The Many Wonders of Kansas!

The Time/Life series on The Old West says  "...by 1880 the dirt farmers had become so adamant about the longhorn-bred Texas fever that practically all Kansas was off limits to the trail herds.  Confronted in 1885 by a Winchester blockade of short- tempered border guards, a drover delivered himself of a sarcastic order that eventually became a slogan for trail bosses on the long drive:  'Bend' em West, boys.  Nothing in Kansas anyhow except the three suns---sunflowers, sunshine and those sons of bitches.' "


BUT THAT WAS IN 1885!!!

We now know, of course, that the 'sons of bitches' most likely referred to the Dog classes.

Today, Kansas boasts some fabulous tourist attactions that you will never see in any other state!  Here are just a few you may wish to include on your 2008 Kansas Odyssey!



Enjoy your travels!


* World's deepest  hand-dug well    http://www.bigwell.org/bigwell.html  
* Biggest ball of string    http://www.8wonders.org/wonderview.cfm?ID=2&page=opening    
* Big Brutus  (biggest electric coal shovel in the world!)   http://www.bigbrutus.org
* Underground Salt Museum   http://www.undergroundmuseum.org  
* Garden of Eden   http://www.kansastravel.org/gardenofeden.htm
* Dinosaur Not So National Park   http://www.kansastravel.org/dinosaurpark.htm 
* Hubble's Rubble   http://www.kansastravel.org/hubblesrubble.htm 
* Truckhenge    http://www.kansastravel.org/truckhenge.htm
* Florence Deeble's Rock Garden   http://www.kansastravel.org/deeblerockgarden.htm
* Garden of Isis (in Florence Deeble's house)   http://www.kansastravel.org/isis.htm
* Kanza Art Studio   http://www.kansastravel.org/liggettkanzaart.htm
* Soaring Heart Gallery    http://www.kansastravel.org/soaringheartgallery.htm


and last but certainly not least.....
 
* World's Largest Collection of World's Smallest Versions of World's Largest Things Traveling Roadside Attraction and Musuem  http://www.kansastravel.org/worldslargestcollection.htm