Farmers planted Hedge rows after the dust bowl. They grow easy and to plant , you stomp hedge apples, they break up, put in 5 Gal. Bucket full of water, walk and pour.
If your an Outdoors person, there is no better place than KS. Lots of world class hunting, fishing, and hiking. Lots to see, more than most people think.
You guys should have stayed for the fire pits to light up around the keeper! I live here in wichita , for 34 years now, and have been to all these places! Very peaceful and beautiful place to live despite what anyone says about Kansas.
My Mama and uncle worked in Underground Vaults and Storage when I was in 7th grade. I am now 65 years old! Those green balls are hedge apples. They help get rid of crickets and mice! And the wood from the trees are very hard. A lot of fences are made of hedge posts. If you live in Kansas, the Arkansas rivers are pronounced "Ar Kansas" Rivers not Arkansas like the state.
Yes those green things are called “Hedge apples”. Not for eating! They are the “fruit “of the Osage Orange Tree. 1000s of these trees were planted in Kansas and Oklahoma in hedge rows after the dust bowl. The wood is good for fence posts that will last 100+ years. If user for fire wood it pops like crazy and burn so hot it can warp a wood stove. I know ....more than you ever wanted to know .....
Ive heard the hedge apples are good to get rid of bugs-put couple around in house or bldgs i guess. Don't know how accurate it is but definitely make sure no ppl or animals eat them! Also Brie there is a Frank Loyd Wright house in Tulsa & tower building for businesses(or used to be) in Bartlesville just north of Tulsa
This is amazing. I actually live in Wichita ks and have my entire life. It was amazing to hear the perspective of someone seeing what I see as meh because well I live here. Great video and glad you stopped by. The keeper and those bridges I remember when they were building them. It was nice to kinda relive the reaction of seeing it for the first time through someone else.
Hello there, I just came across your videos of your trip through Kansas and enjoyed and shared them with family and friends. Ive lived in Wichita for about 12 yrs and I enjoy Kansas and try to get out and about and enjoy the simplistic ventures as you two do. Tall Grass prairie preserve is fun along with the salt mine. If your ever coming back through I have a few fun and unique places to visit in Kansas. I’ll be going through your library to watch more videos of your travels. Stay safe and thank you for sharing your journey. Duane
I’ve not read other comments, but the large ‘yellow-green’ fruit are Osage Orange. We live in central Virginia, and they are native to our forests. There are 200 year old Osage trees here, and they are “Narnian” in appearance. I gather the oranges when they first fall and set them in bowls on my porches and a few inside. They repel bugs and rodents. The squirrels eventually eat them. When their limbs fall I cut them up for firewood. They ‘spark’ and often burn blue, and the wood itself is very orange inside. A truly unique tree.
Sante Fe Lake is a spot I frequently go to with my son. Did you guys get to check out the waterfall? Sante Fe Lake also connects to a river that runs through a neighborhood.
I don't know when we'll get a chance to go to Poland but I Googled the Wieliczka Salt Mine and holy cow 😍 that place looks incredible!!! Thank you for sharing 👍
Hedge Apples...You can put them in your garage to keep crickets and mice away. Also in Kansas we call the rivers The Little Are-Kansas and The Big Are-Kansas...LOL
Thanks for doing your bit to promote the KS salt miles - was a working salt mine, then became a storage and now an attraction. But it was always an attraction. Over 60 years ago, I toured the mines and for years, samples of rock salt sat on a shelf in my room as a reminder of the trip. Folks made a living there and it's a great history lesson. Hedge apple - yes they grow on trees - poison - sometimes used as insect deterrent - keep the dogs away from them. PS - notice how the dogs do not get in the water or near as dirty when on leash :) . Yes, it's always the wind. Stay Safe.
This was a beautiful portrayal of my hometown. I wish you could have seen the fire pits lit around the keeper but I loved the footage at sunset. Thanks for sharing!
Those are hedge apples. In the 30's the plains areas suffer from several years of drought. The dry conditions and strong Kansas winds caused what is known as the "Dust Bowl". In an effort to tame the KS winds down and stop soil erosion , row upon row of Hedge trees where planted. If you haven't guessed, I'm a KS native.
