Monday, June 09, 2008
Eames' turn for a roadtrip with ER
Got the post-Dr. ER blues today. She was here Thursday through this early morning. We just kind of hung out, easing Eames, the new, auxiliary cat -- she of the ear mites! -- into the house where Ice-T, the primary cat, has reigned supreme for two years or so.
Catpeace is ours, at last. They're both in Bird's old room, Ice-T on the bed where he can look out the window, Eames in her little comfy bed.
Next up, to look foreward to, to keep me plodding along in this seemingly untenable life: Taking off the first week of July.
Eames and I will drive to Colorado repeating the trip Ice-T and I took last year, and the adventure! Eames will handle it much better, I'm sure. Ice-T is a puss. Eames has the balls between 'em!
--ER
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Oh and oops: Dr. ER will be back here June 20 on her way through to Little Rock, and we're going to a wedding the 21st under the rotunda of the state capitol. Very cool. And congrats to P & J, who are the ones gettin' hitched!
Ready to go to Colorado, though. I need to get out of these environs for a spell.
Ready to go to Colorado, though. I need to get out of these environs for a spell.
I'm gonna give you an alternate route, takin' you the middle way. Head north to Wichita, then west on U.S. 54 through Greensburg.
We ventured through the town -- which was destroyed last May -- when we made our way to the Oklahoma Panhandle this May. Take a tour around. It's still breathtaking.
Just past Greensburg at Mullinville, divert off 54 and onto U.S. 400 and head on over to Dodge City. Take a tour around. Plenty to see ... and smell. Then get on U.S. 50 west. You can take it all the way to Pueblo if you like, then north on I-25.
Better yet, just past Lamar, head north on U.S. 287 to Kit Carson, then follow U.S. 40 to Limon and catch up to I-70. You'll know the way into Denver from there.
And, I reckon, you may even see some wheat harvest machinery in those whereabouts.
And if you want more adventure, turn off U.S. 50 at Lakin and take State Highway 40 miles north and check in on my family. :-)
We ventured through the town -- which was destroyed last May -- when we made our way to the Oklahoma Panhandle this May. Take a tour around. It's still breathtaking.
Just past Greensburg at Mullinville, divert off 54 and onto U.S. 400 and head on over to Dodge City. Take a tour around. Plenty to see ... and smell. Then get on U.S. 50 west. You can take it all the way to Pueblo if you like, then north on I-25.
Better yet, just past Lamar, head north on U.S. 287 to Kit Carson, then follow U.S. 40 to Limon and catch up to I-70. You'll know the way into Denver from there.
And, I reckon, you may even see some wheat harvest machinery in those whereabouts.
And if you want more adventure, turn off U.S. 50 at Lakin and take State Highway 40 miles north and check in on my family. :-)
Might split the difference again, tho, and go through Medicine Lodge on the way up. Anything historical to see there related to the treaty? ... Looks like I could go north and west of Enid, through Cherokee and north to get there.
ER, the problem with Medicine is that there really isn't much "touristy" stuff. The only reflection of the Peace Treaty is the re-enactment and celebration, which takes place every three years. Next one's not until 2009.
And ... there's just no easy way to get there. The best route, I think, would be to go up to Blackwell, then west on Highway 11 to Alva.
I've been to Medicine. Went to the Peace Treaty celebration when I was in college just up the road at Pratt, but other than that one celebration, I just don't know if there's much there.
But, hey, if you want to go off the beaten path, take 74 up to 33, then go north at Kingfisher. It's slow, but scenic.
And ... there's just no easy way to get there. The best route, I think, would be to go up to Blackwell, then west on Highway 11 to Alva.
I've been to Medicine. Went to the Peace Treaty celebration when I was in college just up the road at Pratt, but other than that one celebration, I just don't know if there's much there.
But, hey, if you want to go off the beaten path, take 74 up to 33, then go north at Kingfisher. It's slow, but scenic.
