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**gblowfish** · 06-27-2018, 11:33 AM

This has been a very sad month for me. My mom's funeral was on the first Saturday this month. And this Saturday, the last Saturday of month, I'm going to leave at 5AM for a funeral that starts at 10AM in North Central Kansas in a little town called Jewell, KS. I've never been there before. My good pal Mr. Doggity -who I've often mentioned here on the CP- his father in law passed at the age of 93 in Jewell. His wife grew up on the Edwards family farm there. The farm has been in the Edwards family since before the Civil War. It's a 250 mile drive from KC. Basically like driving from KC to St. Louis. It's gonna be hot coming home, 100 degree day expected. But Mr. Doggity is family to me, so I need to represent. I'm driving solo, and coming home I'll go through Clay Center and Manhattan. Any of you K-State guys or Kansas natives have any tips for a good ole Mizzou Tiger to survive driving alone across the Kansas Prairie? Any places I should stop for a bite or a cold one? Thanks. I still love me a good funeral.

oldman · 06-27-2018, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by KS Smitty

Also if you're on US Highway 24 make sure and go the speed limit in all the little towns.

This.

Coogs · 06-27-2018, 07:33 PM

If you do travel highway 24, between Manhattan and Clay Center is a town called Leonardville. Jordy Nelson is from there. His folks run a restaurant called Nelson's Landing. About a half of a block north of highway 24 on the west side of the street. Good eating!

Coogs · 06-27-2018, 07:39 PM

If you travel highway 36, near Jewell is a town called Mankato. The Buffalo Roam used to be a great place to eat. Haven't eaten there in years though. Marysville has a place called The Wagon Wheel. It's a block south of highway 36 on the west side of town. Good food. 6 miles east of Marysville is Home City. Bar called Haps. It's also a block south of highway 36. Good eating too!

T-post Tom · 06-27-2018, 08:25 PM

There's a big hayfield up near Buxton...One in particular. It's got a long rock wall, a big oak tree at the north end. It's like something out of a Robert Frost poem. It's where I asked my wife to marry me. We went there for a picnic and made love under that oak and I asked and she said yes. Promise me, George. If you ever get out of Aggieville, find that spot. In the base of that wall, you'll find a rock that has no earthly business in a Kansas hayfield. A piece of black, volcanic glass. There's something buried under it I want you to have.

**Renegade** · 06-27-2018, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish

Cawker City is 45 miles further west and south of Jewell. That's way out of the way.

Fine he can go to Lebanon KS, the geographical center of the lower 48. And yes Leonardville Landing would be a great place to eat. I also used to frequent Riley Cafe, not sure if it is still around.

Fish · 06-27-2018, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Coogs

If you travel highway 36, near Jewell is a town called Mankato. The Buffalo Roam used to be a great place to eat. Haven't eaten there in years though. Marysville has a place called The Wagon Wheel. It's a block south of highway 36 on the west side of town. Good food. 6 miles east of Marysville is Home City. Bar called Haps. It's also a block south of highway 36. Good eating too!

I graduated high school in Mankato. The Buffalo Roam isn't near what it used to be. Pretty epic about 25 years ago though, it would draw an impressive crowd. Especially the first Saturday of the month which was seafood buffet night. Pretty good seafood for BFE, KS.

Agree on The Wagon Wheel in Marysville though. I've eaten there many times, good stuff.

Coogs · 06-27-2018, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish

I graduated high school in Mankato. The Buffalo Roam isn't near what it used to be. Pretty epic about 25 years ago though, it would draw an impressive crowd. Especially the first Saturday of the month which was seafood buffet night. Pretty good seafood for BFE, KS.

Agree on The Wagon Wheel in Marysville though. I've eaten there many times, good stuff.

Interesting. I graduated from Scandia. Before Pike Valley existed.

Fish · 06-27-2018, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Coogs

Interesting. I graduated from Scandia. Before Pike Valley existed.

Yeah, we played Pike Valley quite a bit in high school. Kicked their ass repeatedly in football during my playing time.

Well after the Scandia/Courtland consolidation.

Funny tangent on that, check out the whiskey mug I'm drinking out of at this very moment. How about that... circa Courtland Fun Day 1999...

