Kansas is home to a lot of fun museums, and it has been a while since we featured one on the podcast. So, today, we are going to learn about the Motorcycle Museum in St Francis.

For those of you with an Uncovering Kansas Travel Journal, you'll find it on page 188. And you can follow along across Highway 36, documenting the things you see, people you meet, and places you love to eat and stay though page 194.

If you haven't been to northwest Kansas, I encourage you to plan some time to go explore. As Scott says, each of the towns along highway 36 has something interesting to see.

I've got a favorite memory from our overnight stay in Oberlin Kansas. We got into town around dinnertime, and as is our MO, we asked the locals for recommendations of places to eat. Someone recommended the American Legion because they had a great happy hour special. Neither of us are veterans, so we assumed we couldn't eat there. Turns out, you don't have to be a veteran to partake. I'm not sure if this is true of all American Legions, or something the locals decide. Anyway, we walk in, and as you would expect in a small town, the moment we stepped inside, everyone knew we were strangers – or should I say visitors – to town. And, in case you are wondering – they did have great happy hour specials!

St. Francis Motorcycle Museum website

What You'll Learn in this Episode

● What is the St Francis Motorcycle Museum?

● What is Biketember Fest?

● How did the St Francis Motorcycle Museum get started?

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What would it be like to integrate the arts into a thriving and sustainable rural community? This is the question that drove my guest today to create the School for Rural Culture and Creativity in Mattfield Green.

I'm talking with Matthew Regier, an artist, homesteader, and co-founder of the School. Our conversation is wide ranging – talking art, religion, rural culture, homesteading, and how all of these things come together in rural communities.

The School for Rural Culture and Creativity

Matthew Regier – Matthew's website

Land Institute

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Kansas is full of very interesting people and my guest today is probably at the top of the list. I'm talking with Vincent Rodiguez, a coffee roaster, chocolate maker, and bicycle manufacture based in Lenexa. I'm taking you to coffee and chocolate school with Vincent.

One of the things I took away from my conversation with Vincent is that when we are curious and want to learn about something, it can take us to interesting places. We shouldn't worry about being the best at something – we should only worry about whether or not we are learning something.

Vincent's life philosophy is an inspiration to me, and I hope you feel the same.

Show Notes:
Maps Coffee and Chocolate website
Maps Instagram
Maps Facebook
Kansas Breweries and Distilleries episode
Kansas wineries episode
Unbound Gravel episode

What You'll Learn in this Episode

• How to roast coffee
• How to make chocolate
• What is craft chocolate?
• What is production chocolate?
• How roasting coffee and chocolate are different
• The difference between chocolatiers and chocolate maker
• What is lecithin and how is it used in chocolate

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