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Gravel Rocks! – The Dirty Kanza 200

The Dirty Kanza 200 is a mighty event in the heart of the Flint Hills. Dubbed North America’s Premier Annual Ultra Distance Gravel Race the cycling event may seem like an anomaly to many, but to the ...

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Posted on June 28, 2012 10:11AM by Katy Ibsen

Pony Express Rides.. again and again

The information highway got its start the hard way through Northeast Kansas.While Missouri’s St Joseph gets the credit as the jumping off point of for the Pony Express, the real adventure started in ...

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Posted on June 26, 2012 4:10PM by Karen Ridder

Picture You Funny: Kansas Vacation Photo Contest

Digital cameras make it easy to capture all the moments of life – the sweet, the emotional, and the funny. Vacation season usually nets a few photos in the last category, and a humorous photo could ...

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Posted on June 22, 2012 3:55PM by admin

Top 10 Favorite Things at Salina’s Smoky Hill River Festival

Tapping my toes and nodding my head to the sounds of salsa, jazz, rock and Latin music, I spent a good part of this June afternoon sipping sweet tea under the shade of a huge oak tree during the ...

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Posted on June 19, 2012 5:05PM by Cecilia Harris

Sugar and Spice? You Better Think Twice: Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Weekend

Following the Flint Hills Scenic Byway on my drive to Rock Springs 4-H Camp, I found myself growing more excited with every passing mile. The Becoming an Outdoors-Woman KANSAS workshop (BOW) was ...

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Posted on June 18, 2012 9:28AM by Sara Brown

A Trip to the Wild West

A Faces & Places Roadie Blog

Despite living in Kansas all my life, I haven’t traveled to many cities in the West so I didn’t exactly know what I was in for on my Faces & Places Tour trip to ...

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Posted on June 13, 2012 1:34PM by Lindsey, Faces & Places Tour Roadie

A Midsummer’s Day in Lindsborg

So much of the Kansas story is about pioneers and the Wild West that a day spent in the middle of Vikings, Nordic traditions and Spanish explorers may come as a surprise, but that’s what you get in ...

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Posted on June 12, 2012 8:56AM by Karen Ridder

Paxico Serves Up Meatloaf Festival

There’s plenty of chili cookoffs and barbecue competitions throughout Kansas, but as far as I know there’s only one Meatloaf Festiva l. And no, this event is not about the famous hard rock musician ...

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Posted on June 7, 2012 10:56AM by Cecilia Harris

Summer Festivals in Kansas: Big city excitement, time-honored traditions

A Faces & Places Roadie BlogMy latest Faces & Places travel plan was to spend the weekend visiting community festivals in Wichita and Fort Scott. Although different in scale, both festivals ...

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Posted on June 6, 2012 10:06AM by Jess, Faces & Places Tour Roadie

Treat your Nose and Participate in a Lavender Harvest

A unique midsummer’s festival is the perfect stop for your olfactory pleasures this June. Prairie Lavender Farm in Bennington is celebrating 10 years in operation with their forth annual Lavender ...

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Posted on June 5, 2012 9:24AM by Becky Blake

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Gravel Rocks! – The Dirty Kanza 200

Pony Express Rides.. again and again

Picture You Funny: Kansas Vacation Photo Contest

Top 10 Favorite Things at Salina’s Smoky Hill River Festival

Sugar and Spice? You Better Think Twice: Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Weekend

A Trip to the Wild West

A Midsummer’s Day in Lindsborg

Paxico Serves Up Meatloaf Festival

Summer Festivals in Kansas: Big city excitement, time-honored traditions

Treat your Nose and Participate in a Lavender Harvest