{"id":1690,"date":"2026-07-14T21:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T02:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/?p=1690"},"modified":"2026-07-14T21:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T02:43:09","slug":"travelogue-4b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/2026\/07\/travelogue-4b\/","title":{"rendered":"Travelogue 4b"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">an even more prosaic stop&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyons City Campground, Lyons City, Kansas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was advertised on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allstays.com\/apps\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.allstays.com\/apps\/\">AllStays<\/a> as a functional, free campground with electric sites. It was that once upon a time. Not anymore&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AlmostDryCamping-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AlmostDryCamping-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AlmostDryCamping-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AlmostDryCamping-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AlmostDryCamping-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AlmostDryCamping-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Leveled up, ready for an overnight.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AlmostAbandonedCityCampground-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AlmostAbandonedCityCampground-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AlmostAbandonedCityCampground-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AlmostAbandonedCityCampground-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AlmostAbandonedCityCampground-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AlmostAbandonedCityCampground-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The view to the east&#8230; kind of sad&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it had been a fairly long, windy slog from Cimarron River. I was happy to settle in for the night. It rained. I was, nevertheless, a happy camper. And the price was right!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>an even more prosaic stop&#8230; Lyons City Campground, Lyons City, Kansas It was advertised on AllStays as a functional, free [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91,13],"tags":[146,144,145],"class_list":["post-1690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pictorial-essay","category-travel","tag-camp","tag-kansas","tag-lyons-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1690"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1695,"href":"https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690\/revisions\/1695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}