@@Marktwain0241 It depends on what all you want to do while there. You can currently get the full experience/tour for $22.50 per adult, and $15.50 per kid. If you just want the basic tour it's like $12/$8 i believe.
Whsn i lived in the Panhandle of Texas we had chinese elm trees everywhere! I was told its because that was about the only kind that could live under the dry windy conditions,& provided much needed shade & wind/snow breaks! Of course their little seeds blow all over provided many seedlings!
Those big green balls are hedge apples or fruit from the Osage Orange tree. Squirrels shred them into fluffy strands to get at the seeds. Osage Orange wood get very hard after it is dried when you cut it for wood. It has a wonderful fragrance when carved and not much grain, so it does stain well.
Thank you so very much for your blog. I loved it. I have lived here 67 years and pray longer . Thank you sorry it got cold on you. The weather changes just like that sometimes.
Awwww my neck of the woods we lived in our Scamp near Cheney lake around this time. I have been to this salt mine many times growing up. Be safe fellow travelers
I do much appreciate your travels. Wife and I will be hitting the trail next August as we retire and spend time traveling in our 5th wheel. I follow your routes and places you stop as well as weather and road conditions. You folks were very close to us when you visited Central Kentucky and the bourbon trail. We have plenty “hedge apples” here in KY. Safe travels and we’ll be watching next week.
We've toured two Frank Lloyd Wright houses one in Arizona and one in New Hampshire. They are wonderful tours. You really need to tour the inside they are very interesting.
Glad you enjoyed your trip to Hutch! Have a farmstead 20 miles South of there, been on that tour only once but it's really interesting. There is a nice campground in downtown Hutch at the State Fair Grounds, more barns to protect you from the wind. Those are the "fruit"/seeds of the Osage Orange tree or Hedge (local term), the trees grow real crooked/twisted and are great for fence posts. The Hillside area, where the FLW house is built is a historic area of Craftsman style homes, the FLW home looks out of place with it's 50's/mid century design.
I've been to Hutch a million times, and the underground tour at the salt mine was on my bucket list since childhood. But ever since we started having earthquakes I've been too scared to go underground- especially that far! Imagine being down there on that little train doing a tour and there's suddenly an earthquake. If we can have small ones, we can have a big one any day! Hopefully, a big one doesn't hit during a tornado warning, trapping people hiding in their basements- which is a common thing in Kansas. So thanks for the video- it's interesting indeed. I always heard that before computers, our paper medical records were stored down there. At least the ones from Wichita hospitals and doctors' offices. Found that out when I was trying to locate some of my own. Sure made me feel old at 30 years of age! And that was decades ago anyway. I won't say how many.... lol
Hedge apple from hedge trees. Maclura pomifera, commonly known as the Osage orange, horse apple, hedge, or hedge apple tree is a small deciduous tree or large shrub. Fence post made from hedge tree logs is what made this so prolific in Kansas.
Hey welcome to Hutchinson! Yes it’s very windy here of late, yesterday and today 60+ gusts, craziness. Hopefully you stopped by my hometown of Yoder and got some of their famous cinnamon rolls!
We call the "fruit" on the ground "horse apples". They are the fruit of the Bois 'd arc tree. The wood of this tree is extremely hard. When cutting with a chain saw, sometimes sparks go flying.
Osage oranges....supposedly if you put them around in your basement, they keep spiders away....I just always wound up with rotten osage oranges..They grow in tree lines and fence rows a lot her in the midwest. The wood is very hard and a lot of farmers use it for fence posts.
It's called a hedge apple or hedge ball. Comes from the orange Osage tree. Most hedges (hence hedge ball) were put in in the dust bowl by FDR programs, which gave workers a job and enough to give food and shelter for their families. Men traveled here to plant hedges of multiple kinds of trees.To stop erosion of the ground due to wind. Also the hedges were put to use building fences etc. due to wind. Hedge is a hard wood. Hedge also makes great bbq. Especially in ground and covered with soil for long hours . Fall apart,literally. A lot of towns have fall festivals and serve this to the townfolks and visitors for donation.
