July 29, Kansas is Crops

We had a quiet night in the Walmart parking lot. We were finally joined by one other RV there. When we got up this morning in the light, we discovered there was an RV park right next door to the Walmart! Not that we needed a park last night. We had internet at the Starbucks, and used their electricity.... and used the free dump at the Oasis, not just once, but twice! Last night and again this morning. As I figured we would be off the grid again tonight.

Colby turned out to be a nice little town. And bigger than expected. It was the county seat as well. Jeff always likes to walk through town and take some pics.

Cool info center!

 

Nice cobblestone main street area.

   

Another bronze statue.

Nice county seat!

There was a cool old church in town, along with a church bell and a story. I know the church would look great with a coat of paint, but there is something very rustic about this.

This bell did  not belong to the church above.

   Apparently this area is all about farming. And they are very proud of it. We quickly left Colby behind, though. We were soon in the vast farming area. But not before passing the county fairgrounds, where a rodeo was starting today. There were a number of horses tied up under the big trees, cooling off and being fed, right off the main road. Pretty horses, too!

Lets talk about farmland. And farming. And crops. Here are some really interesting scenery shots for today.

Pretty irrigated corn.

Might be dead corn.

Lost the wheat crop this year.

And the road ahead doesn't really change. Eventually it will!

As expected, Jeff found a couple of items along the side of the road. I still found squat...

Really, I just bought him a very nice pocket
knife for his birthday. Then he finds one!

Perhaps someone used the knife to behead Mickey....

And there is actually a flower of the day. Well, a couple. One came from town, which is almost cheating. but the other is an entire field of sunflowers, not planted, but wild. Very nice!

But the most worrisome moment of the day came when this big guy came running up behind him! Notice the hackles along his spine? Jeff said that the owner was calling the dog, and the dog was the size of a Great Dane, like waist high on Jeff. Looks just like a black lab, the size of a dane! Glad he decided to pass on tackling Jeff!

So after miles and miles and miles of corn to the left and corn to the right, we eventually made our way to Hoxie. I drove on to scout a place to park for the night. There was nothing.... this is a larger town than I expected, but there was no RV park. I finally asked a local police officer by the name of Brenden. He suggested a city park on the outside of town. So, on the way through town, Jeff took some pics. I think that Hoxie must be the farm equipment mecca of the Midwest.I have never seen so many tractors and things in one little town!

 

          

And there is a ton of grain storage here!

Hoxie is a cute little town, too. Some really cute houses! And some local art, too. We ended up on the outskirts of town at the little park suggested by the officer. Then, in the words of Jackson Browne, we can get up and do it again!

I can't say much about their mailboxes here. However, this one has a very interesting post!