Tent Concert

Tent Concert

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.
Miss Kansas

Miss Kansas

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.
Wa-Shun-Ga Days Parade Float

Wa-Shun-Ga Days Parade Float

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...
Dunlap, Kansas

Dunlap, Kansas

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...
Smiling Silos

Smiling Silos

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.