Dude, I keep my needs for kitsch and my need for touchign history separate. If I could stand on the ground where the treaty took place and read a historical market about it, it'd be enough to justify the trouble of getting there.
I am so gonna be there:
Marker Topic: Medicine Lodge Peace Treaties
Address: US-160, Memorial Peace Park 1 mile east of Medicine Lodge
City: Medicine Lodge
County: Barber County
Marker Text: In October 1867, Iowa , Comanche, Arapahoe, Apache and Cheyenne Indians signed peace treaties with the Federal government. Fifteen thousand Indians camped nearby during the council, among them the famous chiefs Satanta, Little Raven and Black Kettle. Five hundred soldiers acted as escort for the U.S. commissioners.
Marker Topic: Medicine Lodge Peace Treaties
Address: US-160, Memorial Peace Park 1 mile east of Medicine Lodge
City: Medicine Lodge
County: Barber County
Marker Text: In October 1867, Iowa , Comanche, Arapahoe, Apache and Cheyenne Indians signed peace treaties with the Federal government. Fifteen thousand Indians camped nearby during the council, among them the famous chiefs Satanta, Little Raven and Black Kettle. Five hundred soldiers acted as escort for the U.S. commissioners.
Of course, it's a typo. Sheesh.
Eames says we should go from Medicine Lodge to Larned, to see the Fort Larned National Historic Site.
Eames says we should go from Medicine Lodge to Larned, to see the Fort Larned National Historic Site.
Go ahead. Then go up to Fort Hays.
Uh, but you'd miss Greensburg that way. If'n you'd rather view the history, that's be a great trip. My point of takin' ya that way was Greensburg, though.
Uh, but you'd miss Greensburg that way. If'n you'd rather view the history, that's be a great trip. My point of takin' ya that way was Greensburg, though.
Let's see what else I can throw at ya:
-Old Fort Hays
-Chestnut Street District, Hays
-Sternberg Museum, Hays
-Keystone Gallery, Scott City
-World's Largest Ball of Twine, Cawker City
-Fort Dodge (east of Dodge City on U.S. 400)
-Boot Hill Museum, Dodge City
-Santa Fe Trail wagon ruts, Dodge City
-Ellis Railroad Museum, Ellis
-Walter B. Chrysler Museum, Ellis
-Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife area and Quivera National Wildlife Refuge, near Great Bend.
-LaCrosse, the Barbed Wire Capital of the world.
-Mount Sunflower, Weskan
-Cathedral of the Plains, Victoria
-Grant County Adobe Museum, Ulysses (probably not about PhotoShop, though)
-Butterfield Trail Museum, Russell Springs
-Castle Rock, Quinter
-Nicodemus National Historic Site, Nicodemus (Nicodemus is the largest community established by freed slaves)
-Gray County Wind Farm, Montezuma (OK, between Montezuma and Copeland, I believe.)
-Mid-America Air Museum, Liberal
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-Old Fort Hays
-Chestnut Street District, Hays
-Sternberg Museum, Hays
-Keystone Gallery, Scott City
-World's Largest Ball of Twine, Cawker City
-Fort Dodge (east of Dodge City on U.S. 400)
-Boot Hill Museum, Dodge City
-Santa Fe Trail wagon ruts, Dodge City
-Ellis Railroad Museum, Ellis
-Walter B. Chrysler Museum, Ellis
-Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife area and Quivera National Wildlife Refuge, near Great Bend.
-LaCrosse, the Barbed Wire Capital of the world.
-Mount Sunflower, Weskan
-Cathedral of the Plains, Victoria
-Grant County Adobe Museum, Ulysses (probably not about PhotoShop, though)
-Butterfield Trail Museum, Russell Springs
-Castle Rock, Quinter
-Nicodemus National Historic Site, Nicodemus (Nicodemus is the largest community established by freed slaves)
-Gray County Wind Farm, Montezuma (OK, between Montezuma and Copeland, I believe.)
-Mid-America Air Museum, Liberal
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