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I don’t have much time to play on the PC on Fridays, actually from Thursday evenings, so this will be quick. I dedicate this photo to Mrs. Nascar! It’s a view from our rental car of the Kansas Speedway, looking east. Taken in February 2008.
OK. You requested, I promised. Here they are. Now… these aren’t the “OOooo! Aaaah! Isn’t Kansas just the prettiest?!” photographs, but well – – I blame it on the weather. And time of year (nothing is green in February.) And not really knowing how to use my camera yet? Don’t NOT visit Kansas based on these photos! I realize that Kansas is rarely a destination on its own – and I do proclaim again, it has its beauty! (Request your travel brochure and visitors guide from the official KS Bureau of Tourism here! I got the title for this post from the official slogan to capture your interest in the 34th state…)
I especially love the contrast of my home state to where I currently live. I can get homesick for that big sky grandness…
First photo shows me taking the pic (look in the side mirror) of the Rental Car Building at KCI. Notice that the sky is white? It was rather chilly…. We got a Dodge Charger.
This next scene is actually Missouri which is where KCI is: Kansas City, Missouri… We are heading southwest… 
This is on I-70 but it could still be I-435. Another cool glimpse of my hands with the camera. I’m pretty amazed how well these turned out. It’s ~ 3 pm or so.
Most definitely on I-70 here; getting flatter…
I can see for miles and miles…
This is looking east from the Lookout stop on 177 (the road from I-70 north into Manhattan KS which is where you can find Kansas State University) The sky was a little too hazy. We tried to get some height on this, but I was freezing and the wind was blowing and I just wanted to escape back into the car.
This is looking west. For some pretty photos of Konza Prairie, check out this link. 
Curvature of the earth? The sun was so bright, I had trouble seeing my horizontals…
This is Rocky Ford fishing area – we were touring around after the funeral. It’s just barely outside of Manhattan, down river from Tuttle Creek Reservoir.
The view looking north from the top of Tuttle Creek Dam.
A huge statue of Johnny Kaw sits in the city park. (Mythical figure, famous for planting sunflowers and wheatfields…)
And for my Massachusetts friends, one of the early wealthy town founders was H. P. Wareham. His name is on a few buildings. I have no idea if he was associated in any way with the town of Wareham, MA. This is in downtown Manhattan KS.
Then, coming back to KCI, we drove Hwy 24 and came up on the Kansas Speedway (any Nascar fans?) It’s amazing what this has done to attract all sorts of mass commercialization in the area. Am.Az.Ing. “If you build it, they will come.”
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This concludes today’s photo essay (minus the family at lunch, etc.) of my latest trip ‘home’.
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