Truepeers once said he'd never been to the middle of the US and wondered what it looked like. I thought I'd save him the trouble. Here's the oldest known picture of our local specialty, dating from 1884. You can usually count on one of these every week or so in Sedgwick County during the May-June season.
High resolution version, to get the full flavor.
Ahh yes, but a picture can not do it justice.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what happened to the photographer.?
That is a menacing looking one.
ReplyDeleteI got to spend my one summer in Tornado Country in Gardner, Kansas.
...but we had a Concrete Missile Control Center to hide out in when things looked rough.
And plenty of radar.
Going home across Kansas/Colorado scared the bejusus out of me though:
45 mph Flat Out in my 1300cc VW across the plains w/ a bell of a headwind and a bunch of black clouds all around.
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Popsicle Toes and the Edith Pee-off
Opps, I was thinking of the CHRISTmas Photo shoot link:
ReplyDeleteThat was one humdinger of a headwind, I'll tell you.
ReplyDeleteI almost miss those.
ReplyDeleteAlmost.
Cheney Public Library
ReplyDeleteThank God the old
Ticker is still Talkin.
"Ad Astra per Aspera "
ReplyDeleteTha's some meaningful hot air, MeaninglessHot Air!
ReplyDeletei don't think you're in kansas anymore, Dougo.
ReplyDeleteHow would you knowo?
ReplyDeleteThe Ticker is Talkin,
ReplyDeleteand were still Walkin.
So stay off of my cloud,
Christopher.
Nice to see you making your usual sense this fine morning, Doug.
ReplyDeleteIt's midevemorning here,
ReplyDeletewherever that is.
Standard Time.
ReplyDeleteFor Doug
Back on Earth,
ReplyDeleteWretchard has a classic post.
willgo read--thanks--
ReplyDeleteWonder if the NW Iran Revolutionary Guard plane crash and the contemporaneous NE Iraq Blackhawk crash are somehow related? Go, Special Forces. Sorrowful news on the crash, but, you know what i mean.
ReplyDeleteIt ain't no tea party,
ReplyDeletethat's fer sher, Dorothy.
Thanks MHA. I did make it to ST.Louis once, but that was wintertime and the country was not wholly unlike our Alberta, where i've spent more time. I used to live in southern Ontario, which is midwestern in some respects.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I'm one of these people who looks at maps and dreams. When I finally get to my big road trip around middle America, what are the must sees?
Nimitz Museum in Fredericksburg, Texas, plus UT campus in Austin, the Highland Lakes, Hill Country, several huge limestone caverns, a Spurs game in San Antone, all less than an hour from lunch at my place, in the hills between Dripping Springs and Blanco and Johnson City.
ReplyDeleteYes, I'll BBQ you a steak, 'Peers, if you make it this fur south.
Sounds great, Buddy. Dripping Springs (;-
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