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<\/a><\/p>\nThere’s a marina in the park, so we did spot a boat going by towing a novice waterskiier, before everyone cleared out in the afternoon (it’s Sunday). On a sunny day this has to be a spectacular place to get in the water. The ranger station reports that a couple of weeks ago the water was 81 degrees.<\/p>\n
About ten miles north on Rt 232 is the quiet little town of Lucas. It has one of those semi-dead downtowns that is so vacant you can stand in the middle of the road on Sunday and not worry about cars coming by for several minutes at a time. But it also has some of the most peculiar collections of folk art you will find in Kansas — or any other state.<\/p>\n One long-standing attraction is the Garden of Eden<\/a>, actually a house of limestone carved to look like a log cabin. The garden is a collection of strange statuary made of concrete, created by Samuel P Dinsmoor decades ago. He’s still there — in the mortuary he built for himself.<\/p>\n We drove by but chose to visit the downtown Grass Roots Art Center<\/a> instead. It’s an interesting place full of art by untrained artists who work in all sorts of media: stone, recycled junk, metal, pop bottles, even Barbie dolls<\/a>. The tour takes about an hour and includes a backyard display of the local limestone architectural styles, and a side visit to the Deeble House. The Deeble House is filled with the work of one artist (the one who does the Barbie makeovers) and it’s interesting but strangely disturbing as well. Together with the Garden of Eden, these three places form the “Lucas Triangle”.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n