http://www.travelks.com/blog/ Posts Wed, 22 May 2013 15:09:35 GMT http://www.travelks.com/blog/post/2011/8/Making-tracks/1284/ Up for a challenge? How about a 51-mile bike ride through Eastern Kansas? Or maybe you can turn that into a trek on foot.Even if you don't want to push your limits, however, you can still enjoy a ... Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:00:00 GMT http://www.travelks.com/blog/post/2011/8/Making-tracks/1284/ http://www.travelks.com/blog/post/2011/11/Tucked-Away-in-a-Corner-of-Kansas/1219/ My wife, Amy, and I recently took a weekend to get away from it all. And we got as far away from home as we could get and still be in Kansas.Sprawled across Kansas' southwest corner is the Cimarron ... Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT http://www.travelks.com/blog/post/2011/11/Tucked-Away-in-a-Corner-of-Kansas/1219/ http://www.travelks.com/blog/post/2011/7/Keep-them-doggies-movin-/1028/ This was better than any parade.Cowboys on horseback drove four hundred head of longhorns right through the center of Caldwell, Kansas. A couple of thousand spectators crowded around the edges of the ... Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:00:00 GMT http://www.travelks.com/blog/post/2011/7/Keep-them-doggies-movin-/1028/ http://www.travelks.com/blog/post/2011/26/Discovering-a-Gem-Nestled-in-the-High-Plains/970/ It’s ironic. Kansas is known for its wide-open vistas, where sky meets horizon in every direction. You would think with nothing blocking the view, you could easily see everything there is to see.My ... Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:00:00 GMT http://www.travelks.com/blog/post/2011/26/Discovering-a-Gem-Nestled-in-the-High-Plains/970/ http://www.travelks.com/blog/post/2011/3/Where-it-Really-Started/843/ Before the Civil War — before Gettysburg, before Shiloh, before Fredericksburg, even before Confederate cannonballs rained down on Fort Sumter — a battle was fought over the issue of slavery. And it ... Wed, 03 Aug 2011 07:00:00 GMT http://www.travelks.com/blog/post/2011/3/Where-it-Really-Started/843/ http://www.travelks.com/blog/post/2011/1/Wide-open-spaces/560/ An endless horizon that stretches to infinity in every direction. Vast grasslands filled with wildflowers of every color. Historic traces of pioneers’ quest to tame the prairie. Rugged bluffs and ... Wed, 01 Jun 2011 07:00:00 GMT http://www.travelks.com/blog/post/2011/1/Wide-open-spaces/560/ http://www.travelks.com/blog/post/2011/4/Water-Wings-and-Wonder/468/ Every two years in Great Bend, migration meets attraction with fantastically fine-feathered results.We are talking about the Wings and Wetlands Birding Festival, which was held April 29-May 1 and ... Wed, 04 May 2011 07:00:00 GMT http://www.travelks.com/blog/post/2011/4/Water-Wings-and-Wonder/468/ http://www.travelks.com/blog/post/2011/10/Floating-on-a-Sea-of-Grass/235/ A drive along the Flint Hills National Scenic Byway carries visitors back to a different time. Imagine being alone in the middle of a vast ocean. Only this is no ordinary sea. Instead of water, ... Thu, 10 Mar 2011 07:00:00 GMT http://www.travelks.com/blog/post/2011/10/Floating-on-a-Sea-of-Grass/235/ http://www.travelks.com/blog/post/2011/2/Byways-of-Stone/205/ The story of the Flint Hills is largely a story about limestone. Now don't wince at the thought of learning about rocks; the story of the flinty-hard layers of stone in the Kansas Flint Hills is as ... Wed, 02 Mar 2011 07:00:00 GMT http://www.travelks.com/blog/post/2011/2/Byways-of-Stone/205/