Wichita

We%26#39;ll be driving through Wichita in late September. Is there anything nice to do there (no children with us) if we want to take a breather from traveling? What will the weather likely be?

Wichita

If you love history, we have a wonderful World History museum in Old Town. There are also some fun shops in Old Town. There is a great art museum and botanical garden (not sure how much to see in Sept).

Also in Old Town is a fun melodrama/dinner place.

If you enjoy zoos, the Sedgwick County Zoo is one of the best around.

The weather should be mild in the 70%26#39;s or so, possibly a little windy.

Wichita

Hello.

I have family in Wichita and I can tell you that the weather is usually quite nice in September.

There are a lot of things to do in Wichita. I would stick to the east side of twon where there are many restaurants and shopping areas to choose from. I travel to Wichita ocassionally and it seems to have grown considerably in the last few years.

The west side has ';grown up'; considerably in the past two years. The main shopping districts are on North Rock Road (21st and higher) and North Maize Road (again 21st and higher). There is also some great shopping in Old Town downtown.

In Sept the new Gander Mountain store will be open downtown right on the river. It%26#39;s next to the boathouse and the new Water Walk development on the Arkansas River.

I forgot to post the first time about Old Cowtown. If you like old west history, this is great place. It has original buildings from Wichita%26#39;s history. It%26#39;s in the ';Museums on the River'; district, which includes Botanica, The Art Museum, Exploration Place (science center), The Indian Center, and the Boat House....all along/near the rivers.

The Old Town area is highly over-rated. The East and West sides of town offer a better variety of activities as well as shopping.

';The Old Town area is highly over-rated. The East and West sides of town offer a better variety of activities as well as shopping.';

Seems unlikely that you are still around here after almost a year, but I wonder how long it has been since you have been to the Old Town area? I visited it a couple of months ago and was very impressed with what has happened there over the last few years.

PS for others. ';Old Town'; is not the same thing as ';Old Cow Town.';

Old town is definately for the 20-30 somethings.

There are night clubs, restaurants, sports bars, movie theatre all right there. If your looking for a nice quiet time you might look elsewhere, but if you are wanting to be seen Old Town is the place.

During the day, Old Town is not targeted towards the under 40%26#39;s crowd (I don%26#39;t necessarily think it is during the p.m. either). There are great shops and restaurants to check out. During the weekend, they have a Farm %26amp; Art Market. It has really grown and gotten much more sophisticated in the last year or so.

At age 52, I don%26#39;t feel out of place at all.

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