Down Under

On Saturday, May 5th, the library took 20 middle school students on a trip "Down Under." On this Library in Motion trip we visited the Underground Tunnels in Ellinwood, KS, the Kansas Underground Museum and Salt Mines in Hutchinson, KS and rounded things out with a bouncing good time at Pump It Up! in Wichita!

Judy Kleinsorge summed up the trip well in saying that, "The 'Down Under' trip will be hard to top. The tour of the Kansas Underground Salt Museum was truly a unique experience, especially since it had just opened to the public. The students really had no idea what to expect except that it would be a little like a cave. As we were touring on the tram, I was thrilled to hear them saying, over and over, 'This is SO awesome!' I think the stop at the pile of salt rocks to load up sacks was the highlight of the tour. Kids and rocks, it couldn't get any better than that."

We had a great trip and would especially like to thank our sponsors who made this trip possible including: the Colby Law Enforcement w/ the Thomas County Community Foundation, Friends of Pioneer Memorial Library, and Pioneer Memorial Library Foundation, Inc.