Hedge apple as known up Kansas way were planted close together to make fence/hedge to keep horses even bulls pastured. Not native to Kansa but brought in from Texas and Oklahoma in late 1800s to create natural fence
We live in TOPEKA and love the lakes in and around the Wichita area. Squirrels love those hedge apples, we have a couple of feeders with long screws sticking up and stick one on it about every 2 weeks, they last about 12 - 24 hours and then they are gone. Great fun watching the squirrels work on them. Great videos!
Thank you for stopping in my home town of Wichita and finding it beautiful.Santa fa lake has a wonderful walking/biking trail with a beautiful waterfall as well.Did you miss that?That would have made your 8 extra dollars worth the stay..
Welcome to the central part of the US. Thanks for letting people, including myself, know about the salt mine tours. I was aware of the mines, but didn’t know there are tours. The wind is part of life in this part of the country including Oklahoma where we live. Today it was a little above normal with Wind gusts of close to 50 miles per hour. If you like architecture you missed a good opportunity to visit Greensburg, Kansas which I think is around an hour or so West of Wichita. There are no Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, but there are some very contemporary building that you might see his influences in their design. In May 2007 Greensburg was devastated by an EF5 tornado. The town reinvented itself as a “Green” community.
Thank you, Larry! I guess you get used to the wind when you live in that area... I actually like a little wind but Kansas and the surrounding area seem to take it to the next level 🌬😳 It never fails we seem to miss things when visiting an area, we like to say it leaves us something to come back for. Thanks for sharing Greensburg's story, I like how they turned adversity into opportunity 👍
I just love your videos. You find the most unique places to go! I guess there’s always something to find anywhere. My husband’s guess for the movie is Talledega Nights.
Your husband is correct! Thank you so much, Connie - glad to hear you're enjoying our videos 👍 We agree, there's interesting things everywhere, you just have to look!
I went in to a salt mine as a teenager in Germany and loved the tour - now as me, a cranky adult, the claustrophobia took over and no thanks. Love how you ask the dogs to not go in the water. They did better than our Lab would have done.
You should go to Wisconsin, near Madison and do a tour of Taliesin which is a Frank Loyd Wright home that he actually lived in and did a lot of his creative architectural experiments at. It is the home of his studio and school as well, and is designated as a National Historic Landmark. The countryside in the area is beautiful too!
@@EmbracingDetours in that same area is Baraboo, WI, original home of Ringling Circus. There is the Circus World Museum there. Also Wisconsin Big Cat Rescue not far from there in Rock Springs, WI. And, if you are looking for great food and whiskey, look no further bthan Driftless Glen Distillery in Baraboo. If covid restrictions let up, and you are looking for really good beer, there is the New Glarus Brewing Company home of Spotted Cow and Totally Naked beers 😅
Back in 2010, my family and I drove around and thru Kansas for a week and a half road trip. There was so much more there than I was expecting. We hit some of the sites that you did plus Monument Rocks. I would love to go back again. I enjoyed the salt mine, but it was a bit more crowded.
What a great and unique video. I love the way you make the videos. Lots of scenery and interesting places. Just the right amount of face time. Thanks! As others have said, the fruit is from the Osage Orange tree. The fruit is sticky beyond belief. The wood of the tree is bright orange, smells like oranges, and is extremely hard but beautiful to work with. Only squirrels can stomach the seeds. Taste awful.
Not sure how this came up in my recommendations. Guess because of Wichita, I laughed when you showed the Frank Lloyd Wright house, I’m sometimes the mailman for that route.
Osage orange tree , the fruit are used to repell spiders in this area of the country. The wood is beautiful and often used to make traditional bows for archery. Don't let TJ kid to much you were absolutely rocking the hard hat!
If you like Wright make a trip to Spring Green Wisconsin sometime. Mine looked nice to visit. Poor dog was cold after swimming and wanted to warm up on your bed. Remember it is the season to keep your coat close to you at all times.
When there is no wind they light giant flames around the Keeper of the plains....Its absolutely wonderful. There is a reason its called the land of "the people of the south wind". Its normal here. The hedge apples are from Osage Orange hedge trees. The wood is beautiful when finished to furniture...but it is hard as a brick bat...
