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On The Road - Kansas Sunflowers - Prairie Dog Town - Oakley, KS

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Kansas Sunflowers

Sunflower field near Goodland, Kansas.

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Kansas Sunflowers

Close up of sunflower in a field near Goodland, Kansas.

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Kansas Sunflowers

Detail of sunflower in a field.

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Kansas Sunflowers

Sunflowers facing east into the sun.

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Kansas Sunflowers

Looking south at east facing sunflowers.

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Kansas Sunflowers

Close up of a group of sunflowers.

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Kansas Sunflowers

Close up of sunflower and bees.

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Kansas Sunflowers

Detail of sunflower Additional sunflowers

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Replica of Van Gogh's Sunflowers Goodland, Kansas

Replica of Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" in acrylic urethane enamel on a 24 foot wide by 32 foot high canvas in Goodland, Kansas.(visible from I-70)

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Replica of Van Gogh's Sunflowers Goodland, Kansas

Close up of Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" replica.  The easel is 80 feet high.

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Replica of Van Gogh's Sunflowers Goodland, Kansas

Replica of Van Gogh's "Sunflowers".  Installed spring of 2001.

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Prairie Dog Town Oakley, Kansas

The famous "Prairie Dog Town" compound at exit 70 on I-70 near Oakley, Kansas .(see the six legged cow)

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Prairie Dog Town Oakley, Kansas

The "Prairie Dog Town" entrance near Oakley, Kansas at Exit 70 on I-70.

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Twistee Treat Oakley, Kansas

The "Twistee Treat" ice cream stand next to "The Prairie Dogtown" at exit 70 on I-70 near Oakley, Kansas.

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Deconstructivist motel Oakley, Kansas

Corinthian columns frame the port cochere at this unique motel adjacent to exit 70 on I-70 near Oakley, Kansas.

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Deconstructivist motel Oakley, Kansas

Close up of the Corinthian columns. The columns are concrete and probably architectural elements from a nearby building that was demolished.

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Deconstructivist motel Oakley, Kansas

Detail of the column capitol.

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Deconstructivist motel Oakley, Kansas

Interesting windows at the rear elevation of this unique motel adjacent to exit 70 on I-70 near Oakley, Kansas.

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Deconstructivist motel Oakley, Kansas

Another view of the rear elevation of this unique motel

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Deconstructivist truck stop

Deconstructivist architectural theory applied to an abandoned truck stop at exit 70 on I-70 near Oakley, Kansas.

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Deconstructivist truck stop

Close up of windows and sloping walls at the abandoned truck stop.  The building has been converted to a carpentry shop.

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Deconstructivist truck stop

Rear elevation of converted truck stop.

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train station Oakley, Kansas

Antique shop in a train station across the road from "The Prairie Dog Town" at exit 70 on I-70 near Oakley, Kansas.  The train station was relocated from Grinnell, Kansas.  In addition to the antiques the owner collects and displays  hundreds of different types of barbed wire.

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Buckboard whagon wheels

The frame & wheels from a buckboard wagon in the front lawn of the Antique shop at exit 70 on I-70 near Oakley, Kansas.  The stones are used as fence posts and still in common use in central Kansas.

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