Adventures including a visit to, drive thru and/or stay in Kansas
Two frontier forts, prairie towns, and a prairie storm! Staying in WaKeeney, Kansas, which sits right in the ecological transition zone of the Great Plains, where the lusher mixed-grass and tallgrass elements from the east fade into the arid shortgrass prairie and chalky limestone outcroppings of western Kansas. Thursday the Read more
On another Army Corp of Engineers Lake We stayed at Lake Kanopolis State Park, near Marquette, Kansas, where it was/is seriously HOT. It was ~105o when we arrived about 2:00 on Sunday and hit 109o before heading back down. Monday & Tuesday topped out at 106o and 104o. Upon arrival, Read more
Camping on Lake Melvern at Eisenhower State Park Where we had a relaxing day hanging out on the lake, only mid 80’s with a breeze, after an exciting night. We woke to a thunderstorm and windstorm at 4:00 am and had to go out to bring in all the awnings. Read more
Three stops in a week…Missouri-Kansas-Missouri We moved Northeast from central Oklahoma to central Missouri over the last week, taking a bit of a Zig-Zag route (including ), with 3 stops: Joplin, MO for 2 nights, Lawrence, KS (between Topeka & Kansas City) for 3 nights, and Columbia, MO (north of Read more
Road Trip Album at: November 23–December 13, 2016 Overview The primary goal of our Cross-Country Road Trip was to drive the Prius home to Washington to leave her there, making this our last X-Country Trip in the Prius. We had decided that 2017 would be the year to buy a Read more