The reason we got to Hillsboro and found out the difference between a sleepy small town and a bustling small town (having a university) was that 66 plotted out a scenic byway route through the center of Kansas so we got a snootful of farms, barns, cornfields, and small-town main streets. The above is an old mill; some 'young bucks' went goofing around in the little waterfall and dug out wheels and other mechanical artifacts from the mill's time, according to the local old-timer.
In front of the Second Empire (1860's or so, for you who aren't archi-geeks) Cottonwood Falls county seat building. The Cottonwood river runs down the street, giving us our first opportunity to stick our feet in a river, and the town seems to have some nice economic development on its Main Street. They are financing some of it with benches and historic looking light poles, sponsored by locals: 'In loving Memory of John Smith' or something on a little sign.
Monica went insane photographing barns in various states of usefulness, all throughout KS. This one's a winner!
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