While in Kansas, I visited the Louisburg Cider Mill. There, they bottle exquisitely fresh apple cider and a variety of root beer and cream sodas. They even make cider-flavored cake donuts.
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Off the beaten path
The nice thing about staying with locals when you travel is that they show you places you wouldn’t otherwise find while exploring a town. The Second Street Dam is a quiet hang-out spot for Ottawa residents young and old. It’s just off the main drag through Ottawa, a town of about 12,000, but you feel…
Grain Elevators in Ottawa, Kansas
Here are a few initial shots from Ottawa, Kansas and the surrounding area. Much more to come, including Baldwin City, Baker University, the first four-year university in Kansas and “small-town” feel at sunset.
Kansas is flat
Halfway through my stay in Ottawa, Kansas, I was able to get out of town and visit the surrounding area. You can drive for miles and miles and see nothing but corn, soy bean and hay fields along the road. Here’s a few from today’s shoot: