Photo Gallery Twelve  

"On The Road - Kansas"  Sunflowers - Prairie Dog Town - Oakley, KS

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Sunflower field near Goodland, Kansas.

Close up of sunflower in a field near Goodland, Kansas.

Detail of sunflower in a field.

Sunflowers facing east into the sun.

Looking south at east facing sunflowers.

Close up of a group of sunflowers.

Close up of sunflower and bees.

Detail of sunflower.

Additional sunflowers

Replica of Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" in acrylic urethane enamel on a 24 foot wide by 32 foot high canvas in Goodland, Kansas.

(visible from I-70)

Close up of Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" replica.  The easel is 80 feet high.

Replica of Van Gogh's "Sunflowers".  Installed spring of 2001.

The famous "Prairie Dog Town" compound at exit 70 on I-70 near Oakley, Kansas .

(see the six legged cow)

The "Prairie Dog Town" entrance near Oakley, Kansas at Exit 70 on I-70.

The "Twistee Treat" ice cream stand next to "The Prairie Dogtown" at exit 70 on I-70 near Oakley, Kansas.

Corinthian columns frame the port cochere at this unique motel adjacent to exit 70 on I-70 near Oakley, Kansas.

Close up of the Corinthian columns. The columns are concrete and probably architectural elements from a nearby building that was demolished.

Detail of the column capitol.

Interesting windows at the rear elevation of this unique motel adjacent to exit 70 on I-70 near Oakley, Kansas.

Another view of the rear elevation of this unique motel.

Deconstructivist architectural theory applied to an abandoned truck stop at exit 70 on I-70 near Oakley, Kansas.

Close up of windows and sloping walls at the abandoned truck stop.  The building has been converted to a carpentry shop.

Rear elevation of converted truck stop.

Antique shop in a train station across the road from "The Prairie Dog Town" at exit 70 on I-70 near Oakley, Kansas.   The train station was relocated from Grinnell, Kansas.  In addition to the antiques the owner collects and displays  hundreds of different types of barbed wire.

The frame & wheels from a buckboard wagon in the front lawn of the Antique shop at exit 70 on I-70 near Oakley, Kansas.   The stones are used as fence posts and still in common use in central Kansas.

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