Some of my family is from Abilene, my mother's parents met at KSU Agronomy in Manhattan, oh, just over 100 years ago...
The drive across Kansas on I-70 can be a bit . . . monotonous. It is well worth a stop in Abilene to tour the Eisenhower Museum. A must see is the family home where Ike’s room is as it was when he left for West Point. It give a lot of insight into the man and the values his family instilled.