Up to a few years ago I was severe storm chasing in the Midwest US. We traveled through many famous, and not so famous places. On one particular trip, we past through a couple of famous places - places made famous by the old TV show Gun Smoke. I chuckled to myself at the time because we hit both of those places on the same day on this trip.
We spent the afternoon in and around Dodge City, even stopped for lunch there. A few of us walked over to take a look at the old stuffed Santa Fe locomotive near the station. I've since lost my pictures from that trip, otherwise I'd post them...
A bit later, we traveled west and ended up in southeastern Colorado. During our travels, we passed through Kit Carson, CO. There's a railroad museum there and a Wild West exhibit. We didn't stop, but I could see the shebang from the road - there wasn't much to see... in fact nothing much to see in the town as we passed through quickly on US40.
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What's funny about the TV show is the actors journeyed between Dodge City and Kit Carson like it was nothing. This journey between these two places in real life is about 250 miles or a 3-1/2 hour drive. (About 400 km)!
We spent the afternoon in and around Dodge City, even stopped for lunch there. A few of us walked over to take a look at the old stuffed Santa Fe locomotive near the station. I've since lost my pictures from that trip, otherwise I'd post them...
A bit later, we traveled west and ended up in southeastern Colorado. During our travels, we passed through Kit Carson, CO. There's a railroad museum there and a Wild West exhibit. We didn't stop, but I could see the shebang from the road - there wasn't much to see... in fact nothing much to see in the town as we passed through quickly on US40.
http://binged.it/1IsSSFP
What's funny about the TV show is the actors journeyed between Dodge City and Kit Carson like it was nothing. This journey between these two places in real life is about 250 miles or a 3-1/2 hour drive. (About 400 km)!
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