- A TRAVELER'S GUIDE TO LIFE AND EVERYTHING -
A TRAVELER'S GUIDE TO STATES YOU WOULDN'T THINK OF VACATIONING TO
- CHAPTER THREE-
KANSAS
STATE MOTTO: Per aspera ad astra a Latin phrase meaning "through hardships to the stars"
So here we are, our third state on our journey to find the best of those states people don't realize have a tourist industry!
Your wife has decided that since Nebraska and Iowa were pretty nifty recommendations from Mr. Blogger, she will allow him and hubby to live, for at least one more state.
"But if it turns out Kansas sucks, I will kill you both and not even bother to hide the bodies!!" she leers at both of us!
Welcome to Kansas!!
I have some friends who live in the State of Kansas and they seemingly like it.
"It doesn't smell!! Most days..." one of them says.
"This isn't going very well sir!!" Hubby says, trying to find a place to hide.
We hit the Google so you don't have to and discover, KANSAS ROCKS!!!!!
KANSAS - HAVE YOU EVER KILLED A MAN WITH YOUR BARE HANDS? WOULD YOU LIKE TO!? VISIT KANSAS!! PLEASE!!!!!!
So what the heck is there to do in Kansas??
"Yea! What IS there to do in Kansas?"
Well, lets find out!!
First off, lets discover a bit about Kansas - remember the line THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME in the Wizard of Oz?
There's no place like it!!
"Really?"
YES!!!
"Look ma, we's in Kansas!!"
About Kansas as cut and pasted from Wikipedia!!!
Kansas /ˈkænzəs/ (listen) is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States.[10] Its capital is Topeka and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area.[11] The tribe's name (natively kką:ze) is often said to mean "people of the (south) wind" although this was probably not the term's original meaning.[12][13] For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes. Tribes in the eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys. Tribes in the western part of the state were semi-nomadic and hunted large herds of bison.
Kansas was first settled by European Americans in 1812, in what is now Bonner Springs,[14] but the pace of settlement accelerated in the 1850s, in the midst of political wars over the slavery debate. When it was officially opened to settlement by the U.S. government in 1854 with the Kansas–Nebraska Act, abolitionist Free-Staters from New England and pro-slavery settlers from neighboring Missourirushed to the territory to determine whether Kansas would become a free state or a slave state. Thus, the area was a hotbed of violence and chaos in its early days as these forces collided, and was known as Bleeding Kansas. The abolitionists prevailed, and on January 29, 1861,[15][16] Kansas entered the Union as a free state. After the Civil War, the population of Kansas grew rapidly when waves of immigrants turned the prairie into farmland.
By 2015, Kansas was one of the most productive agricultural states, producing high yields of wheat, corn, sorghum, and soybeans.[17]Kansas, which has an area of 82,278 square miles (213,100 square kilometers) is the 15th-largest state by area and is the 34th most-populous of the 50 states with a population of 2,911,641. Residents of Kansas are called Kansans. Mount Sunflower is Kansas's highest point at 4,041 feet (1,232 meters).[18]
"Alright!!! Mount Sunflower, here we come!!" everyone sings out rushing out to the car!!
But before we go, we should look at some other things to do in Kansas!!!
MONUMENT ROCKS NATIONAL LANDMARK
FROM TRAVEL KANSAS WEBSITE ----
One of the 8 Wonders of Kansas. Cretaceous chalk formations, Chalk Rock Towers, Butterfield Trail marker. No services available, and road is impassable in inclement weather. Please adhere to property signs as this landmark is on private land: No Camping, No Climbing, No Littering.
(785) 671-1000
GOVE 16, OAKLEY, KS 67748
Website - http://www.westernvistashistoricbyway.com/monument-rocks/
KANSAS WATERFALLS
Check out some of the waterfalls in Kansas and your wife smiles about killing you under one of them!
Check out THE TOP 10 KANSAS WATERFALLS!!!
And so many more!!!
Come check out THINGS TO DO IN KANSAS by clicking here and enjoy!!!
Of course, what would a blog about Kansas be without -------
KANSAS - CARRY ON MY WAYWARD SON!!!
So until next time, keep traveling where very few travel to cause they're hitting those tourist trap states, with their "touted" about beauty and things to do.
Every state has beauty and stuff to do!!
(And yes, we'll make it to New Jersey at some point, just keep reading!!!!)
We're OUTTA HERE!!!!! (Got a new tag line!!!)
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