Elk Falls, Kansas is in the southeastern part of the state. Trish, Teresa and I spent the weekend at the Sherman House Guesthouse there, so we could have some time away for a creative visioning process. It was the same process I did at Ramona with some friends in April.
I didn’t do a new collage because I haven’t fully delved into the one I did in April. I took it along, and Trish had some good insights into it.
Elk Falls is an interesting community and we enjoyed meeting Steve and Jane Fry, who own the Sherman House B and B and also operate Elk Falls Pottery. They were lovely folks and invited us to also visit their rock garden. I’ll have more photos of that in the coming days.
I went out early this morning to the falls, where I spotted this heron enjoying the breaking day.
I then took a lovely drive out into the country. Trish loaned me her car as I didn’t have one with me. Greg headed to Joplin on Friday so he just detoured and took me to Elk Falls. It was nice to have his company on the way down and Trish’s on the way back.
Teresa met us there, coming up from Oklahoma where she had been to watch her granddaughter, Kylie, play in a national softball tournament. Her team came in fifth!
Friday night Teresa and I headed out for dinner and decided to go to Sedan. We did not enjoy our food at the Rack Shack (BBQ) very much – I’m sorry I can’t recommend it – but we saw a beautiful double rainbow.
I couldn’t resist taking a photo of downtown Sedan with the rainbow stretched over the main street. Of course, those power lines detract, but otherwise it’s a lovely chamber of commerce shot. To top it off, Sedan has a “yellow brick road,” where people buy bricks, which I had stepped on to take the photo.
It was an incredible weekend. We want to do it again very soon.
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