Coogs · 06-28-2018, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Fish

Yeah, we played Pike Valley quite a bit in high school. Kicked their ass repeatedly in football during my playing time.

Well after the Scandia/Courtland consolidation.

Funny tangent on that, check out the whiskey mug I'm drinking out of at this very moment. How about that... circa Courtland Fun Day 1999...

Courtland Fun Day! Those were good times! Had a pretty good collection of mugs myself at one time. I don't think I even have one around anymore. Haven't been over to it in years either. Priorities change I guess.

**Lzen** · 06-28-2018, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by KS Smitty

Cox Bros in Manhattan has good bbq. There's a few places in Aggieville that serve really good food, Keltic Star is good Irish food if you like that. Tall Grass Brewery and Little Apple Brewery are pretty popular around here. I don't do beer so I'm no help on that. If you need radio Jack FM is 98.5 here.

My employee and I stopped in Little Apple Brewing Company for lunch a couple of years ago. I didn't get to try the beer as I was driving but he is a craft beer enthusiast like myself and he said it was good. Food was decent from what I remember.

**gblowfish** · 06-28-2018, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by T-post Tom

There's a big hayfield up near Buxton...One in particular. It's got a long rock wall, a big oak tree at the north end. It's like something out of a Robert Frost poem. It's where I asked my wife to marry me. We went there for a picnic and made love under that oak and I asked and she said yes. Promise me, George. If you ever get out of Aggieville, find that spot. In the base of that wall, you'll find a rock that has no earthly business in a Kansas hayfield. A piece of black, volcanic glass. There's something buried under it I want you to have.

If it's $500 and a Trailways Bus ticket to Ft. Hancock, TX, I'm so there!

**gblowfish** · 06-28-2018, 11:14 AM

Thanks for all the wonderful advice fellas. I think I'll skip the giant ball of twine, that's a little out of my way. I'll probably go the fast way on the way out: I-70, then up to Manhattan then across west to Jewel. On the way back I may take 36 back to St. Joe then down I-29 just for a change of scenery. I have to leave around 5AM to make a 10AM funeral start at the church in Jewel. Then I think what I'll do is hang out until around 4pm with Doggity's family, then head back on US 36. The sun will be behind me, and as long as I get home sometime Saturday night, it's all good. I understand not wanting to drive in oppressive heat. Should be tolerable in the morning, but it's gonna be hella-HOT on the drive home until sundown, so not much working around that. Understand not speeding through little towns. My wife's family is from a town Northeast of Manhattan called Frankfort that's on Kansas 99 and about 10 miles south of US 36. I've been to Maryville a few times. Seen the black squirrels! US 36 is the first leg west of the Pony Express route out of St. Joe. Pretty cool history, if you're into that kind of thing. I'm going to start putting together some road music for the trip. What songs would you say are essential to doing a funeral roadie across rural Kansas?

**gblowfish** · 06-28-2018, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Coogs

If you do travel highway 24, between Manhattan and Clay Center is a town called Leonardville. Jordy Nelson is from there. His folks run a restaurant called Nelson's Landing. About a half of a block north of highway 24 on the west side of the street. Good eating!

He's a Raider. Don't think I'll be stopping there.

**ptlyon** · 06-28-2018, 11:32 AM

Ride on - AC/DC

**SuperChief** · 06-28-2018, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by gblowfish

Thanks for all the wonderful advice fellas. I think I'll skip the giant ball of twine, that's a little out of my way. I'll probably go the fast way on the way out: I-70, then up to Manhattan then across west to Jewel. On the way back I may take 36 back to St. Joe then down I-29 just for a change of scenery. I have to leave around 5AM to make a 10AM funeral start at the church in Jewel. Then I think what I'll do is hang out until around 4pm with Doggity's family, then head back on US 36. The sun will be behind me, and as long as I get home sometime Saturday night, it's all good. I understand not wanting to drive in oppressive heat. Should be tolerable in the morning, but it's gonna be hella-HOT on the drive home until sundown, so not much working around that. Understand not speeding through little towns. My wife's family is from a town Northeast of Manhattan called Frankfort that's on Kansas 99 and about 10 miles south of US 36. I've been to Maryville a few times. Seen the black squirrels! US 36 is the first leg west of the Pony Express route out of St. Joe. Pretty cool history, if you're into that kind of thing. I'm going to start putting together some road music for the trip. What songs would you say are essential to doing a funeral roadie across rural Kansas?

