Mike’s Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
What a treat; today I used only carrots from our garden to make this cake! This recipe is my synthesis of many recipes, none of which quite pleased me. Sources included Betty Crocker, … Read more
Hobbies
Endings and Beginnings
Three weeks, 5000 miles and 1200 photos later, we’re back from our visit to Kansas, where we had a great time! As reflected in this journal, we took our time both coming and … Read more
Home, We’re on Our Way Home!
We started home about 3:30pm Monday, leaving due west on US 56 out of McPherson. We had an uneventful drive, arriving in Lamar Colorado, around 8pm; well in time for the sunset: The … Read more
Faris Caves
The Faris Caves are man-made caves hand-carved into a sandstone cliff near the Smokey Hill River in North Central Kansas near Kanopolis Lake. We visited there after a day of geocaching, though we … Read more
Smokey Hill River Bridges
One of the things I love about this area is the Smokey Hill River. It used to be that many of the bridges in the area were of the old iron design depicted … Read more
Kansas Wheat Harvest 2003
The wheat harvest in Kansas is turning out to be the best one in 3 years. The impact on a small town is chronicled in this story which helps underscore how important agriculture … Read more
Local Color
Here’s a view of the Smokey Hill River, taken near the Old Mill in Lindsborg, Kansas: Another view of Lindsborg from Coronado Heights: Nice sunset from Coronado Heights: