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First stop is a "Truck Oasis" in Colby, KS. This is their visitor center with a Kansas "style" |
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Hawk cruising the parking lot |
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No oasis is complete without palm trees - even metal ones |
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. . . and a metal parrot |
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Diana at their squisher |
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Picture of this machines die |
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Active windmill along our travels |
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The Keyhole at the Chalk Monuments |
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Diana standing in the keyhole |
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An oil pump on the prairie behind the monuments |
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Another look at the sandstone towers |
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We were alone except for a guy that stopped for just a minute and took our picture . . . weird |
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Our self portrait in front of the rocks |
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The Camel formation |
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A view against a blue sky |
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The Camel and another formation |
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A leaning monument |
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More sanstone towers |
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Wren nests (or giant wasps?) |
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Diana supporting the leaning spire |
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A typical Kansas hayfield |
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Another look |
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And another |
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Yet another |
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even more . . . |
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A hay roll and tractor |
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Silhouetes entering Dodge City, KS |
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Entrance to Boot Hill |
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Historic Front Street |
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Diana and squishing machine |
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The three dies at this machine |
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An old one armed bandit that now gives souvenier tokens |
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Diana at Sante Fe Trail signs outside Dodge City |
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Some of the wagon ruts from the 1800's |
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Diana in front of the Garden City Zoo entrance |
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Jewelry from the gift shop but the Squished Penny Machine was gone :( |
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Diana in a tornado machine. Only $2 to feel 78mph winds . . |
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Our hot tub room |
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