Little Kansas

We took another 4 wheeler trip through beautiful mountain meadows.  We followed one road through a very narrow canyon with a nice creek running through it and these old cabins.   There were cabins squeezed into every space.  They call this area little Kansas because a group from Kansas settled this area.  The cabins are very rustic looking but fairly sturdy.  They all have fireplaces and even in June they had fires going.  It stays very cool in this canyon and most of the cabins don't get much sun.  Most of the cabins had cute names like Akins Alcove, Holts Hideaway, etc. 

We are enjoying our stay here for the summer and dream about having a place in a mountain meadow with beautiful mountain views.  It's amazing how many homes are built out in the middle of the foothills and on the mountains themselves and somehow they all seem to have power running to them and most have fiberoptic cable run as well.  Of course, water and sewer are another issue.  We aren't sure how they cope with that situation.  The Little Kansas community had water from the creek and power but we didn't see any septic systems or outhouses so not sure how they managed their waste.