In the distance is another state capitol dome.  We have seen five or six now on this trip and this one is in Topeka.  Today we crossed into Kansas from Missouri and learned more things.

We passed a sign saying that for the next 8 miles we would be driving on the first section of the national interstate highway system built by Eisenhower ever to be paved.  This was in Missouri.  I Googled it and it seems that two other states also claim to have the first paved section.  Missouri was definitely the first state to sign the contract for the roads, though.  

Did you know that Manhattan, KS is known as the Little Apple?

Have you ever seen Burnt Ends on the menu at a BBQ restaurant?  It turns out that these are the meaty ends of ribs, cut off so there isn't any bone and served on a bun.  Excellent!!

Kansas has a place known as the Bluestem grazing area in the Flint Hills.  It used to be where bison grazed but became the place where Texas sent skinny cattle to be fattened up.  The locals used to say that Texas sent the horns and Kansas put the bodies on

Kansas also grows lots of wheat, corn and grass seed for hot, dry areas.

Scenes from the KOA campground in Salina, KS.  This is a very nice KOA with full hook ups and all the amenities plus summer activities.  Above is the first golf cart I've ever seen with police lights on top.

There is also a collection of large, metal bison here.

Kansas is the Sunflower State.  Here you see the intersection of Sunflower and Home on the Range Lanes.

This is a fence I like in the campground.  I took this picture for no particular reason.

Directly across the street from the campground is the Museum of Yesteryear which features a large field of farm machines and implements all sitting outside and rusting. ?????


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