We call them Bois d'arc (pronounced bodark) trees. The wood is very hard and burns really hot!! The horse apples can be used as a bug repellent under pier and beam houses!! Just a little East Texas info! Love your channel!!
Now *THAT* is where you want to be when an HUGE tornado hits Wichita: safely underground in that salt mine. (and it's January...of course it's cold! Get out of those shorts and t-shirts and put on my *winter* clothing. lol I can't believe YT only suggested one of your videos to me today. I've been watching nomads for years now. Great video with really interesting features! (but do NOT eat those horseapples you found at the RV park LOL)
It’s so cool to see a visitor’s experience and perspective of my town. I live in Hutchinson and have actually worked down in that salt mine as a contract electrician.
We have visited a few Frank Lloyd Wright homes in our travels. I love his architecture and it gives us inspiration for projects around our house. Too bad you didn’t get to go inside. I would have stayed another day.
Toured Frank Lloyd Wrights Taliesin West outside of Phoenix years ago and have always wanted to experience Falling Waters in the fall. Definitely on my list to do. Be safe out there and give the puppers a big hug!
There are a lot of names for the Hedge Apples like people have said, they can also be called Osage Orange because the wood is orange in color. People used to put the apples in closets or chests to keep bugs or moths out. The trees make great fence posts hence the name Hedge apple. Some animals like deer or squirrels will eat bits of them, I think for medicinal reasons.
It is always windy in KS. We lived there 14 yrs and very few times did the wind not blow at least 5 to 10 mph. You can't grow some trees in KS, NE and OK due to the wind dries out the leaves and they fall off. It is like a giant hair dryer in the summer.
@@EmbracingDetours ... Evidently, there are 36 FLW homes in the US (who knew?) ... I think it would make a fun theme for trip planning. We never know where to go. 🙄 Thanks for bringing these treasures to my attention. I ❤ architecture.
Enjoyed the video! I watch more RV / van life videos than I care to admit and had yet to see anyone highlight Wichita or much of Kansas either. So thanks for visiting and sharing your adventures of my hometown. I actually grew up in the community directly east of Santa Fe Lake. Stay safe. I look forward to watching your other videos.
Great job on filming the salt mine museum. Just enough to make me want to visit. Good thing you told the dogs not to get in the water. Glad to know your dogs listen as well as mine.
Glad to have found you today. We are Air Streamers from Wichita. I am a touring musician and travel in our Air Stream all across the country. Travel with 2 Labrador dogs too. ( by the way so folks will think you are from Kansas...it’s the “Are Kansas” rivers.)
You guys missed the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson. It is well worth the visit.
Around my part of Kansas we call the "Hedge Apples" .
My mom said you can put several in your basement to keep away waterbeds.
Yep Hedge apples
Waterbugs and the crickets. We put them in the basement and by the basement windows kept them out!
Locals call the Osage Orange tree "hedge", hence the hedge apple. In oklahoma when i was growing up we called the tree by its other name..Bois de Arc
Farmers planted Hedge rows after the dust bowl. They grow easy and to plant , you stomp hedge apples, they break up, put in 5 Gal. Bucket full of water, walk and pour.
Here in Wichita we just refer to those "super windy days" as "days."
If your an Outdoors person, there is no better place than KS. Lots of world class hunting, fishing, and hiking. Lots to see, more than most people think.
In Kansas, that river is pronounced " R Kansas "
Correct. It's not Arcansaw.
Lol, yes it is.......people not from Kansas don’t understand this 😄
I learned that the hard way when I moved to wichita lol
@@angelpagan7306 Same here. They get down right testy about it.
I live in Salina and I love pissing the Wichita people off by calling it what every other state calls it. Lol
Talladega Nights!! We love the part when Ricky Bobby prays to Baby Jesus!!! Safe travels!
Dear Eight Pound, Six Ounce, Newborn Infant Jesus... 😂
You guys should have stayed for the fire pits to light up around the keeper! I live here in wichita , for 34 years now, and have been to all these places! Very peaceful and beautiful place to live despite what anyone says about Kansas.
