Friday while on a trip to NC Kansas I decided to visit Alta Vista,KS for two reasons.One was I had never seen it before and wanted to take some pictures of it.Two was the Mill Creek-Skyline Scenic Drive starts there and runs 17 miles northeast to Alma,KS.I wanted to drive it to visit the ghost town of Volland,KS.
Alta Vista is slightly off Hwy 4 and did I ever get a surprise when entering town from the south.Here was an Ag Museum with an entire row of old combines.It wasnt open so I just started taking pictures thru the chain link fence.The two rarest combines were a SP-9 Case and a canvas 21 Massey,
Besides the combines they have hay balers,corn pickers,plows,drills,tractors,and more.It would be an interesting place to visit.Its less than 200 miles from me and I had never heard of this place.
Did I mention that it was 106 degrees when I took these pictures.A few hours later we were in Manhattan,KS when a severe storm hit at 4:20 pm.70-93 mph winds blew down trees,power poles,tipped over semis,and more.It was a mess getting out of a city of 50,000 that had no power.They got 1.15" of rain in a short time.I thought for awhile that it was going to blow our SUV over.
Alta Vista is slightly off Hwy 4 and did I ever get a surprise when entering town from the south.Here was an Ag Museum with an entire row of old combines.It wasnt open so I just started taking pictures thru the chain link fence.The two rarest combines were a SP-9 Case and a canvas 21 Massey,
Besides the combines they have hay balers,corn pickers,plows,drills,tractors,and more.It would be an interesting place to visit.Its less than 200 miles from me and I had never heard of this place.
Did I mention that it was 106 degrees when I took these pictures.A few hours later we were in Manhattan,KS when a severe storm hit at 4:20 pm.70-93 mph winds blew down trees,power poles,tipped over semis,and more.It was a mess getting out of a city of 50,000 that had no power.They got 1.15" of rain in a short time.I thought for awhile that it was going to blow our SUV over.
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