By In Lawrence today, I ate at Mad Greek and had my usual, spanakopita, or spinach triangles. Mad Greek is not consistent; sometimes it’s really good, sometimes, just OK. Today, the triangles were on the soggy side, not great. But even soggy, they were better than the Mediterranean food I get in Emporia (because there are …
Concordia Post Office
A big old post office. 66901
Frosty mug
Ahhh. A&W Root Beer. In a frosty mug. Few things taste as good as this. Yesterday when I was headed toward Chanute, I stopped in Iola for an early dinner. When I was a kid, there were A&Ws in Larned and Great Bend. We didn’t stop there often when I was young, but I loved …
Hays, Past and Present
This week’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: Sternberg Museum of Natural History HAYS, PAST AND PRESENT I left you in Lucas at the end of last week’s column. After Lucas, I then took a spin through Russell, which has “Home of Bob Dole” painted on one of its grain elevators. And …
Offerle
Offerle elevator. Offerle is in Edwards County, along U.S. 56. I’ve been traveling a lot and have so many photos to share, but I’ve just been too gol-darn busy to post them along with any accompanying stories. Being busy is good, but I wish I had time to share more here.
The Imagineers
Newton has a brand new community-created mural downtown.
Morning fog
U.S. 281 in Stafford County this morning.
Cloud County Tourism
Friday morning – Susie Haver hangs the Welcome flag. Last Friday, I had an author event in Concordia – sponsored by Cloud County Tourism, which is Susie Haver and Tammy Britt. Their office is in the Cloud County Museum Annex at 130 E. 6th in downtown Concordia. Although my book-signing / reading wasn’t until 3:30 …
Westbound, Day One
Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: Mushroom Rock State Park, Ellsworth County WESTBOUND, DAY ONE This is a ol’ big state. During the first week of October, I traveled 1,080 miles and only saw a tiny bit of Kansas. I spent five glorious days on the road, offering my “Flyover People” …
Brewster
Westbound. A stretch of I-70 between Colby and Brewster. I thought I’d check out Brewster. One of my high school teachers had once taught/coached in Brewster. Why my mind chooses to remember that detail, I don’t know. Brewster Grocery and Senior Center Grumpy’s Bar and Grill Brewster High School.
U.S. 81 Sunset
Leaving Concordia Friday night, as I drove south on U.S. 81 there was a lovely sunset going on to my right.