My Mama and uncle worked in Underground Vaults and Storage when I was in 7th grade. I am now 65 years old!
Those green balls are hedge apples. They help get rid of crickets and mice! And the wood from the trees are very hard. A lot of fences are made of hedge posts. If you live in Kansas, the Arkansas rivers are pronounced "Ar Kansas" Rivers not Arkansas like the state.
Yes those green things are called
“Hedge apples”. Not for eating!
They are the “fruit “of the Osage Orange Tree. 1000s of these trees were planted in Kansas and Oklahoma in hedge rows after the dust bowl. The wood is good for fence posts that will last 100+ years.
If user for fire wood it pops like crazy and burn so hot it can warp a wood stove. I know ....more than you ever wanted to know .....
Ive heard the hedge apples are good to get rid of bugs-put couple around in house or bldgs i guess. Don't know how accurate it is but definitely make sure no ppl or animals eat them! Also Brie there is a Frank Loyd Wright house in Tulsa & tower building for businesses(or used to be) in Bartlesville just north of Tulsa
We call them horse apples in Texas.
"I'm on far Ricky Bobby" A line we fit into so many conversations. Glad you came through Kansas. Thanks.
If you ever come back and go near Hutchinson you need to stop and eat at carriage crossing in Yoder. Best home made food you'll ever havr
This is amazing. I actually live in Wichita ks and have my entire life. It was amazing to hear the perspective of someone seeing what I see as meh because well I live here.
Great video and glad you stopped by. The keeper and those bridges I remember when they were building them. It was nice to kinda relive the reaction of seeing it for the first time through someone else.
BEST.MOVIE.EVER! I'm all jacked up on mountain dew Chiiiip!
While at the Keeper of the Plains did you see the Troll? He lives under one of the sewer grates near the Keeper!
Hello there, I just came across your videos of your trip through Kansas and enjoyed and shared them with family and friends. Ive lived in Wichita for about 12 yrs and I enjoy Kansas and try to get out and about and enjoy the simplistic ventures as you two do. Tall Grass prairie preserve is fun along with the salt mine. If your ever coming back through I have a few fun and unique places to visit in Kansas. I’ll be going through your library to watch more videos of your travels. Stay safe and thank you for sharing your journey. Duane
I’ve not read other comments, but the large ‘yellow-green’ fruit are Osage Orange. We live in central Virginia, and they are native to our forests. There are 200 year old Osage trees here, and they are “Narnian” in appearance. I gather the oranges when they first fall and set them in bowls on my porches and a few inside. They repel bugs and rodents. The squirrels eventually eat them. When their limbs fall I cut them up for firewood. They ‘spark’ and often burn blue, and the wood itself is very orange inside. A truly unique tree.
You drove right by my house haha! Those are what we call Headge apples from the osage trees. We didn't have very many this year.
Sante Fe Lake is a spot I frequently go to with my son. Did you guys get to check out the waterfall? Sante Fe Lake also connects to a river that runs through a neighborhood.
Check out Wieliczka Salt Mine around krakow Poland. The sculptures and history is incredible. The visit was amazing!!
I don't know when we'll get a chance to go to Poland but I Googled the Wieliczka Salt Mine and holy cow 😍 that place looks incredible!!! Thank you for sharing 👍
In Kansas, the wind never quits blowing....it just changes direction occasionally...🌪️
Hedge Apples...You can put them in your garage to keep crickets and mice away. Also in Kansas we call the rivers The Little Are-Kansas and The Big Are-Kansas...LOL
Well now that's just a silly way to pronounce that but thanks for the heads up Kevin 🙄😆
Thanks for doing your bit to promote the KS salt miles - was a working salt mine, then became a storage and now an attraction. But it was always an attraction. Over 60 years ago, I toured the mines and for years, samples of rock salt sat on a shelf in my room as a reminder of the trip. Folks made a living there and it's a great history lesson. Hedge apple - yes they grow on trees - poison - sometimes used as insect deterrent - keep the dogs away from them. PS - notice how the dogs do not get in the water or near as dirty when on leash :) . Yes, it's always the wind. Stay Safe.
