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A Western Kansas Highway Worth Your Time & Travel

High Plains Public Radio | By Rex Buchanan

Published May 1, 2015 at 12:00 AM CDT

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Highway 83 runs north and south through the western third of Kansas

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Lake Scott

Cindee Talley

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Monument Rocks

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Keystone Gallery

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Lake Scott

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tripadvisor.com

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Monument Rocks

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The dry Arkansas River bed by Garden City

Warmer weather brings out the wanderlust in many of us. Something about springtime can create a desire to get outside, hit the road and see something new. Commentator Rex Buchanan has been up and down a highway in western Kansas that he says is worth your time and travel.

Commentator Rex Buchanan is the director of the Kansas Geological Survey at the University of Kansas and a regular contributor to Kansas Public Radio.