Sports writer, Colby Free Press (Kan.)

I thought King's in Liberal was overrated.

 

Liberal even has Mike Hargrove coaching the Bee Jays now!

 

And Liberal was mentioned by Clark W. Griswald.

 

"... It's only the second-biggest ball of mud in the world. But if you'd rather see your in-laws. ... Personally, I'd rather see a ball of mud than your cousin Eddie."

 

fuckin' kansas.

 

I just spent the weekend traveling throughout the entire state of Kansas for a wedding a Liberal. Somehow, it was my first trip there. It will undoubtedly be the last. Even relative to central/western Kansas, that place sucked.

 

I once knew a basketball coach who coached out there. He said his friends wanted to know if he was in the witness-protection program, because why else would he be in Liberal?

 

That is the only legitimate reason to go to Liberal.

 

King's was closed last time I passed through. The only time I ate there, it sucked. Roast beef, not real barbecue. Tough and semi-flavorless. I'm presuming they did a better job in the past.

Liberal is the asshole of Cowshitistan. Colby is a Willa Cather-esque Great Plains idyll compared to Liberal.

 

Get the ribs merchant's basket next time.

 

Can't do it, king. Looks like the place is closed for good, not just closed for the day.

EDIT: I don't know this for a fact, but it was mid-day on a weekday and not a car in the parking lot.

 

Anyway, back to NW KS.

This thread is useless without a pic of...

Mount Sunflower, Highest Point in Kansas!

and...the nearby Arikaree Breaks.