We spent the last 5 days in Woodland Park CO just northwest of Colorado Springs. The weather cooperated for much of the time and we were able to do several things including the petrified forest in Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument and Cripple Creek where we road the narrow gauge train up to a ghost town that was once a thriving gold mining area (seems like most of the ghost towns in the west were thriving gold mining areas at one time). We also toured the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs and went to the Garden of the Gods park.
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We are now in Oakley Kansas. What can I say...lots of farmland...and prairie...and trucks, oh tons of trucks...I got gum on my shoe...ummm, that's about it. Oh, one other thing I can say is, I can no longer say I have never been to Kansas. For those of you who have never been here, this is what it looks like.
Now to be fair, we have only been here for a few hours. I am sure that there are many things of interest here. I did see a sign that said "Come See the World's Largest Prairie Dog". Might have to check that out. There was also a sign about some 5 legged calf...the Prairie freak show must be in town. Anyway, hope things look up...for now, I've got an exciting evening planned getting gum off my shoe. Cheers!
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