We left Missouri on Saturday morning and made our way to Kansas. Talk about beautiful farm land for miles and miles! I think most of the cows in the United States are in Kansas. Garland doesn’t understand why I take so many pics of the farmland AND all the hay bails, 🙂 but they are just beautiful to me – not having seen this kind of open land before.
We were also fascinated by the storm clouds driving through Kansas – never seen clouds so low in the sky. I can see how storms can be violent in this area and why there at storm cellars everywhere – it’s so wide open.
We stayed at the Beaumont RV park, which is right behind the Beaumont Hotel and Cafe. Such history there! The hotel was established in 1879 and is filled with photography and vintage plane advertisements. Beaumont has a longtime popularity amongst pilots, motorcycle enthusiasts and western history buffs. You can see the Elk River Wind farm (which produces clean electricity to 42,000 homes) from the property. There is the last known wooden water tower there and also a vintage plane once owned by Barry Seal. There were movies made in 2001 (Dennis Hopper) and 2017 (Tom Cruise) about Seal’s life as a pilot turned drug trafficker then his work with the CIA before he was killed. Also when you visit the Beaumont, you see planes fly in and park right at the hotel for a meal and visit. Very cool place and they treat you like family!
The drive to our next location only took a couple of hours, even with a stop for supplies and lunch. We are now in Pretty Prairie, KS – staying at a Boondockers Welcome site. Our hosts (Rod and Chris) are great and their property is amazing! Rod has lived here since he was 3 and I can see how it would be a fantastic place to grow up. I’m sure their children and grand children love it when the visit! They have a few ponds with different kinds of boats, a twisting slide that you access THROUGH a huge tree, many sitting areas including a gazebo, a few swings, a disc golf course, a fire pit area and even a zip line over one of the ponds! We walked out to the ponds last night at sunset and it was breath taking.
