366. Colby, Thomas County (KS007)

I must say, I’m pleasantly surprised with this courthouse! This is definitely not the cookie-cutter courthouses I’ve been seeing out there on this trip. The clock tower is lovely, and I’m bemoaning that you don’t see a lot of them these days.

If you take a close look at the background of the war memorial photo, you’ll see another county building that’s modern, but styled like the courthouse. Bravo. I like that attention to detail, eye for design, and emphasis on continuity.

I haven’t been current for a while. In fact, I’ve got about three weeks of entries to post, another week of New Mexico and Arkansas entries to write, and I haven’t even begun thinking about this weekend other than getting out and doing the thing. I’m on-site (well, near-site, anyway) as I write this. Some of you might find the jump forward in narration a bit strange. But we all know why I’m here…

Ladies and gentlemen (or however you identify—I don’t mean to be gender assumptive): MINGO.

Oh, and did I forget to mention that this is officially Cache Two Thousand for me?

And why now, specifically? Notice how I went silent for a couple of days? That’s because this entry that you’re reading is Entry Five Hundred. All these things would only align once. I wasn’t going to miss my chance to make this one a special one.

As always, I want to thank everybody who is reading this. I do this regardless of whether or not people read it, but I get pleasure from knowing that I might bring something interesting to someone’s day. And, of course, I’ve been zealously guarding my cache finds to make this happen, so I decided to grab a few extra…

I ran into a couple of cachers from Chicago, WA$P and househag. We did the gadget cache together. They did all the hard work; I just stood around and looked pretty. I thank them for their assistance! I don’t know if I have their handles correct, so I promise I’ll come back and fix them (with appropriate links) when I get a chance. Ironically, when I finally left, I saw another truck pull up to grab some of the caches I was just leaving.

And further, I offer thanks to the Pioneer Memorial Public Library. Realizing that my phone’s connection would not be adequate for image uploads, I shot over and used their connection to publish this post. But I spent enough time in Colby today. It’s time to move on down the road. The counties leading up to this will be written about eventually, as will the counties following. Until then, it’s time to continue with New Mexico, which is why I woke up in…