basketball team liked to beat my college basketball team) I wasn't really sure what to expect.

First thing.....
Its really really really windy there - like all the time. To the point that this morning when I left it was about 50 out with about 50 mph winds which brought the temp down to the 30's. The wind really makes it hard to spend any time outside.

I know Chicago is windy but really thats just because of how the wind funnels thru the buildings. This wind just cuts thru you.

Second....
I'm not sure if this is true but they have more aeorspce companines out there than I've ever seen. For a really small town they have 5 - 6 airports. 1 is the commercial airport. HawkerBeechcraft (who Chris and Matt work for) has their own air field. Boeing, Cesna and Spirit have assembly plants out there with associated run ways. There is a Military base with a run way and a small private airport as well. As we were driving around I saw alot of aerospace companies had manufacturing facilites as well. So it seems like Wichita is a hot bed of the aerospace industry.

Third.....
The town has a really nice downtown area thats very tourist friendly with a bunch of museums and lots of things to do. Its probably about the same size as downtown Indy but with not as many tall buildings. Once you get aways from downtown things are really spread out (at least on the East side). I'm used to development upon development and everything being really packed in. Out there you drive down a city road that all of a sudden turns into a mud road. A mud road is a road that consists of mud and gravel and when it rains really hard it becomes almost impassible. I saw alot of national chain restaurants and stores. Oh and the main Colmen factory is out there and they have tours and an outlet store (that I'm disappointed we didn't get to)

So all in all its really not a bad little town. Probably smaller than indy but still has alot to offer.