July 27 - traveling on to Kanopolis State Park, Marquette, Kansas

  We left early in the morning, after a very pleasant breakfast with Chris and Jeanne Boetig.  The terrain was very interesting.  It had changed from corn fields on both side of the road, to prairies with some cattle, and a lot of rolling hills.  It was quite rolling hills, with very expansive vistas, between Kansas City and Manhattan, Kansas.  I was surprised it was so hilly, as I always thought of Kansas as flat corn fields.
  We had a bit of trouble finding the State Park, as the address on the website was no longer accurate.  Fortunately, Peter had input a place (the State Park) into his GPS instead of an address.  This park is also located around a damned up lake.  Very large.  Unfortunately, it is super hot again today, though not as humid, with a nice breeze.  So we set up the RV--our site is a full hookup, and turned on the air conditioning-HIGH.  We drove around the campground to get our bearings.  But we were both wiped out by the heat, and returned to the RV cool air, and read.  After dinner, it had cooled off quite a bit, so we sat outside and read.  Very pleasant.
  A problem with the State Parks on the weekends, is that there are a lot of families, and the possibility of loud, late partying.  Our next door neighbors partied with other friends (about 15 of them), with their music playing outdoors, until about 11:30 pm.  Oh well.

Kanopolis State Park photos: