A Giant Van Gogh reproduction of Sunflowers in Goodland, Kansas by Canadian artist Cameron Cross. Erected in 2002, the painting is 24 by 32 feet, with the easel standing 80 feet high. The weight of the painting and easel is 40,000 pounds. It is going to start being restored around July 16th of this year because it is fading.
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A Giant Van Gogh reproduction of Sunflowers in Goodland, Kansas by Canadian artist Cameron Cross. Erected in 2002, the painting is 24 by 32 feet, with the easel standing 80 feet high. The weight of the painting and easel is 40,000 pounds. It is going to start being restored around July 16th of this year because it is fading.
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We drove around and found the 17th Street Diner which had really good homemade type food. We all tried something different, Sean had the roast beef, Mark had the fish and I had the fried chicken.
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We drove around and found the 17th Street Diner which had really good homemade type food. We all tried something different, Sean had the roast beef, Mark had the fish and I had the fried chicken.
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The Section House for the Railroad. Built in 1879 in Wallace, Kansas.
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The Section House for the Railroad. Built in 1879 in Wallace, Kansas.
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An old building in Wallace, Kansas.
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An old building in Wallace, Kansas.
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This was once a bank!
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This was once a bank!
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Their water tower stands above the town.
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Their water tower stands above the town.
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Sean and Mark stand in front of a buffalo made out of barbed wire.
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Sean and Mark stand in front of a buffalo made out of barbed wire.
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Sean looking a the old railroad station.
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Sean looking a the old railroad station.
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This is an old weaving machine at the Fort Wallace Museum.
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This is an old weaving machine at the Fort Wallace Museum.
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Mark and Sean looking around the museum.
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Mark and Sean looking around the museum.
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Sign on the road for Mount Sunflower - 11 miles north and 1 mile west. It looks like it's going to be in the middle of a bunch of wheat fields!
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Sign on the road for Mount Sunflower - 11 miles north and 1 mile west. It looks like it's going to be in the middle of a bunch of wheat fields!
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We finally found it, gosh what a long hike to the top!
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We finally found it, gosh what a long hike to the top!
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Mark picked me up and got me to the top again. Sean thought it was pretty funny!
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Mark picked me up and got me to the top again. Sean thought it was pretty funny!
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Sean looks into the mailbox to see what is in it.
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Sean looks into the mailbox to see what is in it.
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The sunflower is made out of railroad spikes.
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The sunflower is made out of railroad spikes.
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Sean looks into the book and reads some of the funny things that people have written.
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Sean looks into the book and reads some of the funny things that people have written.
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Sean gets our names in the book of all of the people who have made it to the top.
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Sean gets our names in the book of all of the people who have made it to the top.
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Mark spotted this dried up turtle that we all walked past.
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Mark spotted this dried up turtle that we all walked past.
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When we came down the road we didn't see the summit and ended up in someone's farm (that is where the road came to a dead end) so when we turned around, Sean spotted a stick sticking up in the air and finally found it. We noticed as we were leaving that the sign had been taken.
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When we came down the road we didn't see the summit and ended up in someone's farm (that is where the road came to a dead end) so when we turned around, Sean spotted a stick sticking up in the air and finally found it. We noticed as we were leaving that the sign had been taken.
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We drove to where we had to turn to go to the Sand Creek Massacre Site and noticed that it was open until 4:00. Well, it was just about 4:00 but went ahead and went anyway hoping that in the summer it might be open later.
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We drove to where we had to turn to go to the Sand Creek Massacre Site and noticed that it was open until 4:00. Well, it was just about 4:00 but went ahead and went anyway hoping that in the summer it might be open later.
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We got there and it was closed, we were not very happy!
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We got there and it was closed, we were not very happy!
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This is where the killings happened all those years ago.
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This is where the killings happened all those years ago.
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We went up the road just a little and saw 5 faces looking at us, a mother and four of her babies. Boy did they take off and run, I could hardly capture these photots!
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We went up the road just a little and saw 5 faces looking at us, a mother and four of her babies. Boy did they take off and run, I could hardly capture these photots!
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Four little raccoon's running, one is behind the bush.
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Four little raccoon's running, one is behind the bush.
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When we got back it was storming big time. We ate at pizza hut and had to take Sean home since he had to get up early in the morning and go to work. There is a rainbow over the hotel we were staying at (Comfort Inn).
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When we got back it was storming big time. We ate at pizza hut and had to take Sean home since he had to get up early in the morning and go to work. There is a rainbow over the hotel we were staying at (Comfort Inn).
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We decided to do a trip to places in western Kansas and eastern Colorado today. We went to Goodland to eat lunch and then to Wallace, Kansas to see the history of Fort Wallace. After we were finished there, we went to the highest point in Kansas, Mount Sunflower. Getting late, we rushed to see the place where many Native American men, women and children were massacred, Sand Creek in Colorado.
