Category: Travel

Why it is Called Cottonwood

We have been traveling through Kansas and Nebraska. Wherever there is a source of water, there are cottonwood trees growing. The winds are spreading their seeds across the landscape. The image below illustrates why it…

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Fort Kearney State Historical Park

Historical MarkerYesterday's high winds destroyed this wagonWooden posts designate the location of the fort's buildings Reconstructed sod buildingReconstructed interior of powder magazineReplica Pony Express…

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The Beauty of RVing

FORT KEARNY STATE RECREATION AREA

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Historic Fort Hays Days

Fort Hays, Hays, Kansas Fort Hays Museum DisplayHunters campFresh baked bread and churned butterA serious food truck Buffalo SoldierIndian encampmentTeepeesFitting a dance costumeInterior of Officers QuartersInterior of…

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The Park Designer Never Owned an RV

Sometimes you just have to hookup to what is there.

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The Sternberg Museum

The famous fish within a fish fossil which was found some 50 miles away from Hays, Kansas where the museum is located. Closeup of the ribs of the larger fish alternating being over and under the smaller fish showing…

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Stone Fence Posts

When the area of Kansas we are current traveling thru was first settled it was mostly treeless. No trees, no fence posts, so what did those settlers do? They used what was available which was a relatively thin band of…

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Starlink Sighting

The first RV we have seen during this year's travels that had a Starlink dish. It is likely that for next year's travels we will also have Starlink.…

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Storms, Storms Storms

Rain wind and occasionally hail. Sometimes during the day but usually at night. Day after day.…

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Small Town America

Central Business District at noon on a Sunday They take Sunday seriously in America's Heartland. We love the towns, the land and the people of Kansas, which is why some years ago we spent two months traveling in the…

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Reorganizing Sophie's Bays

Over time the two larger storage bays in Sophie had become a hodgepodge of items with the back bay holding the heaviest items. Wanting to move some of the weight forward in front of the rear axle meant a complete…

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