Few More Days In Kansas Then New York!

Still in Kansas for a few more days.

Today we drove to Ark City to meet our youngest daughter (Kim) and
two grandchildren, Shane and Sydney.
Went to Pizza Hut to eat........not many places in Ark City to eat.
Ate and visited a couple of hours and then back to Wichita to fix
grandad his supper.
Always good to see children and grandchildren.





















We will be leaving Wichita on Saturday, October 3rd for New Jersey/New York.
Hope to see you in New York.......

Headed For New Jersey/New York by Way of Kansas

BACK IN KANSAS!!
After leaving beautiful Loveland/Estes Park Colorado we are now back
in Wichita, Kansas for doctor appointment, eye appointment and flu shot for Donna's dad.
We will be here a few days and then on our way to New York to see a grandson (Cody) going to
college there. Cody's school is in Manhattan and his dorm is in Brooklyn.

We will plan on parking the RV in Jersey City, New Jersey. Only one RV Park there.

So far while back in Kansas we drove up to Cottonwood Falls, Ks.
to visit with John's sisters and brother in law. Pat, the oldest sister
had just had back surgery and was staying with Barbara and her
husband, Floyd. Almeda, John's youngest sister also lives in
Cottonwood Falls and Helen, next to youngest sister, rode with us
to visit. It was a good time and always great to see family.

Barbara had a hummingbird feeder out so I was able to take these pictures.

We all set out on the deck after eating lunch and WHAT A LUNCH, visited for about 3 hours before going back to Wichita.

Barbara is a great cook!!

Hope you will follow us to New York.......Should be a "great" adventure. Hope to see the

STATUE OF LIBERTY......

Our Last Day in Estes Park!

Our last day in beautiful Estes Park.

We decided to see if we could find some History of Estes Park.
After checking our map of the town we spotted Estes Park Museum.

Estes Park has a unique history that has been well preserved in the area's many museums.

These deer were in a small park right in the middle of town.

This is the park where they had their arts and crafts show

a few days ago. The deer didn't seem to be afraid of people.

This is were we had lunch today and this is where we were

satting until a rain cloud came over us. Only lasted about 5 or 10 minutes.

This is a beautiful place!

This is some of the items displayed in Estes Park Museum.

The Estes Park Museum is the town's major source for information on the lives of early

residents and visitors.


This picture is of Joel Estes (Namesake of Estes Park) and his wife Patsy. Joel Estes was one of the first known white man to see the

Estes Valley (or "park" in parlance of the mountains). A kentuckian, who camped here with his son Milton during a hunting

expedition in mid-October of 1859. By the next summer Estes had

decided to use the park to make a living hunting, fishing and raising cattle. In 1863 moved his wife, Pasty, and their family from the South Platte to live year-round.

The Estes family stayed only until April 1866. The next year their holdings were taken over by the Welshman, Griffith J. Evens, his wife Jane, and their family.

By 1872, Estes Park's reputation as a hunter's paradise was known as far away as London.

Rocky Mountain National Park became a reality in 1915. Since 1915, Rocky Mountain National

Park has been a magnet for the entire region.

Everyone who visits Joel Estes's valley wants to share its magnificent scenery.

Lots more to the History of Estes Park................come and see for yourself.

A story behind each one. Patchwork Storytellers.

The Estes Park area is also host to The Stanley Museum of Estes

Park.

The Stanley Steamer.
F.O. Stanley, co-inventor of the

Stanley Steamer and builder of

the Stanley Hotel.

This is a beautiful place......

I Thank GOD for ALL this

beautiful country he has given us.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!

LOVE to all of our followers!

More Sculptures in Loveland, Colorado!

Yesterday (Sept. 12th) was a rainy day so we decided to go look at RV's in an inside showroom.
No, we came away still having the 2008 Fleetwood Excursion.

Today, beautiful and the sun shining we went to check out More
Sculptures in Loveland. This town is FULL of sculptures.


City of Loveland Art in Public Places!
Here you will find sculptures on the way to the grocery store, in
residential neighborhoods, in front of banks and offices, and in
parks and playgrounds.

LOVELAND A WORK OF ART.........

The first 6 pictures were taken in McWhinney Hahn Sculpture Park.

This park is over by the visitors center. It has a small pond with a few

sculptures around it.

The Water Carriers by Herb Mignery of Bronze, 1997.

Two Leaves by John Sewell,

Bronze, 2000

After seeing McWhinney Hahn Sculpture Park and having lunch we went back over to finish seeing Chapungu Sculpture Park which we had started through the other day but run out

of time. Today we finished walking through it.

This is just a few of the 52 pictures I took. We did find out that the Benson Garden Sculpture

Park that we went to a few days ago had 138 sculptures in it. I think this park also has a 100

or more.

SCULPTURES!!

SCULPTURES!!

AND

MORE SCULPTURES!!!

They say The Arts Bring Together the Best of Loveland!

This community's history is cast in bronze, in brilliant pigments, in images & in subtle fibers.