The newest Kansas Official Visitors Guide arrived in our mail the other day -- just in time for dead-of-winter daydreams about summer road trips!
For anyone who might be looking for ways to save a little gas money -- and spend those precious tourism dollars close to home -- the glossy mag offers detailed trip-planning tips for travelers looking for any kind of getaway, whether for a long weekend or a two-week family vacation.
Oh, sure, there are all the predictable detours to salt mines and prairie dog towns; quilt displays and American Indian art galleries; small-town historic societies and army museums; country schools and covered wagons; hoe-downs and re-enactments.
Jeez. Let's all go spend some money in Greensburg, OK? If for no other reason than to reward their honesty.
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There are many places I'd like to see in Kansas. But Greensburg? I wouldn't go there unless I were hired to do what should have been done in the first place and still isn't being done: get adequate tornado-resistance in every building, including the "safe room" in EVERY home that FEMA 320 urges. Hypocritical, uneducated fools don't deserve my tourist dollars or time.
"Strip pit fishing property has become a high demand item in the local hunting and fishing industry. These lakes are the end result of coal mining. After the mining companies complete their excavation work the coal dumps are filled with water and stocked with fish to meet environmental codes. The remainder of the property is left to grow up in brush and trees."
hey kansas tourism boards, enough with the oz already! kansas is the place that she wants to escape!!!
Does it mention the Diamonds are Forever quote about if Kansas was blown up that the world may not hear about it for years?
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