Tag: KS

  • Campfires & Wind

    Cedar Bluff State Park, Kansas, April 2025 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…

  • Agave Ridge Nature Trail

    Cedar Bluff State Park, KS, April 2025 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…

  • Cedar Bluff State Park, KS: Information

    Cedar Bluff State Park, KS, 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…

  • 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,…

  • You Can Hunt That?

    Cedar Bluff State Park, KS This raises so many questions: So many questions, and so few answers.

  • Archery and BMX Tack – Cedar Bluff State Park, KS

    Cedar Bluff State Park, KS, April 2025 Cedar Bluff State Park, KS has many outdoor activities including an archery range and BMX track. Yesterday, we bought new arrows so that John could test out the range. Today was a perfect day for practice. Little wind (that is for Kansas) and sunny. The hill behind the…

  • Acting like kids again!

    Salina Campground, KS, April 2025 Everyone who knows me has experienced my uncontrollable urge to goof around on playground equipment and just being silly. The campground had a large number entertainment from workout equipment to photo stand in boards, swing set and large chairs. I hope you enjoy seeing our antics. Since we are in…

  • Yesteryear Museum or Tractor Cemetary

    Salina, KS, April 2025 Driving into the park, the first thing we saw was a sign stating “Museum” and a lot of rusty old farm equipment. I was wonderful if it was a tractor museum or cemetery. Turns out it was a “Yesteryear Museum”. I believe the building in the far back also had antique…

  • Salina Campground, KS: Information

    Salina Campground, KS, April 2025 Salina Campground recently changed hands (like a month ago) and was called KOA Salinas Holiday. Fortunately, our reservation transferred over with no issues. The park is right off the I70 which is great a pit stop. The downside is you can hear all the interstate traffic. This noise does not…

  • Tornado Selfies Are Trending

    Salina Campground, KS, April 2025 Around 10 pm on Tuesday, April 1st, our phones went nuts with a tornado warning. I would have expected a tornado watch first, but no, just the warning. Shortly afterwards, it started to pour rain from the sky with pea sized hail. It was windy, but not tornado windy. The…