Junction City, KS

Pick Your Pumpkin at Munson Angus Farms in Junction City, Kansas

Halloween will be here before you know it! If you haven't picked your pumpkin yet, you still have some time to head out to Munson Angus Farms in Junction City, Kansas for a fun annual tradition. Each October, Munson Angus Farms invites you to come out and pick your favorite pumpkin, find your way through a corn maze, and enjoy some time around a bonfire as you make a s'more and sip some lemonade or hot chocolate. See the Geary County, KS Convention & Visitors Bureau Events Calendar for more information about Munson Angus Farms.

Looking for Munson Angus Farms? A map is provided below for your convenience!

The Filth You Can Find in a Walmart Parking Lot

Unfortunately, litter is a common eye-sore wherever people go. Some people discard their trash along the highways, residential streets, and public areas of communities instead of taking it to the nearest trash can or dumpster. Why is this?

Trash in public spaces is so commonplace, I think it generally goes unnoticed. It is not unusual to see a squashed aluminum can or abandoned fast food drinking cup in a busy parking lot. But what I saw today in the parking lot of my local Walmart is just disgusting.

While walking from my car to the entrance of Walmart, I passed an empty parking space with a rolled up diaper that had obviously been run over...as its contents (need I say) were partially squeezed out on the asphalt.

Let's face it. Dirty diapers stink and no one wants to carry one around for any length of time. But is there (was there) no other option but to discard the dirty diaper in a parking lot busy with vehicle and foot traffic?

To the individual who dropped the filthy burdensome load, did you not have an extra bag you could have put the poopy diaper in? Was it too difficult to locate a trash can in the parking lot or at the front entrance of Walmart?

Aside from being unsightly, the abandoned diaper full of waste in the Walmart parking lot is a health hazard. It wouldn't be too difficult for an unobservant child (or any unobservant or distracted person) to accidently step on the discarded waste and track it everywhere. Some really young children might even touch it or pick it up out of curiosity! How disgusting is that?

How much trouble can it be to take one's garbage to a trash can? I suppose it all boils down to how someone is raised.

What filthy items have you spotted in your local Walmart parking lot?

What's Your Favorite Thing About Sundown Salute?

Each year during the 4th of July, Heritage Park in Junction City, KS is bustling with activity with festival-goers attending Sundown Salute!  The annual 4th of July celebration is one of the things I love about Junction City.  Sundown Salute is a major event that draws people to Junction City for a few days of fun and entertainment in the form of live music, arts & crafts, demonstrations, a 4th of July parade, and more!

With many different things going on in and around Heritage Park, Sundown Salute offers something fun for everyone!  The concerts are a major attraction and the live music is what I like the most about the 4th of July celebration in Junction City, Kansas. 

There is always at least one nationally-known act who performs each year and many of the performers are tribute bands to well-known acts like Aerosmith, AC/DC, The Eagles, etc.  The headlining band scheduled to perform at the 2011 Sundown Salute is the 1970s rock band, Foghat!  Other bands scheduled at this year's event include Eliminator (ZZ Top Tribute Band), Change of Heart (Heart Tribute Band), and Liverpool (Beatles Tribute Band) to name a few.  The 2011 Sundown Salute Band Schedule provides a complete list of those who will be in concert this year.

With photography as one of my passions, I always have my camera with me during the Sundown Salute concerts!  Some of my photos can be seen at the online photo-sharing website - Flickr.  These are a few sets of concert photos I took at Sundown Salute events in the past:

• Grand Funk Railroad
• Firefall
• Edge of Forever (Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Band)
• Reo Speedwagon

Watch for upcoming concert photos from the 2011 Sundown Salute which I will be posting here at ActiveRain and Flickr!