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My mom spotted this on I-135 by Lindsborg. Looks like it’s going in the LJS building. She also thinks Taco Grande got bought & they might be rebranding them all to this.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Growing up as a kid from KC I always thought of Salina as just another truck stop town on I-70 halfway between the cat ranch/home....we always stopped at the Petro 2 on the way there and back. Wasn't until I went to a wedding there right after college that I realized there is a whole 50k town that you don't see right off the interstate.Also Salina is firmly central KS. Western KS starts around Hays where the smoky hills end. If you have to worry about cedars taking over your pasture you are not in western KS.
lotta locals are not a fan of that downtown stretch. "so much wasted money" etc.
the old LJS building has some activity lately. Hopefully it will be coming down!
Drove over to Abilene this afternoon & took the kids on the train to Enterprise. Rode on one of the outdoor cars at a picnic table. It was a nice afternoon. The 5 year old had a good time & the 8 year old loved it.
Quote from: TheHamburglar on September 04, 2022, 07:19:29 PMDrove over to Abilene this afternoon & took the kids on the train to Enterprise. Rode on one of the outdoor cars at a picnic table. It was a nice afternoon. The 5 year old had a good time & the 8 year old loved it.It’s great. Nice day for it. Did you see any signs of that pedestrian trail they are building adjacent to it?
Quote from: Sandstone Outcropping on September 05, 2022, 04:41:02 PMQuote from: TheHamburglar on September 04, 2022, 07:19:29 PMDrove over to Abilene this afternoon & took the kids on the train to Enterprise. Rode on one of the outdoor cars at a picnic table. It was a nice afternoon. The 5 year old had a good time & the 8 year old loved it.It’s great. Nice day for it. Did you see any signs of that pedestrian trail they are building adjacent to it?I didn’t know to look for it.I went on the train on a field trip in elementary school. We try to do something like that every visit now that my girls are older. Last time we went out to Coronado Heights. We’d talked about the train before, but we usually just end up walking on the Land Institute trails behind my parents house. I’d completely forgot about the train for this trip, but a KSU professor that I see at tailgates just retired & is now volunteering there & he reminded me on Saturday. I’ll ask him how the pedestrian trails are coming.
Quote from: TheHamburglar on September 05, 2022, 05:48:35 PMQuote from: Sandstone Outcropping on September 05, 2022, 04:41:02 PMQuote from: TheHamburglar on September 04, 2022, 07:19:29 PMDrove over to Abilene this afternoon & took the kids on the train to Enterprise. Rode on one of the outdoor cars at a picnic table. It was a nice afternoon. The 5 year old had a good time & the 8 year old loved it.It’s great. Nice day for it. Did you see any signs of that pedestrian trail they are building adjacent to it?I didn’t know to look for it.I went on the train on a field trip in elementary school. We try to do something like that every visit now that my girls are older. Last time we went out to Coronado Heights. We’d talked about the train before, but we usually just end up walking on the Land Institute trails behind my parents house. I’d completely forgot about the train for this trip, but a KSU professor that I see at tailgates just retired & is now volunteering there & he reminded me on Saturday. I’ll ask him how the pedestrian trails are coming.Are you talking about Steve Smethers? He was a great host when we did the train for mom's birthday a few years ago.I want to go visit the Eisenhower Museum again. Haven't been there since they redid the exhibits.
Quote from: Sandstone Outcropping on September 05, 2022, 07:27:23 PMQuote from: TheHamburglar on September 05, 2022, 05:48:35 PMQuote from: Sandstone Outcropping on September 05, 2022, 04:41:02 PMQuote from: TheHamburglar on September 04, 2022, 07:19:29 PMDrove over to Abilene this afternoon & took the kids on the train to Enterprise. Rode on one of the outdoor cars at a picnic table. It was a nice afternoon. The 5 year old had a good time & the 8 year old loved it.It’s great. Nice day for it. Did you see any signs of that pedestrian trail they are building adjacent to it?I didn’t know to look for it.I went on the train on a field trip in elementary school. We try to do something like that every visit now that my girls are older. Last time we went out to Coronado Heights. We’d talked about the train before, but we usually just end up walking on the Land Institute trails behind my parents house. I’d completely forgot about the train for this trip, but a KSU professor that I see at tailgates just retired & is now volunteering there & he reminded me on Saturday. I’ll ask him how the pedestrian trails are coming.Are you talking about Steve Smethers? He was a great host when we did the train for mom's birthday a few years ago.I want to go visit the Eisenhower Museum again. Haven't been there since they redid the exhibits.Yup, Steve. I didn’t realize he was doing it before. I asked him how he was keeping busy & he mentioned the train.
Salina adjacent: Would recommend driving between Ellsworth and Brookville on K-140 around sunset sometime. I'd forgotten how nice the vistas of the Smoky Hills are in that region.