Poll: Where are you from?

Hey exsargex, don't be slamming on JC.....it's not the same place it was 20+ years ago, but people would rather repeat the same old stupid stuff than admit that the place has changed..........for the better. :grumble: :grumble:

We thought the same old stuff when we got sent back here in 1991, but were very surprised to see how much it'd changed since the "gals" hung out at 10th& Washington on payday weekends!! We CHOSE to buy and live in JC rather than Manhattan.

hahahahha. Yeah alot of the crime and drugs moved over to Salina, that city has gone down the crapper the last few years. I agree that whole area has tripled since I used to live in Manhattan. I was in a band back in 97-98, our guitarist was born and raised in JC. We'd go out there and pick him up for practice... it was bad (as you stated) hookers, drugs, shootings & stabbings. Most of the soldiers didn't even wanna hang out in JC, haha.

p.s. i meant i'd rather hang myself then make the "drive" out there and back. 70 is the lamest drive thru Kansas.

I agree with you about the drive west on I-70 but at least from KC to JC it's got some hills and variety to look at. Get west of Russell and it's like a moonscape all the way to Denver!:laugh: :laugh: No wonder they call eastern Colorado/western Kansas "the Outback"!!

I agree with you about the drive west on I-70 but at least from KC to JC it's got some hills and variety to look at. Get west of Russell and it's like a moonscape all the way to Denver!:laugh: :laugh: No wonder they call eastern Colorado/western Kansas "the Outback"!!

There are some great State Highways for motorcycle rides though! My dad and I take K-4 outta topeka and over to Highway 99 or thru Alta Vista on that Skyline Drive, which is beautiful. 177, thru Manhattan and up around Tuttle Creek. Lots of great routes up there.

Ahhhhhhhh a fellow rider!!! :happy: :happy: A couple of weeks ago we went cross country to Council Grove (big mistake - map said it was paved - it lied!!!! 10+ miles of gravel + 2 Harleys = 2 guys giving me a hard time about navigating onto gravel roads:laugh: :laugh: ), down 177 thru Cassoday (beautiful road) to Hwy 54, back east to Hwy99 (another AWESOME route), took it back to Wamego then back to JC.........beautiful ride, even if it was cold all day! Strange to be in jacket, chaps and gloves in early September!! Hubby's headed to Pawhuska tomorrow for rally; I'm not a primitive camper, so I'll have the weekend to myself!:laugh: Haven't done the ride around Tuttle completely, usually end up around Milford cuz that's closer. Boating season's about done :sad: , so we'll be riding a lot more on weekends now.

I agree with you about the drive west on I-70 but at least from KC to JC it's got some hills and variety to look at. Get west of Russell and it's like a moonscape all the way to Denver!:laugh: :laugh: No wonder they call eastern Colorado/western Kansas "the Outback"!!

There are some great State Highways for motorcycle rides though! My dad and I take K-4 outta topeka and over to Highway 99 or thru Alta Vista on that Skyline Drive, which is beautiful. 177, thru Manhattan and up around Tuttle Creek. Lots of great routes up there.

Ahhhhhhhh a fellow rider!!! :happy: :happy: A couple of weeks ago we went cross country to Council Grove (big mistake - map said it was paved - it lied!!!! 10+ miles of gravel + 2 Harleys = 2 guys giving me a hard time about navigating onto gravel roads:laugh: :laugh: ), down 177 thru Cassoday (beautiful road) to Hwy 54, back east to Hwy99 (another AWESOME route), took it back to Wamego then back to JC.........beautiful ride, even if it was cold all day! Strange to be in jacket, chaps and gloves in early September!! Hubby's headed to Pawhuska tomorrow for rally; I'm not a primitive camper, so I'll have the weekend to myself!:laugh: Haven't done the ride around Tuttle completely, usually end up around Milford cuz that's closer. Boating season's about done :sad: , so we'll be riding a lot more on weekends now.

Great to hear from some Kansas girls The rides you describe are beautiful. I absolutely LOVE the flint hills, the area around Cassoday I think is one of the most beautiful areas in the country. Anyone who believes Kansas is flat and boring should drive through there - (not that Kansas dosen't have its fair share of flat and boring - but there are some beautiful areas too) I'm not a rider, but have driven those highways and love them.

slight correction...i'm a guy.

Northern, NJ - no, not where they film the Sopranos' - NJ is so much prettier than people give it credit for!!!