April 29, 2023 Continuing thru Kansas

(Note: This blog is picture intensive.  Many of the pictures were taken as we were driving so they may not be super sharp. But the scenery just had to be captured. Notice the topography changes as we traveled– Amazing!))

We woke to beautiful blue skies and no wind so away we went.

More wind turbines during our journey today:

Old granaries:

New granaries:

Cool barns:

Love the flag (yes, we started getting a little breezy):

We went thru many small towns.  The architecture was amazing.

 

Spring time in the fields – check out that green!

We passed many of these oil rigs that were active:

The leaves are coming out:

 

 

 

Many dirt roads to the ranches and farms:

Lighthouse! In Kansas! Oh My!

Lots of water and rivers that were flowing - We are not in the desert anymore:

 

We made our way to Airport Park in Concordia.  Very nice park – water, electric and a dump station.  It is run by the city of Concordia and the cost is donation only.  How nice is that.

There is a lot of history in this area and I would like to come back thru next season.  So off we went to the Visitor Center to get some information.  This 6,400 brick Whole Wall Mural is the longest sculpted brick mural in the US.  It is hard to see in this light so when we come thru, I will get a better picture and find out all the details.

 

The Orphan Train Museum is here plus the Orphan Statue Project that I really want to spend time doing.  Here is one of those statues.

So this area is on my bucket list for next season.

We drove around the town – really cute and stopped by the American Legion.  Love stopping by the local Legions.  We find out so much about the area and what to see and do. (And yes, I have my lists – LOL!)

The wind really picked up so we headed back home and relaxed the rest of the evening.  Tomorrow we head to Missouri so stay tuned and enjoy today.

Today’s stats:

Miles Traveled: 208 Miles

Routes Traveled:

Kansas: E. Wyatt Earp Blvd; US-56; KS-156; I-70; Airport Park Road

 

April 27 – 28, 2023 Four States and Lots of Wind

(Note: This blog is picture intensive.  Many of the pictures were taken as we were driving so they may not be super sharp. But the scenery just had to be captured. Notice the topography changes as we traveled– Amazing!))

Thursday, 27th, we left our space at the Tucumcari Elks and continued north on one of my favorite routes.

Cows coming in to drink:

We saw these buildings stationed about every 4 miles.  There was no electric to them but there was this “pipe” sticking out of the roof. They were also not connected with the railroad tracks.  Anyone know what they are.  (We saw them in New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma but not in Kansas.

We continued our travels into Texas:

More cows – they are free range here:

Granaries:

Old railroad ties:

Notice all the black area – these are cows in feed lots.  They went on for miles:

More in the distance:

Our travelers:

And granaries:

We came around a corner and found a muffler man – YIPEE!

Have no clue – alien ship maybe – LOL:

  

There must be lots of wind in this area because these go for miles in Texas and

Then Oklahoma:

More scenes along the way:

  

  

Have no clue on this one:

Our fourth state today – Kansas:

  

  

  

  

Check out this picture – the oil rig and the wind turbine – What a contrast.

We made our way to Blue RV Campground in Dodge City Kansas.  After getting set up we checked out the town.  Lots of industry here and it is growing.

Dodge City was the setting of the long-running radio and television series Gunsmoke so tomorrow we hope to check out the tourist center and go from there.  There is also a storm coming thru so we will be keeping our eye on that.

Today’s stats:

Miles Traveled: 240 Miles

Routes Traveled:

New Mexico: Robison Ave; US-54

Texas: US-54

Oklahoma: US-54

Kansas: IS-54; US-283; US-400; E. Wyatt Earp Blvd

Friday, 28th.

The rain started last night and continued throughout the morning.  The wind, however, was crazy.  We had sustained 40 MPH winds with higher gusts.  OH MY. 

Since many of the things to see here are outside, we decided that we would come back when we could do that.

So we made a stop at Walmart and found this:

Yuengling Lager is now in Kansas!  As of February, they are now distributing in Oklahoma and Missouri…

  

It was brutal being outside so back home we decided to stay in all day. As I write this, it is 8PM and the wind is finally starting to calm down.

So tomorrow we are heading northeast.  Stay tuned and enjoy today.