by Dave | Jun 20, 2007 | Kansas, Landscape
by Dave | Jun 18, 2007 | Celebrations, Human, Kansas, Kansas Culture, Small Towns
A colorful tent spread over a Council Grove side street offers refuge from the sun and heat during Washunga Days. The singer is crooning “May I have this dance for the rest of my life”, a wedding anniversary offering to his wife in the audience.
by Dave | Jun 17, 2007 | Celebrations, Human, Kansas, Small Towns
Not the most sophisticated backdrop for our reigning Miss Kansas, but nevertheless, here she is in the Wa-Shung-Ga Days parade, waving to all the rest of us flyover people.
by Dave | Jun 17, 2007 | Celebrations, Human, Kansas, Small Towns
Sack in hand, this kid well prepared to load up on candy tossed from the parade floats.
by Dave | Jun 17, 2007 | Celebrations, Human, Kansas, Small Towns
Friends of Council Grove’s Butler County Community College wait for the Wa-Shun-Ga Days parade to start. The entry, decked out with school colors, includes a line of covered wagons and limestone rock. You have no idea how difficult it was, locating a purple...
by Dave | Jun 16, 2007 | Industry, Kansas, Mills & Elevators, Small Towns
There really isn’t much left of Dunlap. A quick drive through convinced me that it has more rusting junk cars than any town I’ve visited. Decay is deep on the neighborhoods, though the edges of town were rich with wild daylilies and trumpet vine. At least...
by Dave | Jun 14, 2007 | Kansas, Kansas Culture, Small Towns
Wabaunsee, Kansas
by Dave | Jun 13, 2007 | Kansas, Landscape
Sundown on the ol’ prairie
by Dave | Jun 12, 2007 | Flint Hills, Kansas, Mills & Elevators, Wildflowers
Sunflowers line the borders of railroad beds on Highway 50
by Dave | Jun 10, 2007 | Cityscapes, Kansas, Small Towns
Scott City, Kansas What could make you feel more welcome, when entering a strange town, that a giant orange silo complex smiling at you from above the trees. This is found near highway 83 on the north edge of the city.