This was a beautiful portrayal of my hometown. I wish you could have seen the fire pits lit around the keeper but I loved the footage at sunset. Thanks for sharing!
Check out the Keeper of the Plains fire show next time you pass through it’s the best
Those are hedge apples. In the 30's the plains areas suffer from several years of drought. The dry conditions and strong Kansas winds caused what is known as the "Dust Bowl". In an effort to tame the KS winds down and stop soil erosion , row upon row of Hedge trees where planted. If you haven't guessed, I'm a KS native.
Surprised you didn’t make a stop at the Kansas Cosmosphere while in Hutch.
Worse than that, they didn't eat at Roys BBQ.
probably cost prohibitive. last i heard it was almost $80 per person to tour!!
@@Marktwain0241 it was less than 20 last year
@@Marktwain0241 It depends on what all you want to do while there. You can currently get the full experience/tour for $22.50 per adult, and $15.50 per kid. If you just want the basic tour it's like $12/$8 i believe.
@@Marktwain0241 Nope, the All Access Pass is around $24/person.
Hedge apples in Illinois that used to be the home to wildlife in the country when I was young almost every Farm had a Hedgerow
Very cool, thanks for sharing George 👍
Whsn i lived in the Panhandle of Texas we had chinese elm trees everywhere! I was told its because that was about the only kind that could live under the dry windy conditions,& provided much needed shade & wind/snow breaks! Of course their little seeds blow all over provided many seedlings!
Those big green balls are hedge apples or fruit from the Osage Orange tree. Squirrels shred them into fluffy strands to get at the seeds. Osage Orange wood get very hard after it is dried when you cut it for wood. It has a wonderful fragrance when carved and not much grain, so it does stain well.
That's a Hedge ball. Welcome to Kansas.
Water dogs gotta do what water dogs do...get in the water! Love watching those pups have fun.
Here, the river is called the Ar-Kansas river.
Thank you so very much for your blog. I loved it. I have lived here 67 years and pray longer . Thank you sorry it got cold on you. The weather changes just like that sometimes.
Awwww my neck of the woods we lived in our Scamp near Cheney lake around this time. I have been to this salt mine many times growing up. Be safe fellow travelers
I do much appreciate your travels. Wife and I will be hitting the trail next August as we retire and spend time traveling in our 5th wheel. I follow your routes and places you stop as well as weather and road conditions. You folks were very close to us when you visited Central Kentucky and the bourbon trail. We have plenty “hedge apples” here in KY. Safe travels and we’ll be watching next week.
Congrats on your retirement and upcoming adventures! Glad you're enjoying the channel, maybe we'll see you out on the road 😊
We've toured two Frank Lloyd Wright houses one in Arizona and one in New Hampshire. They are wonderful tours. You really need to tour the inside they are very interesting.
We look forward to touring the inside of a FLW one of these days, thanks Carmen 👍
Glad you enjoyed your trip to Hutch! Have a farmstead 20 miles South of there, been on that tour only once but it's really interesting. There is a nice campground in downtown Hutch at the State Fair Grounds, more barns to protect you from the wind. Those are the "fruit"/seeds of the Osage Orange tree or Hedge (local term), the trees grow real crooked/twisted and are great for fence posts. The Hillside area, where the FLW house is built is a historic area of Craftsman style homes, the FLW home looks out of place with it's 50's/mid century design.
I've been to Hutch a million times, and the underground tour at the salt mine was on my bucket list since childhood. But ever since we started having earthquakes I've been too scared to go underground- especially that far! Imagine being down there on that little train doing a tour and there's suddenly an earthquake. If we can have small ones, we can have a big one any day! Hopefully, a big one doesn't hit during a tornado warning, trapping people hiding in their basements- which is a common thing in Kansas. So thanks for the video- it's interesting indeed. I always heard that before computers, our paper medical records were stored down there. At least the ones from Wichita hospitals and doctors' offices. Found that out when I was trying to locate some of my own. Sure made me feel old at 30 years of age! And that was decades ago anyway. I won't say how many.... lol
Hedge apple from hedge trees. Maclura pomifera, commonly known as the Osage orange, horse apple, hedge, or hedge apple tree is a small deciduous tree or large shrub. Fence post made from hedge tree logs is what made this so prolific in Kansas.
