Ranch Rodeo 2012

Ranch Rodeo 2012

Emporia, Kansas – A rodeo is one of the best parts of the Beefest activities, that and the barbecue competition. The fragrance of barbecue smoke is thick on the air.
Frank

Frank

Frank Harbaugh rebuilds a transmission in his Emporia shop.
Afternoon Wash

Afternoon Wash

Wow, rain! It brought people out on to their porches to watch, sometimes standing in the rainfall. This one of the showers passing over Emporia this afternoon, photographed from the southeast.
Muskrat Marsh

Muskrat Marsh

This contented looking rodent was cruising in duckweed below the stone bridge at the south end of Wabaunsee Lake. Learn more about muskrats on Wikipedia.