Wide Open Spaces at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Strong City, KS

  1948 painting by Andrew Wyeth, Christina’s World What makes Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve unique? I am reminded of the painting, Christina’s World by Andrew Wyeth, every time we visit Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, a designated national park.  The fields of bluestem, switchgrass, and Indian grass stretch for miles in all directions.  It’s an enchanting … Read more

Strataca: Kansas Underground Salt Museum in Hutchinson, Kansas

What makes Strataca unique? Strataca, dubbed one of the 8 Wonders of Kansas, is an underground salt museum that takes visitors 650 feet below the Earth’s surface.  A 90-second ride down a dark shaft leads to a lithic abyss that showcases everything utilized and discovered during mining, along with a few extra surprises. There are fifteen mines of this kind … Read more

January 2016 Journal: Ice, Skirts, and Propane Certs!

After being forced to end our moonshine enterprise in Texas due to relocation, we decided to become activists for ending the strange booze laws in Kansas. We have chained ourselves to a government building demanding the right for liquor stores to sell wine openers with their wine. It will be a hard fight but for … Read more

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