Exploring Kansas - Part 3

 We are slowly making our way to Colorado. We could have easily have driven to Colorado in one day, but we are taking our time and just enjoying the journey.

We stopped at a place called Monument Rocks.  It is about 20 miles from town. The last six miles are on a pretty rough gravel road.  It is actually located in some farming fields.  It was quite hot when we were there and I was not happy about it. 

We think these are birds' nests. 

We then drove to Goodland, KS where we saw this Van Gogh painting.

This dog park is located right next to the Van Gogh painting.  It was more interesting to me than the painting.

We spent the night at a Walmart. Can you believe that?  The folks went shopping and again their free camping night was not free at all. They bought food and a memory foam mattress topper for our beds.  It feels better than before.

Next stop is Colordao!

Jaxson,

The Greyhound Who Is Marking His Way Across The Country

Exploring Kansas - Part 2

 We stayed in Concordia for two nights.  The campground is in a city park.  The camping fee is by donation. It has water and electric sites and then a dump station.  The dog park was really nice.  

This is the dog park.

We did some exploring and found the center of the U.S.  If you watched the Super Bowl last year, Bruce Springsteen was in a commercial that was filmed here.

We then saw a historic jail.  This jail was used to house prisons that were getting on and off trains.

Our last stop of the day was seeing the largest ball of twine.

As you may have guessed, my folks like to see unusual things on their trips.  There are a lot of fun things on www.roadsideamerica.com

Jaxson,

The Greyhound Who Is Already Tired From Traveling.

Exploring Kansas

 According to Mom, the flower garden across from our campround in Abilene is beautiful.  We walked through it every morning while attending the greyhound event.  Mom said to remind everyone that it is September and the flowers have had a long hot summer, so they are not looking their best right now. Here are a few photos:

Abilene is a sweet town.  Mom said she would love to live there, but they don't even have a Walmart, so I don't believe her.  We left Abilene and made a stop at Mushroom State Park.  It has rocks that look like mushrooms, not the mushrooms you can eat.

We stayed two nights in Concordia, KS.  In 1943-1945, there was a German POW camp here.  The museum was closed due to the holiday weekend, but we drove by the tower that is still standing.

The National Orphan Train Museum is also here. Mom would have liked to have seen it, but it was closed for the weekend.  Mom didn't know about either museum before we arrived, but she would have liked to have seen both.  We may have to make another trip here.  

Concordia is a very small town. They do have a Walmart but they do not offer grocery pick-up.  We enjoyed our stay at their city park. They have RV camping sites as well as a dog park.  The fee for camping is whatever you wish.   The weather has been very nice. We slept without our AC last night.  It was in the 60's. It barely gets below 90 at home at night.

Jaxson,

The Greyhound Who Needs A Day To Relax