Kansas Guidebook 2 for Explorers

04/26/2024

Get Ready! The Big Kansas Road Trip in Ellsworth & Lincoln counties + Lucas is coming next week! https://conta.cc/44jHecK
UPDATE: Correction to The Stump starting time on Saturday in Sylvan Grove. It begins at 9am!! (not 10am as listed in the e-blast) It is correct in the print guide and on the website.

May 2-5 in Ellsworth and Lincoln counties + Lucas May 2-5, 2024 Ellsworth and Lincoln counties + Lucas bigkansasroadtrip.com Everything about the BKRT is designed to provide you with first-hand experi

09/12/2023

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11/16/2022

We would go to this every year of we could. One of the most unique events you'll attend in Kansas! Elk Falls is located in Elk County in southeast Kansas. It's only 1.5 hours from Wichita and Emporia and 2.5 hours Hutchinson and Topeka. No matter where you live, it's worth the drive. Poo Poo Platter anyone?

It wouldn't be a festival without food! Elk Fall's Outhouse Festival, Friday and Saturday, November 18 and 19th!!!

08/21/2022

When you write a guidebook you come across the darndest things.

No goosing in Gridley! Because of the many incidents of goosing in Gridley (Coffey County, southeast Kansas), city leaders in 1911 passed an ordinance against it. The Gridley ordinance is thought to be the only town in the nation to outlaw the practice. The city council's original minutes and the published ordinance can be seen at City Hall, 503 Main. Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. 620.836.3145. Learn more here: http://getruralkansas.com/Gridley/169Explore/966.shtml

08/05/2022

More murals popping up in Kansas communities, this time in Meade, located in the southwest region of the state. Learn more about this area located on the cusp of the Red Hills and High Plains physiographic region on pages 426-430 in the Kansas Guidebook 2 for Explorers.

06/26/2022

This truly is one of must "unique working setups in the state." You'll feel like you've stepped back in time when you visit Neosho Valley Woodworks in Humboldt (Allen County, southeast Kansas). Find this entry in the guidebook on pages 215 & 216. See you on the road!

06/21/2022

At The Corner on Main store in Garden City, a "live mannequin" was seen in the front window reading the Kansas Guidebook 2 for Explorers. What a unique window display!

06/17/2022

Anybody up for a road trip? Good eats at Fly Boy's in Sylvan Grove (Lincoln Co) and I'm pretty sure it's air conditioned. 😉 See pg 67 in the guidebook. 🍻

Shaved ribeye, roasted garlic parmesan cream sauce, havarti cheese, arugula, on a home-made bun with a side of herb-roasted potato wedges.

02/12/2022

Question of the week

What's your favorite historic building in Kansas?

11/29/2021

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