We start with green dots and then look for red ink.You can find unexpected and fun destinations on the maps by looking for a tiny red square ■ with itty bitty red words written beside it. Itty bitty letters. Big destinations! The red ink strewn about the map always indicates a location of interest for the traveler - parks, caves, museums, mines, ski resorts, national monuments, just to name a few.
Now that I'm of a certain age, I can't see the red ink without my glasses on. So now when I'm looking for red ink, I'm not only wearing my trifocals but holding a magnifying glass over the map, too. Here are just a few examples of red ink destinations:
- Great Sand Dunes National Park (Colorado)
- Kitt Peak National Observatory (Arizona)
- Writing Rock Historical Site (North Dakota)
- Old Sturbridge Village (Maryland)
- National Baseball Hall of Fame (New York)
- Turtle Mound State Archaeological Site (Florida)
On one of our travel adventures, we were coming home from a trip to Colorado. Monty had been driving for hours through the plains of Kansas and I was killing time by scouring the map for green dots and red squares. I'm always looking for ideas for the next travel adventure. That's when I spotted something that made me sit up straight in the seat. We were close to a red ink destination. I told Monty what I had found and he was game for the adventure. A break from the driving was just what we both needed.
Located only a few miles off I-79, the Wizard of Oz Museum was an unexpected surprise. We spent a couple of hours there and it was definitely one of the most fun afternoons we have ever spent. We highly recommend it if you are ever near Wamego, Kansas.
We would never have experienced the magic of the Oz if not for a magnifying glass and an itty bitty red square on a map!
