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ITS GOT A LOT GOING FOR IT
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your usual soulless strip development and Wal-Mart hypermania
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The town is trying hard to keep up its infrastructure.
jayhawk2000 Says: The local chamber of commerce publishes a superb guide to over two dozen historical and architecturally significant landmarks in the city center, from Art Deco facades to churches to Victorian homes.The grand post office built in 1938 is now home to the Smoky Hill Museum,...
brdwtchr Says: The Central Mall has this great aquarium inside of it. The 15,000 gallon aquarium holds kinds of fish native to Kansas. It is most fun to see the fish when they are getting fed. As a fishermen it was fun for me to see the big catfish and bass in the aquarium. The mall also...
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Lenores La Casita: Lenores La Casita
polrbear Says: La Casita's prices are amazingly low for the quality of the Mexican food. The Alexander special with refried beans. It's kind of like a tostada, but bigger and with spicy meat. The refried beans are the best I've ever had.
polrbear Says: The Cozy Inn is a very small restaurant and a Salina institution. Inside there is only seating for 6-8 people at the counter. They do have a carry-out window where you can buy a dozen burgers and take them away in a brown paper bag. Cozy - their burgers...small ones kind of...
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They only run movies from Thursday night until Sunday night, but the movies are a great selection of foreign films, sleeper films, and independent films. The theater is fairly small, but the seating is comfortable and it has digital surround sound.
Dress Code: Casual
Updated Sep 17, 2003
Website: http://www.salinaartcenter.org/Pages/cinema.html
Rich62 Says: WHEN WE TRAVEL FROM NEBRASKA TO TEXAS, WE USUALLY MAKE IT A POINT TO GAS UP OUR CARS AT THE SAM'S CLUB IN SALINA, KANSAS. They often have the cheapest gas price of the whole trip. Not always, but often. Of course you need a Sam's Club card to get the full discount.It is...
I-70 is the logical choice for...
polrbear Says: I-70 is the logical choice for getting to Salina. Salina is situated just east of the midpoint of the state on I-70. If you are coming from the south or north, I-135 will get you here. There is a small airport in Salina with flights daily to and from Kansas City and...
VARIOUS SHOPS: SHOPPING FOR A MOVIE? OR A MALL?
Rich62 Says: IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT MOVIES WERE POPULAR BACK IN FEBRUARY 2006 WHEN THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN IN SALINA.
SAM'S CLUB: MISC. SHOPPING NEEDS
Rich62 Says: THEY HAVE a pharmacy in this Sam's. Just outside the main entrance is a liquor store that features the wines of the Smoky Hill Winery, which is north of town. The prices here by Sams are usually a dollar a bottle less than at the winery itself. not much
Azteca de Oro La Tienda Mexicana: A taste of Mexico
jayhawk2000 Says: Like many other towns in Kansas, there is a large Mexican community and this seemed to be one of the larger stores catering for their needs.This picture is of a sign nearby, nothing to do with 'la tienda' but I thought it was cool and helps give a flavor of the area. Across...
Smoky Hills Winery: Who needs Napa Valley?
jayhawk2000 Says: Did you know Kansas used to be the nation's biggest producer of wine? Prohibition shut the wineries down, but vinyards have been sprouting up again to take advantage of the state's rich soil and fierce sunshine.Drive up their lane through some vines to the winery, which has...
basstbn Says: For three and a half days in June, Oakdale Park on the banks of the Smoky Hill River Festival, is host to a festival of music, art, food, and family fun. They bring in some top notch entertainers for the event.
Salina is in an area famous...
brdwtchr Says: Salina is in an area famous for production of wheat. In Spring time look for green fields of winter wheat that look like big bright green lawns. The giant combines harvesting the wheat in Summer are another interesting sight.
Rich62 Says: The Smoky Hill Winery is located just north of Salina, Kansas. From the intersection of I-35 and I-70, go two miles east on I-70, then two miles north on hwy. 143 (which is 9th st. in Salina). Their wines are some of the best we have tasted in a small winery. (tip: You can...
jayhawk2000 Says: The world beat a path to Salina in March 2005 when Steve Fossett used the local airport as Mission Control for the recordbreaking Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer.When laden with fuel his unique jet needed an extra-long runway to take off and Salina's airport fit the bill with...
jayhawk2000 Says: Wes Jackson's Land Institute is an agricultural research center established by the author of books like 'New Roots for Agriculture' and 'Becoming Native to this Place.' I think it's well worth knowing what he's doing and if you've read any of his books you will probably...
polrbear Says: The Rolling Hills Wildlife Refuge. West of Salina about 6 miles on Hwy. I-70 to exit #244, then South about 2 miles. Lots of animals on display in a wide-open park.
There are many nice parks in...
brdwtchr Says: There are many nice parks in Salina. This is the Lakewood Discovery Center in Lakewood Park. It is a nature center. The bird feeders around the center are well supplied with seeds and attract many common birds like chickadees, titmice, cardinals, and woodpeckers.
Smokey Hill Museum at 211 W....
brdwtchr Says: Smokey Hill Museum at 211 W. Iron has a sod dugout and information about the history of the area. It is a very nice museum. The display in this picture is about the Native American Indians who lived in this area.
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Favorite thing: Remember this one piece of trivia - if the Space Shuttle had to land in the middle of the US, Salina could handle it. The airport's runway is one of very few that are long enough for the Shuttle to land on.
Written Sep 7, 2002
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Salina - take a break from Interstate 70
Salina is a great place to take a break from traveling across Kansas. Most people who have been to Kansas have actually only been "through" Kansas on their way somewhere else. If you are one of these...
ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF SALINA, TAKE EITHER EXIT # 89 OR 90 OFF OF HIGHWAY 135, WHICHEVER YOU COME TO FIRST. GO EAST ABOUT A BLOCK OR TWO AND YOU WILL HIT 9TH STREET, THE MAIN NORTH-SOUTH STREET OF TOWN....
Salina made world headlines in March 2005 when its airport runway saw the take-off and landing of the GlobalFlyer on Steve Fossett's solo, non-stop round the world flight. On my last visit to the......
As you approach Salina on I-70 your first view of Salina in the distance will be of water towers and grain elevators. One fifth of this nations wheat is grown in Kansas and a lot of it is grown around...
Was stranded with car problems here on a trip to Colorado. Nice home-time atmospher. Clean air (notice the lack of acid rain decay on 1900th century buildings). Good place to be standed in the middle...
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