Here is a pict form the old way college of emporia campus. Sadly Kenyon Hall is falling apart and is basically abandoned.Only a few buildings are occupied right now and as I mentioned before some are completely torn down. It was really hard to see the place so uncared for.Anderson Library a place my dad and other builders restored 20+ years ago was pretty run down as well. It is obvious not many organizations pride themselves on the upkeep...
Here are a couple picts. What is funny is that when we were little the park was no where near as nice and you could go in the tank but what was disgusting was there would be beer cans and other trash in there. Obviously now they take it much more seriously and you cannot climb in the tank and there is no trash anywhere.Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mob...
The Emporia Zoo is a free zoo. It is small but kept up beautifully!!They had ducks, monkeys, a lioness, peacocksN deer, bald eagle, bison, and as I mentioned prairie dogs.Prairie dogs are dig tunnels under ground and pop in and out of the groud they're awfully cute Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mob...
This was my elementary school :). Well it is no longer a school although the signs still say it is. We did get to walk around I saw my 3rd grade classroom (door only-LOL). And my kindergarden room. We pulled up and wondered why the heck a school wouldn't have a playgroud then we found out the adults that work there don't need swing sets LOLSent via BlackBerry from T-Mob...
We made it to emporia. Somethings are hugely disapointing others things are just as we remember them.Here we are in front of the welcome sign. We went to see our old home on the Way College of Emporia that was cool except emporia hall the dorm iwe lived in had been torn down along with a bunch of other buildings. Many other structures. Have been added to the property. We mostly took video and pictures on our other cameras so you'll...
On our way to emporia we stopped at our family's favorite camp ground and Lake called el dorado lake.It was neat the rivers off the lake were flooded. We weren't able to find the stepping stones we used to walk across on they may have been way under water.Of course I forgot to take a picture on this phone but here is a picture of the beautiful day we've been travelling with.Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mob...
We are travelling through the flint hills beautiful views and now we're seeing more grass fed cattle.Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mob...
We heard the funniest thing on the radio this morning, the DJ announced the lunch menu for 3-4 differnt counties! How fun is that :)Another p.o.i are the oil rigs you will see all across the Kansas landscape, I took a picture for you.Oh this is great, our hotel had the brochure stand of attractions and one of them was for Emporia. I picked up a few for my family, it is fun to see your home town is a tourist attraction.Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mob...
Well I hope we're haeded some where LOL! We're on our way towards Wichita and the Emporia.Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mob...
We stayed the night in Dodge City, KS at the travel lodge.Our rating is a 2.5 out of 5. We ate breakfast at a chilhood favorite Daylight Donuts. I'm hoping that the shop in Emporia is still there so I can get a pict. They used to have a big donut in the parking lot.We woke up at 5:15 and it is 6:38 and we're getting the hell out of Dodge LOL!!!!Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mob...
