Kansas
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From: St. Clair Co., MO
Hell, for that matter, Tonganoxie went from rowdy, fun, rural small town to uptight, wannabe JoCo suburb. Guess you really can't go home.
The area was a nice place to grow up, tho. Got bike parts at a small shop in Merriam & partied with my heathen, trailer-trash buds in Edwardsville. Saw many, many shows at Memorial Hall as a teenager. Loved going the ABATE run at Lake Perry with the old man. Punched out for the Army, tho, when I was 18, so never got to "experience" Westport & the like. Eh well...
Get off the slabs. There are plenty of good rides in KS but not on the fast tracks. People passing through are in too big a hurry to take the two lanes and county roads, where most of the fun is. Lots of lakes, fishing holes, some motorcycle museums, historical sights, waterfalls and destination events. It's in the middle of the nation and a days ride from mountains on both sides, for you twisty lovers. Not my favorite place to live but the place I live. Lemonade anyone ?
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From: Wichita, KS
Experiences from a trip Oct. 8-17, 2015 in Kansas are:
I-70 is a breeze to travel as you can see where you will be in 20 miles.
I-35 from I-70 to the Oklahoma border is excellent. I-35 is a toll road which means you take a ticket when you get on and pay when you leave the toll road. Easy for riders to deal with.
I-70 is a breeze to travel as you can see where you will be in 20 miles.
I-35 from I-70 to the Oklahoma border is excellent. I-35 is a toll road which means you take a ticket when you get on and pay when you leave the toll road. Easy for riders to deal with.
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From: Sedalia,Missouri
Let me add my two cents about Kansas. My first experience was bad as I was forced into living in KCK in Wyandotte County, Ks. It was 1972 and my parents had just moved there. I attended Wyandotte High School my junior year and I hated it. This was the first time in my life I was in the minority. I was able to escape Wyandotte county for the summer as I had a job at the golf course in my home town of Sedalia,Mo. When my senior year began at Wyandotte there was an incident that happened right next to where I was standing. Two black girls got in a fight and one pulled a short piece of pipe out of her purse. In a split second she hit the other girl across the face. She was knocked out and they removed her in a stretcher. I immediately went to the pay phone called my father and said I want out of here. I was able to convince him to let me move back to Sedalia and finish my senior year there living with my grandparents. Another situation that happened in KCK was my mother had a gun pulled on her in the parking lot of Indian Springs Shopping Center. She worked at Macy's and as she was getting in her car a big black man stuck a gun in her side and said slide over or your dead. My mother began screaming and honking the horn, luckily the guy ran off. My mother later said she would have rather died right there than gone with the gunman. I hated KCK and only spent the 1972 school year there. My parents spent 40 years there and I finally got them to move in 2011. Sadly they both died last year in 2014, I will never return to KCK. End of story.
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From: Gods Country
Let me add my two cents about Kansas. My first experience was bad as I was forced into living in KCK in Wyandotte County, Ks. It was 1972 and my parents had just moved there. I attended Wyandotte High School my junior year and I hated it. This was the first time in my life I was in the minority. I was able to escape Wyandotte county for the summer as I had a job at the golf course in my home town of Sedalia,Mo. When my senior year began at Wyandotte there was an incident that happened right next to where I was standing. Two black girls got in a fight and one pulled a short piece of pipe out of her purse. In a split second she hit the other girl across the face. She was knocked out and they removed her in a stretcher. I immediately went to the pay phone called my father and said I want out of here. I was able to convince him to let me move back to Sedalia and finish my senior year there living with my grandparents. Another situation that happened in KCK was my mother had a gun pulled on her in the parking lot of Indian Springs Shopping Center. She worked at Macy's and as she was getting in her car a big black man stuck a gun in her side and said slide over or your dead. My mother began screaming and honking the horn, luckily the guy ran off. My mother later said she would have rather died right there than gone with the gunman. I hated KCK and only spent the 1972 school year there. My parents spent 40 years there and I finally got them to move in 2011. Sadly they both died last year in 2014, I will never return to KCK. End of story.
Good...I'm sure you wont be missed.
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