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Japanese Friendship Garden
Lawrence, KS, October 2025 When we visited the area in 2024, we know about the Japanese Friendship Garden. We looked up the location and discovered it was right next to the Watkins Museum which we did visit in 2024. The Friendship Garden started with Hiratsuka, Japan donating $5,000 to Lawrence in 1995. The city of…
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Prairie Park Nature Center – boy it sucks to diet?
Lawrence, KS, October 2025 We visited Prairie Park Nature Center in 2024 and saw the plumpest prairie dogs that were absolutely adorable. This year the nature center had the same 2 prairie dogs but they have been put on a diet. We were told they have lost 1 lb. This might not sound like a…
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Clinton State Park, KS 2024 Campsite Photos
Lawrence Kansas, September 2024 We stayed 2 weeks in Clinton State Park, KS in 2024 and I did not create a blog with the campsite pictures. In 2025, we plan to stay another 2 weeks in Clinton SP. I’m adding the photos to the website to assist with trailer setup. My favorite picture from 2024…
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Butterfield Hiking Trail
Cedar Bluff State Park, KS, April 2025 The trail was in the south are of the reservoir and trailhead was right next to the Park Office on the other side of Pa’s Pond which is a youth and disabled stocked fishing pond. The trail has multiple stopping points with details about the reservoir, plants, and…
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Cedar Bluff SP to Shady Grove Campground – Information and Directions
April 2025 One of the more notable features is a red pay phone. That actually works. This is first park with a pay phone feature especially in the days of everyone having a cell phone. My guess is that some cell phone carriers don’t have service The town did not have a lot to offer…
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Campfires & Wind
Cedar Bluff State Park, Kansas – Home of the never-ending wind.. Cedar Bluff is a beautiful park that is dry and windy. The ground has just started to turn green, and the reservoir water level is low. Having a campfire required waiting for a less windy (still windy though) day. Well at least for us.…
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Agave Ridge Nature Trail
Cedar Bluff State Park, KS Agave Ridge Nature Trail has a 1 mile loop and a longer 5.4 mile loop that includes the 1 mile loop. (FYI, the pamphlet pdfs will probably try to download.) Here is a pdf version of the pamphlet for the hiking trail. While looking for that, I found another useful…
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Salina Campground to Cedar Bluff State Park, KS – Park Information, Pictures and Driving Directions
April 2025 Cedar Bluff State Park, KS is located on the prairie. The one learning is that it is rare not to have a windy day. I was looking forward to cooking hot dogs (the big ones from Sams Club) over the campfire. Unfortunately, we only had 1 day that was less windy (still windy…
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Sunset and Moonrise
Cedar Bluff State Park, KS I think we were going to the bath house to take showers, and we caught the sunset through the trees across the street. Another evening, we went for a walk after sunset. We were hoping to see some deer or other dusk and early evening animals. It was the weekend,…
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You Can Hunt That?
Cedar Bluff State Park, KS This raises so many questions: So many questions, and so few answers.