A Drive through Kansas

We sleep late and get a late start for our drive across the remainder of Kansas. We take smaller two-lane roads instead of highways and see some interesting sites as we drive through the small towns, including this artwork beside the road:

We drive around 275 miles and stop near the border of Kansas and Missouri at Elk City Lake State Park. We drive slowly through the entrance to the campground--there is a gate across the right lane of the road saying "High Water". The campground is open; the volunteer at the registration office says that there was a lot of flooding in the park and the water has been slowly receding. Part of the campground was underwater so he directs us to park in the meadow section of the campground.

We spend the evening relaxing, making phonecalls and then take a walk around the park. Nice state park, but the lake is still several feet above it's normal level.