Ok, so it's been a while.
Well, i have moved to Wichita, Kansas, and have seen some incredible things.
'The Cathedral of the Plains' in Victoria, Kansas.
Here is my truck out on the prairie in Gove County.
Here is what i drove to Gove Co to see... the Chalk Pyramids.
i have also become a hunter of ghost towns, but in so doing have stumbled upon some of the most charming inhabited towns in the state, including Lindsborg (aka "Little Sweeden"). Jeff and i were on our way out to the western part of the state to see the Chalk Pyramids and to hunt a little ghost town called Coronado, a little east of the modern town of Leoti (pronounced LEE-oh-tah). We had put about an hour and half of I 135 under our belts and decided to stop for lunch in Lindsborg, thinking we might be able to get some Sweedish food and then get back on the road North and West. But we got much more than we bargained for, and ended up spending about five hours exploring this delightful town.
This past weekend i was on my way south to spend the weekend in Oklahoma, and took a little detour into the town of Hunnewell, Kansas. Now little more than a few gravel streets off the US highway 177, it sits just north of the state line and has a number of old, decaying homes mixed in with the trailers and pre-fab homes that house the current residents. Hunnewell is a victim of the boom and decline of the railroad industry in America. It was the site of a deadly gunfight during its heyday, and is now only a whisper of what was.
Jeff and i then spent Saturday morning at the Oktoberfest in Ponca City, Oklahoma. On our way there, we encountered a group of identical homes sitting on a rise in the prairie, with nothing else around. When i asked him was was up with this, he pointed out a small sign which read "Otoe Missouria Tribe," and explained that this was the last holdhout of this group of Native Americans. i was literally looking at the last of a people. It was disquieting, at least. As we left the small festival grounds then went for a drive through the Osage Nation. This is a federal Native Reservation which provides some of the only hills in northern Oklahoma. Just on the other side is a town of about 34,000 called Bartlesville, where Jeff used to work and live. He showed me around here and then we went back into the reservation and took a different route home.
Next weekend is Freeport, Kansas. Hopefully by then the picture upload will be fixed here.
'The Cathedral of the Plains' in Victoria, Kansas.
Here is my truck out on the prairie in Gove County.
Here is what i drove to Gove Co to see... the Chalk Pyramids.
This past weekend i was on my way south to spend the weekend in Oklahoma, and took a little detour into the town of Hunnewell, Kansas. Now little more than a few gravel streets off the US highway 177, it sits just north of the state line and has a number of old, decaying homes mixed in with the trailers and pre-fab homes that house the current residents. Hunnewell is a victim of the boom and decline of the railroad industry in America. It was the site of a deadly gunfight during its heyday, and is now only a whisper of what was.
Jeff and i then spent Saturday morning at the Oktoberfest in Ponca City, Oklahoma. On our way there, we encountered a group of identical homes sitting on a rise in the prairie, with nothing else around. When i asked him was was up with this, he pointed out a small sign which read "Otoe Missouria Tribe," and explained that this was the last holdhout of this group of Native Americans. i was literally looking at the last of a people. It was disquieting, at least. As we left the small festival grounds then went for a drive through the Osage Nation. This is a federal Native Reservation which provides some of the only hills in northern Oklahoma. Just on the other side is a town of about 34,000 called Bartlesville, where Jeff used to work and live. He showed me around here and then we went back into the reservation and took a different route home.
Next weekend is Freeport, Kansas. Hopefully by then the picture upload will be fixed here.
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