Hi chucktoo
Wichita, huh? Can't say as I've been there. It's off the beaten path for me. When you said "desert", I immediately thought of El Paso.
Now, however, I have been to Mineral Wells in August. It was in 1948 - a car dealers convention for my Dad and a vacation for us kids. We had fun but it was a bit warm. No, that's not quite right. It was downright HOT! We set off one day in search of Marble Head Falls. Well, we drove here and we drove there and pretty soon it was apparent we were "lost" as we were way out in the country on a dirt road, miles from where we'd started or so it seemed, and no Marble Head Falls anywhere to be found. Eventually, Dad came upon some farmer and asked him how one could get to Marble Head Falls from there. So help me, the farmer took off his hat, scratched his head, looked up the road and back whence we'd come and drawled, "Well, I don't rightly know if you can get there from here." By then, it was about 1:00 pm and the sun was broiling and we kids were thirsty as all get out. So Dad thanked the man and turned the car around. Never have seen that place, Marble Head Falls, yet.
See ya around -- and, uh, the pilot is asleep in his favorite chair. Time to wake him up and tell him to go to bed.
Marilyn