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Showing posts with label Kansas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kansas. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Searching for Mormon Grove

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I've felt very strongly that I need to teach my children the stories of their ancestors as a way to develop their character and resil...
Sunday, March 6, 2016

The Atchison Visitor Center and Rail Museum

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In November we visited Atchison.  We stopped by their Historical Society Museum and Rail Museum, located conveniently in town along with t...
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Sunday, September 27, 2015

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

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We left Chase County Fishing Lake, stopped in the cute little town of Cottonwood Falls, then continued up the Flint Hills Scenic Byway to ...

Frogs and Waterfalls at Chase County Fishing Lake

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We took a camping trip out to the Flint Hills on Friday.  My wife wanted to visit Tallgrass Prairie, and the nearest free camping was at C...
Thursday, September 24, 2015

The Grinter Sunflower Field

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Early September, one of the Northeast Kansas traditions is the Grinter Sunflower Field.  Every year, the Grinters plant a large field of s...

The Leavenworth County Fair

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At the end of July we went to the Leavenworth County Fair in Tonganoxie.  The fair is pretty small. It's the smallest county fair we...

Catching Fish in Three Mile Creek

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I've gone on plenty of walks on the Three-mile Creek Trail in Leavenworth, and although the creek isn't very big, it does have fis...

Wild Blackberries in Kansas

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July is when blackberries start to ripen in Kansas.  We were out and about over the winter and discovered a patch or two, so since mid sum...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

The Underground Railroad in Leavenworth

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North of the Riverfront Community Center, there's a sign for the Planters Hotel- a once famous hotel that stood on the site.  The hote...

The Susan B Anthony Home in Leavenworth

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Susan B. Anthony lived in Leavenworth for a while.  She advocated for women's rights, such as the right to vote.  Although she died 14...
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Making Marbles and the Moon Marble Company

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My wife and the kids took another adventure without me.  This time they went to the Moon Marble Company to watch a marble making demonstra...

Canoeing at Lost Eighty Park

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We took our yellow canoe over to the Lost 80 Park in Lansing to go canoeing.  The pond there isn't very big, but it was a place to go ...
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Oregon Trail Blueberry Farm

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One of the highlights from June was picking blueberries at the Oregon Trail Blueberry Farm. They're newcomers to the whole you-pick th...

The Baby Goats at Deanna Rose Farmstead

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My wife took the kids to the Deanna Rose Farmstead in Overland Park, Kansas one day when I was working.  Deanna Rose is free admission dur...

Hooray for Mulberries!

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In late May and early June we had a great time picking mulberries.  Here in Kansas, they're just about everywhere.  They're in the...

Picking Strawberries at Schwinn Produce Farm

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One of our last May adventures was going to the Schwinn Produce Farm to pick strawberries.   They are a you-pick strawberry farm located n...

An Easy Walk to Angel Falls

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We found another enjoyable trail to walk and bike.  The Angel Falls Trail is in Lansing, Kansas and leads to a small waterfall on Sevenmil...
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Sunday, June 7, 2015

Prairie Park Nature Center

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We visited the Prairie Park Nature Center in Lawrence.  It's a fantastic little nature center.  Kids enjoyed most of the visit, but th...
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University of Kansas Natural History Museum

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While we were in Lawrence, we visited the University of Kansas Natural History Museum.  It's a great museum!  There's lots there t...
Monday, May 25, 2015

Lawrence Community Orchard in the Spring

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A few months ago I found a passing reference to the Lawrence Community Orchard.  Intrigued, I looked it up to see what it was.  Then I dec...