None of us believe that. You must have stolen sagegrouse's "H."
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I find that far more preferable than page upon page arguing about how many minutes each player will get, or a host of other threads I don't visit. But to each their own.
It's a big community, there are lots of interests. It is nice that we each have the ability to start, join, or ignore threads as we feel.
Hah, I know, I know. I was thinking I might get a response from you! With respect to the conversation, I differentiate between "been to" and "BEEN to", you know? Can I say that I have reasonably been to Kansas as part of a 50 state quest? I think so. Can I say I have gone deep and explored Kansas? No.
I did go out of my way both times to get off the highway and find some good places to eat though! I ate my fill of sliders at Cozies in Saline on one of the trips, IIRC.
Lots of fun things to see if you get off I-70 - Largest Ball of Twine in Cawker City (sometimes it drops a place or two), Garden of Eden in Lucas, Rock City, Cathedral of the Plains in Victoria, amazing Tiffany stained glass windows in 1st Presbyterian Church of Topeka, the hot and cold water towers in Canton, world's largest prairie dog in Oakley - just to name a few. ;)
I ended up crossing off Kansas by accident last summer. My wife and I had planned on spending our anniversary in Rocky Mountain National Park, but we woke up that day and the afternoon/overnight forecast in the park was very poor, so we did a great morning in the park before things turned ugly, then packed up and headed east. We spent the night in a bed & breakfast in Hays and had a great dinner at a local brewery, then stopped off at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, a small pocket that preserves the prairie that attracted so many settlers to the area in the first place. It was a sort of weird pivot from what we had expected for our 6th anniversary, but we have really fond memories of our Kansas time, and I won't be sad the next time I pass through (on the way back to Colorado).
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I haven't been to this particular one but prairie ecosystems are such under-visited and underappreciated places relative to a lot of the mountains, forests, shores, etc. We also have so little of our original great plains and prairies in tact that it's fun to see what the ol' American gal used to look like before the damn Europeans overran the place*!
One year, I spent Thanksgiving in Arkansas City, Kansas.
By BiL's family is from around there. Nearby Cottonwood Falls is a nice little town with a beautiful court house. His hometown of Pilsen is also the hometown of Father Emil Kapaun. He is being considered for canonization. He was the 9th chaplain to receive the Medal of Honor. They have an impressive little museum by the church - his SiL gives a great tour and talk. She went to the Medal of Honor ceremony, along with some of Father Kapaun's fellow POWs, in 2013.
Interesting story for Capt./Father Kapaun. I am humbled by his sacrifice.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Kapaun