06-27-2018, 11:33 AM
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $16856178 VARSITY	Kansas....Kansas....Kansas.... This has been a very sad month for me. My mom's funeral was on the first Saturday this month. And this Saturday, the last Saturday of month, I'm going to leave at 5AM for a funeral that starts at 10AM in North Central Kansas in a little town called Jewell, KS. I've never been there before. My good pal Mr. Doggity -who I've often mentioned here on the CP- his father in law passed at the age of 93 in Jewell. His wife grew up on the Edwards family farm there. The farm has been in the Edwards family since before the Civil War. It's a 250 mile drive from KC. Basically like driving from KC to St. Louis. It's gonna be hot coming home, 100 degree day expected. But Mr. Doggity is family to me, so I need to represent. I'm driving solo, and coming home I'll go through Clay Center and Manhattan. Any of you K-State guys or Kansas natives have any tips for a good ole Mizzou Tiger to survive driving alone across the Kansas Prairie? Any places I should stop for a bite or a cold one? Thanks. I still love me a good funeral.
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06-27-2018, 07:33 PM	#17
Coogs In Search of a Life Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Northern Kansas Casino cash: $-2375651	If you do travel highway 24, between Manhattan and Clay Center is a town called Leonardville. Jordy Nelson is from there. His folks run a restaurant called Nelson's Landing. About a half of a block north of highway 24 on the west side of the street. Good eating!
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06-27-2018, 07:39 PM	#18
Coogs In Search of a Life Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Northern Kansas Casino cash: $-2375651	If you travel highway 36, near Jewell is a town called Mankato. The Buffalo Roam used to be a great place to eat. Haven't eaten there in years though. Marysville has a place called The Wagon Wheel. It's a block south of highway 36 on the west side of town. Good food. 6 miles east of Marysville is Home City. Bar called Haps. It's also a block south of highway 36. Good eating too!
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06-27-2018, 08:25 PM	#19
T-post Tom Busy in a Kohl's restroom Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Milk/Honey/Gazland Casino cash: $1747293	There's a big hayfield up near Buxton...One in particular. It's got a long rock wall, a big oak tree at the north end. It's like something out of a Robert Frost poem. It's where I asked my wife to marry me. We went there for a picnic and made love under that oak and I asked and she said yes. Promise me, George. If you ever get out of Aggieville, find that spot. In the base of that wall, you'll find a rock that has no earthly business in a Kansas hayfield. A piece of black, volcanic glass. There's something buried under it I want you to have. __________________ You seem nice!
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06-28-2018, 11:14 AM	#27
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $16856178 VARSITY	Thanks for all the wonderful advice fellas. I think I'll skip the giant ball of twine, that's a little out of my way. I'll probably go the fast way on the way out: I-70, then up to Manhattan then across west to Jewel. On the way back I may take 36 back to St. Joe then down I-29 just for a change of scenery. I have to leave around 5AM to make a 10AM funeral start at the church in Jewel. Then I think what I'll do is hang out until around 4pm with Doggity's family, then head back on US 36. The sun will be behind me, and as long as I get home sometime Saturday night, it's all good. I understand not wanting to drive in oppressive heat. Should be tolerable in the morning, but it's gonna be hella-HOT on the drive home until sundown, so not much working around that. Understand not speeding through little towns. My wife's family is from a town Northeast of Manhattan called Frankfort that's on Kansas 99 and about 10 miles south of US 36. I've been to Maryville a few times. Seen the black squirrels! US 36 is the first leg west of the Pony Express route out of St. Joe. Pretty cool history, if you're into that kind of thing. I'm going to start putting together some road music for the trip. What songs would you say are essential to doing a funeral roadie across rural Kansas? Last edited by gblowfish; 06-28-2018 at 11:23 AM..
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06-28-2018, 11:32 AM	#29
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