Anybody been to Kansas USA?

znv6i3h7kqf9ys · 30-03-2010 04:59PM #1

Anybody been to Kansas USA? I googled "things to do in Kansas" and it makes pretty grim reading. ie.

Best places to visit are the Mid-America Air Museum, University of Kansas Natural History Museum and eh that's it. Oh wait the most famous person from Kansas is Kirstie Alley (from Cheers) and the most interisting fact from Kansas is In 1990 Kansas wheat farmers produced enough wheat to make 33 billion loaves of bread, or enough to provide each person on earth with 6 loaves. WOW 6 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! has anybody been? Is it really that interisting?:eek:

http://www.thingstodo.com/states/KS/index.htm

dsmythy · 30-03-2010 05:03PM

Storm chasing

thetonynator · 30-03-2010 05:05PM

wheat fields.

mikom · 30-03-2010 05:05PM

Andi Rough Subway wrote: »

Oh wait the most famous person from Kansas is Kirstie Alley (from Cheers)

What about Dorothy?

Overheal · 30-03-2010 05:10PM

I wouldnt go live there if I needed a hug or anything

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kansas_population_map.png

That said it would be pretty bitchin to have 100 acres to yourself. You'd never have to wear clothes!

MaybeLogic · 30-03-2010 05:10PM

mikom wrote: »

What about Dorothy?

I don't think she's in Kansas anymore.

cafecolour · 30-03-2010 05:21PM

I may have driven through it I don't think it's terribly memorable. It's gonna be mostly fields. Maybe there's a national park or two to explore.

Looking at wikipedia it's about the size of ireland with 2/3rds of the population.

OTOH no one ever visits. Go there with an Irish accent and you'll probably never have to buy a pint and have the pick of the women.

Karl Hungus · 30-03-2010 05:30PM

Go to a Kansas concert!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB17uWuBrL0

PrettyBoy · 30-03-2010 05:34PM

My friend went there last year to see Kings of Leon. I thought it was kind of an odd place to take a holiday but she really enjoyed it. She loves KOL and she's also pretty interested in anything to do with American culture so..

FlutterinBantam · 30-03-2010 05:39PM

Wichita can be fun.

Overheal · 30-03-2010 05:43PM

Im much more of a mountain guy myself. That much flatland would drive me insane. Puget Sound in WA, thats where its at.

LenaClaire · 30-03-2010 05:48PM

My grandparents were from Kansas so I have been there many times. Actually the Mid-America air museum is pretty cool if you are into air/space stuff and there are a few towns like Dodge city that have more museums about the old west and such.

Other than that there are little cute towns that have little old stores. But that is about it. If you like looking at wheat fields and old oil rigs then Kansas is the place for you!

Hank_Jones · 30-03-2010 05:50PM

mikom wrote: »

What about Dorothy?

Dorothy is certainly something I would want to do in Kansas.

InTheTrees · 30-03-2010 05:50PM

Overheal wrote: »

Im much more of a mountain guy myself. That much flatland would drive me insane. Puget Sound in WA, thats where its at.

Greetings from Seattle.

Almost 10am on a wet spring morning, so mt.Ranier is hidden but the mountains west on the penninsula are visible just. Not much snow this year so only the tops are covered.

MaybeLogic · 30-03-2010 06:04PM

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Wichita can be fun.

There's a good opera there.

Truley · 30-03-2010 06:14PM

It is home to the (disputed) world's largest ball of twine - how could you NOT go there!!!! :cool:

Overheal · 30-03-2010 06:29PM

InTheTrees wrote: »

Greetings from Seattle.

Almost 10am on a wet spring morning, so mt.Ranier is hidden but the mountains west on the penninsula are visible just. Not much snow this year so only the tops are covered.

Only remember it from being a toddler basically. But that was some of the best scenery I've ever seen. San Juan and the Nat'l Parks were somthin else. Deep River Valleys and Rockfaces and all that.

Kent Brockman · 30-03-2010 06:35PM

Truley wrote: »

It is home to the (disputed) world's largest ball of twine - how could you NOT go there!!!! :cool:

Well in that case........(taps heels together) "theres no place like home, theres no place like home"
holy Crap

FlutterinBantam · 30-03-2010 06:38PM

MaybeLogic wrote: »

There's a good opera there.

And ballet.. Moscow festival ballet are there in late April I think, Century II i seem to remember it's called. Copelia.. will be in Oklahoma City over that period, but prob. a bit too far to to go.

Beautiful theatre

MaybeLogic · 30-03-2010 06:41PM

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

And ballet.. Moscow festival ballet are there in late April I think, Century II i seem to remember it's called. Copelia.. will be in Oklahoma City over that period, but prob. a bit too far to to go.

Beautiful theatre

I was only throwing in a White Stripes reference.
I think it will come as a surprise to many to find you so cultured.

FlutterinBantam · 30-03-2010 06:43PM

:eek:

That's an awful thing to say.

bonerm · 30-03-2010 06:44PM

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Wichita can be fun.

Wichita lking about Willis?

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Go to a Kansas concert!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB17uWuBrL0

I prefer Randy's cover tbh. We love you Ran-deh!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTNB23c0Sk4

FlutterinBantam · 30-03-2010 06:55PM

'The Store' on E Osie St was my fav. bar... lots of very friendly people.

Degsy · 30-03-2010 07:06PM

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

And ballet.. Moscow festival ballet are there in late April I think, Century II i seem to remember it's called. Copelia.. will be in Oklahoma City over that period, but prob. a bit too far to to go.

Beautiful theatre

You,my friend are finished in Thunderdome.

Sofaspud · 30-03-2010 07:51PM

I heard that there was once a meteor shower in a small town in Kansas, and since then loads of weird things keep happening, teenage supervillians appearing and stuff.

Strangely, a lot of the goings-on seem to have moved to Metropolis in more recent times.

Degsy · 30-03-2010 08:21PM

Sofaspud wrote: »

I heard that there was once a meteor shower in a small town in Kansas, and since then loads of weird things keep happening, teenage supervillians appearing and stuff.

Strangely, a lot of the goings-on seem to have moved to Metropolis in more recent times.

It also took a few big nuke strikes in the Day After

bonerm · 30-03-2010 08:30PM

Degsy wrote: »

It also took a few big nuke strikes in the Day After

Awful rubbish that film. Much preferred Threads.

Degsy · 30-03-2010 08:32PM

bonerm wrote: »

Awful rubbish that film. Much preferred Threads.

Ah yes..Sheffield got blown up in that one..nasty peice of cinema.

achtungbarry · 30-03-2010 09:33PM

I just can't wait for Grand Theft Auto Kansas to come out.......

Manic Moran · 30-03-2010 09:39PM

Degsy wrote: »

It also took a few big nuke strikes in the Day After

Wasn't Jericho in Kansas? That was a good show...

I did stop off at the Greyhound museum (The dog, not the bus) in Abilene.

NTM

InkSlinger67 · 30-03-2010 09:59PM

TBH I'd go to Kansas just to hear that guy who shouts "TOUCHDOWN!! KAN-SAS CIT-TY!!!!!"

He Rox!

Anybody been to Kansas USA?

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