While we were in Boot Hill Saloon the piano player and the bartender struck up a conversation with us and when they found out what we are doing with the RV and all they told us we needed to go to Garden City, they said it had a wonderful zoo and to top it off it was free, and if it's free it's for me! So we packed up the clan and drove to Garden City.
We passed thru Spearville Kansas, this region in Kansas is considered to be the most windy in the United States, which explains the high interest in developing additional wind power in the and Spearville Kansas has long been known as the Home of Windmills, a designation that dates from the days of small windmills used to pump ground water for irrigation and livestock. This tradition now has a new dimension with the arrival of the Spearville Wind Energy Facility and the wind turbines, when fully extended, the tower and vertical blade reach a maximum height of 391 feet above the ground. They are awesome to watch and so graceful!
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We went to the zoo the next day and it was wonderful and they had animals Pierre and had never seen before! Lots critical endangered animals...totally awesomeness! Then we drove around and checked out a few museums and then a local grassland park. Kansas has LOTS of grasslands.
Surprisingly they have a lot of feedlots in this area also, they are huge facilities that house thousands of cattle being fattened up for the kill. The stench is horrible! Nasty business!
We are headed back to Panama City, yes we are...the lyrics to the Eagles song, Hotel California keeps going thru my head ....you know the one....you can check any time want, but can't ever leave!....that's Panama City folks. I'm trying to be optimistic...
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