Our plan to check out the aircraft industry in Wichita was foiled today. Both Beechcraft and Cessna, and other aircraft manufacturers, are owned by Textron Aviation, which is headquartered in Wichita. Unfortunately, public access and tours is restricted, other than a gift shop, so we had to go to Plan B.
Most of the places to visit in this fair city are outdoors and so not so attractive on 90 degree, 55% humidity day! We opted for a shopping trip to a local mall.
Town East Mall is anchored by JC Penny, Scheels, Dillards, and Von Maur, an upscale department store. Dillards, of course, has a tremendous selection of clothing and accessories, and Scheels has a bit of everything from kids toys to kayaks! JC Penny continues to have a great selection of clothing and housewares. The mall is home to over a hundred shops, and I think we checked on them all! The second floor shops just about did us in, so a little time on a comfortable bench was called for. Then downstairs!
Three hours later, we slid back outside, into the heat, and hit the road. On the way back to the rv, we stopped at a Starbucks (yeah, I know) to have a recommended drink, a Caramel Ribbon Crunch Frappuccino. Now, most of you know about this non-menu item, but we experienced it for the first time. A concoction of drizzled caramel, crunchy butter brickle, and a frothy espresso base with whipped cream on top. Decadent. And very sweet!
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