An excellent swish by our friend 51.

Another Norton question--did my eyes deceive me, or is there really a bank in Norton called "The Bank?" I sure hope not.

No Prant, your eyes did not deceive you, it is in fact called "The Bank." Located right to the west of Adventures in Eating.

Prant, Inquiring minds want to know. . .for what reason were you traveling Highway 36 (the shortest route between Indianapolis & Denver)? Do you make this trek often?

Egg,

When your boss asks you if you want to travel to Bird City, KS (the only Bird City in the entire United States), you have to say, "HECK YES I DO." And so I did. (I work for a moving company, and two people were moving from Bird City. I have no idea why they would want to.)

I stopped in Norton for two reasons:
1) I'd never been, and it seemed homey. (It was.)
2) I saw a Pamida and flipped out, because my friend and I have funny inside jokes from there.

Highway 36 is gorgeous.

Prant,

I made my first trek to Bird City last weekend. The reason I'd move to Bird City? BIG ED'S! The best steak I have ever had! A 20 oz. fillet, with potato and salad for $21. That was the medium!

wow that is pretty cheap a crappy little 8 oz steak here is 11 bucks.

Highway 36 is THE way to travel. Having been upon that pavment often before I know the route and the places to which you speak of. Great route and a great steak house in Idalia Colorado called "Route 36 Grille & Pub" "shag the ordinary, cruise the route" I know this from being a former resident of the area and having been there a time or two.

This is hard for me being from Ark City, but I too would commend the residents of Norton. We took our kids out there for a tourney last xmas and received nothing but comfort and welcomeness (is that a word?). Those kids have an unmatched amount of support - somewhat reminds me of the good old days in AC! Good luck to the Norton community next year.

Speaking of "The Bank" I wanted to move from Hays my first year there cause. The mall was called "The Mall" the place you go party is "The Home" and my freshmen year Wal-mart closed at 10pm. I mean honestly have you ever seen a non 24 hour wal-mart?

So-- I'm on vacation this week and didn't get out there-- how did the BB gun team do at the nationals? and why did they close the Stagecoach Inn?

Prant,
You neglected to mention the most obvious reason for you stop in Norton- to pay homage to the boyhood home of a certain former coach who used to beat the tar out of you! I am also sure fatbat wanted you to check to see if his mancrush was in town!

Did you happen to drive down Highway 283 and see the awesome wrestling room and the gorgeous football field? If not, you missed out on two of the main attractions.

The BB gun team didn't do as well as they had hoped. I'm not sure on the final placings, but our archery team got 5th place last week at Nationals.

do you guys have aquestrians?

As for the BB Gun Team,they actually did pretty good. They did have some gun troubles that caused them to loose a few points . but a few of there other shooters that don't shoot in the high 90's got off to a good start and helped the others though the match.I do have to compliment the South Dakota team on the performance,they won the match for the second yr in row.
I was luck enought to be there in Bowling Green Kentucky and watched the kids...
They all had a great time our team was bit older than some teams but the yrs that they put in this program did pay off for them.
Believe it or not there are full ride scholarships for college on shooting sports...I can think of 2 shooters from Kansas that has earned them.
If you have a chance to stop in Norton ks please stop into the BB Gun Museum,it will tell the story how serious it is to learn about gun safety and yet have 8 International trophies for all of there hard work.

wow a bb gun museum...we just got a greenwood county historical museum like 6 years ago.

Do they have a red ryder bb gun?

they're probobaly way more advanced than that. They probobaly have BB guns that have infa-read scopes on them.

CTarmona-

People from the East Coast freaked out when I told them our Walmart was open 24 hours. Needless to say, it only made me love Kansas more.

(Just kidding. I already love Kansas more than anyone can love anything. It's science.)

Toach--no, I did not take a ride by the football stadium. If it isn't Bishop or Wagner, it's obviously inferior. (Although I would like to see the place where Marc Simoneau beat the crap out of you.) Plus, I had ladies to see.

TCarmona do we have aquestrians? heck ya but we call em cowboys. They are a dangerous species. its best to stay clear of them.

The NCHS Football field is pretty spectacular for a small town field, or really any town for that matter. Simoneau did NOT beat the crap out of me on that field. He did that about an hour further to the east in Smith Center.

Prant, we all know that you did not have any ladies waiting to see you!