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Arkansas City And Scripture Hill

On the side of a hill in Arkansas City, KS is what may be the world’s largest bible scripture written in stones. From  Arkansas City’s webpage…

Begun in 1897, the text took seven months to build and whitewash so as to be seen from the railroad tracks. It was rebuilt three times over a 30 year period to get it the size and shape it is.  Fred Horton was a young dispatcher who came here with his bride when the Santa Fe line into Oklahoma was nine years old. In 1889, he came to be the assistant to the chief dispatcher of the Oklahoma Division.

Each letter is 18 feet high, 12 feet wide, and three feet deep. It is about 475 feet long, and is built of stone from the hillside in which it stands.

I trucked the bike to the city and then rode it to check out the scripture, exploring and eating lunch along the way.

I also took these photos while in the city.

Kansas’ Golden Gate Bridge

Southwest of Mulvane, Kansas a man has built a replica of the Golden Gate bridge across the Cowskin Creek. I recently took a bike ride to check it out.

You can read about the bridge and it’s builder here and here.

Also of interest on this road and just a few yards from the bridge is this WPA (Works Progress Administration) marker from 1937. It commemorates the reworking of the creek (which the bridge spans) to help prevent flooding.

Pole Art

While on a bike ride I spotted these 2 pieces of art on a utility pole. Not sure what the message or meaning is.

Muffler Man

Our local Muffler Man in Wichita, Kansas. These fiberglass giants were made by International Fiberglass company in the 60s. more on their history here.

Vegan Cheese Sauce


We both thought this was pretty good.
I also made a cilantro – jalapeno dip/pesto with cilantro, jalapenos, walnuts and oil which wasn’t that good.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup potatoes, peeled & diced
  • 1 large carrot, peeled and chopped
  • ¼ cup water of the carrot and potato water
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • ½ Tbsp lemon juice
  • ¼ cup nutritional yeast
  • ¼ tsp onion powder
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp paprika


Instructions

Boil the potatoes and carrots until soft.
Drain the potatoes and carrots and add to blender along with the rest of the ingredients.
Blend till smooth.
Add more water if needed.

Carrot Dogs

Carrot dog on whole wheat bun with red cabbage slaw.

Vegan Carrot Dogs

Ingredients
3 or 4 carrots (hot dog size)
2 TBSP tamari (or soy sauce)
2 TBSP liquid smoke
1 TBSP maple syrup
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp black pepper

Directions
Peel carrots.
In a small bowl mix together all ingredients except the carrots.
Put the mixture along with the carrots in a ziplock bag.
Work the mixture around coating the carrots.
Let marinade for at least a couple hours occasionally working the bag to coat the carrots.
Place marinaded carrots on baking sheet and bake at 350 for about approx 30 minutes.

Beyond Meat’s Beast Burger


The Beyond Meat Beast burger. Looked like hamburger. Cooked like hamburger. Had the texture of hamburger. Taste like hamburger? Idk I don’t recall what hamburger tastes like lol. All in all was pretty good and would eat again. Topped with special sauce (sriracha vegenaise and pickle) chopped onion and spinach.