Call it an exotic trip close to home.
That's the point of the one-tank trip - to find the unique of Kansas and explore. So, if you haven't been to Salina, then you should plan day out.
It helps the zoo was built a decade ago, making it one of the most up-to-date zoos around. The animal exhibits are visitor friendly. There's no big chunk of concrete barrier like at some zoos. Aside from the infrastructure, the animals are great, and there is plenty of variety.
My only disappointment: No penguins.
A few points of interest includes the building/ticket booth. It used to be the Tescott Depot. The Museum also has a conference center. The museum also has a cool theater.
If you go, be sure to stop at Salina and eat a "Cozy burger" at the Cozy Inn. The nearly 90-some-old burger joint is a Salina staple. If you walk in, you're sure to smell like the burgers on the grill. In the recent past, however, owners added an outside walk-up window.
These hamburgers are so thin, you can almost see through them. But boy, are they good. And, by the way, you can't order a Cozy without onions. I pick mine off.
A little personal history on the Cozy. My grandfather, Harold Cooley, supposedly ate the first Cozy off the grill when it opened in 1922. At least, that is what he always claimed. I'm fairly certain that even if it wasn't the first one served, he ate a Cozy the day it opened.
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