Traveling South Through Kansas

 We have started our journey to our winter home in AZ. Hubby did the trip planning taking us through some new areas of Kansas so we could see something NEW and GEOCACHE collecting some more KS counties. And as is very typical, we came across a couple of unexpected gems. The first was related to the Pony Express.

We traveled along US Highway 36, part of which is known as the Pony Express National Historic Trail. the highway was marked with the riders on hill tops.

We had spent our first night in Marysville KS and this was the scene Tuesday morning. The truck was covered in snow, but the temps and sunshine melted most of the snow throughout the morning.

a geocache brought us to this location

(remember to click on the photo to enlarge)

Four miles? We can check it out, right? Please? I'll take photos and you can look for another geocache.

We bypassed the Visitors Center and drove right to the station. Good thing we did as it wasn't open anyway and we would have wasted more precious time.

I was able to peak through three of the windows and get photos of the inside furnishings.

the station had 3 entrances

one of the 3 stoops and doors

another of the rooms

and the third window peek

a nondescript historical building

and probably the only one of its kind

This stop reminded me of when we stumbled upon a stagecoach stop near the small town of Labolt in northeast South Dakota. Peeking through the windows, the house was left just as it had been in the 1800s/early 1900s. The sad part was a few years after we had been there (because of geocaching) the house was moved and the current land owner removed all the trees and outbuildings and plowed the historic spot. I am thankful the Kansas Historical Society has kept the Pony Express Station from a similar demise. 

The second gem will be posted tomorrow.