Woodhenge, Cahokia, IL, USA

Road trip and Lyons Kansas 20 May to 31 May 2015

The last night

The last night

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The survivors of the NPS course gather for a Mexican meal in Lyons, Kansas.
minimum maintenance

minimum maintenance

25 May 2015 2 1 461
I'm glad to say most of the roads were in better condition than this one! Rice County near Lyons, Kansas.
Lyons Inn (1)

Lyons Inn (1)

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If the rooms were updated, I'd hate to have stayed before. Ugh.
Lyons Inn (2)

Lyons Inn (2)

30 May 2015 1 411
The best moment at the Lyons Inn. Leaving! If you have the choice, stay at the Celebration Suites at the other end of town.
The road

The road

30 May 2015 2 1 440
Taken through the windscreen of the truck. And I thought Roman roads were straight... Pentax K-3.
Spaceship?

Spaceship?

23 May 2015 2 505
Originally a gas station, then a taco stand, the ultra-modern Googie-style saucer-shaped building is now a coffee shop. Pentax K-3.
Giant cross, Effingham, Illinois

Giant cross, Effingham, Illinois

22 May 2015 1 461
Funny what you see from I70... Apparently it is 198 feet tall and 113 feet wide, forged out of over 180 tons of steel. One would have thought the money would be better spent helping the poor... Pentax K-3.
Monk's Mound, Cahokia

Monk's Mound, Cahokia

23 May 2015 1 530
This is a panorama of 13 images stitched together. Monk's Mound is the largest mound at the amazing Native American site of Cahokia, just outside of St Louis. Pentax K-3.
Monk's mound, Cahokia

Monk's mound, Cahokia

23 May 2015 1 422
I took this photograph as the two people on the edge of the mound give a sense of scale to this amazing monument. Pentax K-3.
Twin mound (1)

Twin mound (1)

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The eastern of the two Twin Mounds to the south of Monk's Mound at Cahokia. The photograph was taken from Monk's Mound using a SMC Pentax-DA* 50-135mm lens on a K-3.
Twin mound (2)

Twin mound (2)

23 May 2015 1 487
The western of the two Twin Mounds to the south of Monk's Mound at Cahokia. The photograph was taken from Monk's Mound using a SMC Pentax-DA* 50-135mm lens on a K-3.
St Louis

St Louis

23 May 2015 3 1 814
St Louis seen through the haze from Monk's Mound, Cahokia. Pentax K-3, SMC Pentax-DA* 50-135mm lens.
lovely weather

lovely weather

23 May 2015 1 128
On the road to Lyons, Kansas.
sphere

sphere

24 May 2015 1 71
One of several spheres covered in Soviet logos designed to be crashed onto the moon and disperse in order to claim the first moon landing. Hutchison Cosmosphere, Kansas.
Nikon Fs

Nikon Fs

24 May 2015 2 95
These three Nikon F cameras were on various Apollo missions. Cosmosphere, Hutchison, Kansas.
moon buggy

moon buggy

24 May 2015 1 83
Moon buggy seen in the Cosmosphere, Hutchison, Kansas. Pentax K-3, SMC Pentax-DA 12-24mm lens.
lunar module

lunar module

24 May 2015 1 74
Apollo lunar lander. Hutchison, Kansas.
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