Hope

We'd been hoping for a good place to use the restroom, and Hope (motto: There will always be HOPE in Kansas) certainly did not disappoint us in this matter. They have a nice, big park with clean restrooms, and we were so happy to use them that we stood in the chilly drizzle to get a family selfie. (Of course, it took several attempts to get one we liked.)

It's a fairly typical rural town, with a mix of homes, some well-maintained, and others in disrepair. Some yards have a lot of stuff in them.

We were excited to see a Statue of Liberty next to some freedom-loving Hoper's porch, and Matthew, still on the lookout for Bigfoot silhouettes, alerted us, "Hey, guys, look! A Bigfoot with a gun!"

Dwight Eisenhower's father, David, lived in Hope for a while in the 1870s-1880s. There's still a grain elevator, gas station, and a K-12 public school.