I grew up there and have never been down there. Cool! Talladega nights! Best movie ever!
Hey welcome to Hutchinson! Yes it’s very windy here of late, yesterday and today 60+ gusts, craziness. Hopefully you stopped by my hometown of Yoder and got some of their famous cinnamon rolls!
We call the "fruit" on the ground "horse apples". They are the fruit of the Bois 'd arc tree. The wood of this tree is extremely hard. When cutting with a chain saw, sometimes sparks go flying.
Wow, that's insane about sparks when cutting with a chain saw 😳
Osage oranges....supposedly if you put them around in your basement, they keep spiders away....I just always wound up with rotten osage oranges..They grow in tree lines and fence rows a lot her in the midwest. The wood is very hard and a lot of farmers use it for fence posts.
Thanks for the info, Sue 👍 That would probably be me with the rotten osage oranges too lol
Very interesting! Thank you for that.
Many greetings from Germany...
Take care and stay healthy 👍
It's called a hedge apple or hedge ball. Comes from the orange Osage tree. Most hedges (hence hedge ball) were put in in the dust bowl by FDR programs, which gave workers a job and enough to give food and shelter for their families. Men traveled here to plant hedges of multiple kinds of trees.To stop erosion of the ground due to wind. Also the hedges were put to use building fences etc. due to wind. Hedge is a hard wood. Hedge also makes great bbq. Especially in ground and covered with soil for long hours . Fall apart,literally. A lot of towns have fall festivals and serve this to the townfolks and visitors for donation.
Hedge apple as known up Kansas way were planted close together to make fence/hedge to keep horses even bulls pastured. Not native to Kansa but brought in from Texas and Oklahoma in late 1800s to create natural fence
It is used to make fence post. Very hard wood that can last a 100 years. Native Americans used it for bows.
That's some amazing wood. Thank you for sharing, Gary!
in addition to hedge tree and osage orange, this tree is also called bois d'arc, French for bow wood or wooden bow.
We live in TOPEKA and love the lakes in and around the Wichita area. Squirrels love those hedge apples, we have a couple of feeders with long screws sticking up and stick one on it about every 2 weeks, they last about 12 - 24 hours and then they are gone. Great fun watching the squirrels work on them. Great videos!
I share your passion. I was raised in Oak Park, IL, surrounded by FL Wright's houses.
Oh wow, that must have been amazing! Beautiful homes 😍
Thank you for stopping in my home town of Wichita and finding it beautiful.Santa fa lake has a wonderful walking/biking trail with a beautiful waterfall as well.Did you miss that?That would have made your 8 extra dollars worth the stay..
Welcome to the central part of the US. Thanks for letting people, including myself, know about the salt mine tours. I was aware of the mines, but didn’t know there are tours. The wind is part of life in this part of the country including Oklahoma where we live. Today it was a little above normal with Wind gusts of close to 50 miles per hour. If you like architecture you missed a good opportunity to visit Greensburg, Kansas which I think is around an hour or so West of Wichita. There are no Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, but there are some very contemporary building that you might see his influences in their design. In May 2007 Greensburg was devastated by an EF5 tornado. The town reinvented itself as a “Green” community.
Thank you, Larry! I guess you get used to the wind when you live in that area... I actually like a little wind but Kansas and the surrounding area seem to take it to the next level 🌬😳 It never fails we seem to miss things when visiting an area, we like to say it leaves us something to come back for. Thanks for sharing Greensburg's story, I like how they turned adversity into opportunity 👍
I just love your videos. You find the most unique places to go! I guess there’s always something to find anywhere.
My husband’s guess for the movie is Talledega Nights.
Your husband is correct! Thank you so much, Connie - glad to hear you're enjoying our videos 👍 We agree, there's interesting things everywhere, you just have to look!
It's a hedge apple tree! My husband is from Wichita and we camped at Sante Fe all of the time when the kids were little!
I went in to a salt mine as a teenager in Germany and loved the tour - now as me, a cranky adult, the claustrophobia took over and no thanks. Love how you ask the dogs to not go in the water. They did better than our Lab would have done.
