Summer Trip to Wichita Kansas (Final Update)

Time for our annual trip to Wichita Kansas. A little escape from the heat of Houston. Purpose of the trip is to watch our grandsons collegiate baseball team the Cheney Diamond Dawgs in the NBC World Series. 
Enough about baseball, while waiting for games I have been able to take some pictures. My first adventure was to the Great Plains Nature Center in the Chisholm Creek Park. 

On an island in the Arkansas River Stands a 30-foot sculpture, The Keeper of the Plains. A much-visited site and offers some interesting shots. We went at sundown and stayed for the lighting of the Ring of Fire. The weather was perfect! The next da6 heat AND humidity returned with vengeance. 

Took time to visit the Sedgwick County Zoo. Tried to get there before it got too hot, we failed. After a couple hours, it started getting warm AND humid. 

Of course, we were at the ball game, too.  Our grandson is a pitcher only so it’s a treat to see him pitch. This night his fastball stayed between 90 & 92. These were taken with my mobile phone. 

Saturday is farmers market day and we chose to go to the Kansas grown market. There was a “bubbleoligist” there, and I’m a sucker for this art, I love to see kids playing in the bubbles. 

Of course, there was produce there, too.

Of course, there were some crafts, too. This was the only one that I had any interest in.  Good use of old propane tanks. Obviously, they were empty. 

A little clown watching, too.

Saturday Outing at Kickerillo-Mischer Preserve

Last Saturday I joined other members of the Northwest Houston Photo Club on a shoot at Kickerillo-Mischer Preserve.  This is a Harris County Precinct facility with a 1 1/2 + mile shaded, paved trail around a lake.  There is a lot of wildlife (even an alligator), though not always obvious due to the location next to a busy highway.  If you have not visited Kickerillo-Mischer Preserve I do recommend it.  It is open from 7 am to 9 pm now, other parts of the year it is 7 am to dusk.  

Here is some of what I shot.

A coy sunflower?

This gentleman was on a stroll through the preserve with his 53 year old companion Zachary. Very entertaining, both Zachary and his owner.

Periodically the Precinct brings out canoes and kayaks for the visitors to enjoy.  And this was one of those occasions.

There is even a little library to encourage some reading.