Simply amazing
Thank you, Shane!! 😊
So exciting that you got to see the Allen house! We went to Falling Water a couple of years ago (we live 2 hours from it)...I was elated!
Ugh, Falling Waters is the ultimate for a FLW fanatic! So jealous, hope I'm able to see it myself one day 😍
You should go to Wisconsin, near Madison and do a tour of Taliesin which is a Frank Loyd Wright home that he actually lived in and did a lot of his creative architectural experiments at. It is the home of his studio and school as well, and is designated as a National Historic Landmark. The countryside in the area is beautiful too!
I look forward to visiting Taliesin one day - thank you, Sharon 👍
@@EmbracingDetours in that same area is Baraboo, WI, original home of Ringling Circus. There is the Circus World Museum there. Also Wisconsin Big Cat Rescue not far from there in Rock Springs, WI. And, if you are looking for great food and whiskey, look no further bthan Driftless Glen Distillery in Baraboo. If covid restrictions let up, and you are looking for really good beer, there is the New Glarus Brewing Company home of Spotted Cow and Totally Naked beers 😅
Back in 2010, my family and I drove around and thru Kansas for a week and a half road trip. There was so much more there than I was expecting. We hit some of the sites that you did plus Monument Rocks. I would love to go back again. I enjoyed the salt mine, but it was a bit more crowded.
What a great and unique video. I love the way you make the videos. Lots of scenery and interesting places. Just the right amount of face time. Thanks!
As others have said, the fruit is from the Osage Orange tree. The fruit is sticky beyond belief. The wood of the tree is bright orange, smells like oranges, and is extremely hard but beautiful to work with. Only squirrels can stomach the seeds. Taste awful.
Not sure how this came up in my recommendations. Guess because of Wichita, I laughed when you showed the Frank Lloyd Wright house, I’m sometimes the mailman for that route.
Osage orange tree , the fruit are used to repell spiders in this area of the country. The wood is beautiful and often used to make traditional bows for archery. Don't let TJ kid to much you were absolutely rocking the hard hat!
Great info on the Osage Orange Tree, thanks for sharing! And thanks, glad to know I can rock a hard hat 👷♀️😉
Hedge apples = Osage Oranges from Osage Orange trees. They make excellent targets for plinking with 22's.
thank you another great video
Our pleasure, thank you for watching and commenting 😊
If you like Wright make a trip to Spring Green Wisconsin sometime. Mine looked nice to visit. Poor dog was cold after swimming and wanted to warm up on your bed. Remember it is the season to keep your coat close to you at all times.
When there is no wind they light giant flames around the Keeper of the plains....Its absolutely wonderful. There is a reason its called the land of "the people of the south wind". Its normal here. The hedge apples are from Osage Orange hedge trees. The wood is beautiful when finished to furniture...but it is hard as a brick bat...
I grew up on the south side of Chicago....there are several Frank Lloyd Wrights homes in Beverly. Beautiful area😊beautiful architecture.
I can imagine 😍
What great timing....you seem to be “alone” on all your Kanas and Nebraska tours!!! Good work.
We are lucky, between COVID and filming crowds are not our friend. Thanks, Lou!
Never been to Kansas but that Salt Mine was sure cool! Enjoyed the video!
Long time fan of your channel....first time commenting. I LOVE your adventures...keep up the GREAT work!
Thanks for taking the time to comment, and for your kind words 🤗
We call them Bois d'arc (pronounced bodark) trees. The wood is very hard and burns really hot!! The horse apples can be used as a bug repellent under pier and beam houses!! Just a little East Texas info!
Love your channel!!
I love fun facts, thank you Sandy!!
Now *THAT* is where you want to be when an HUGE tornado hits Wichita: safely underground in that salt mine. (and it's January...of course it's cold! Get out of those shorts and t-shirts and put on my *winter* clothing. lol
I can't believe YT only suggested one of your videos to me today. I've been watching nomads for years now.
Great video with really interesting features!
(but do NOT eat those horseapples you found at the RV park LOL)
Thank you for the video. You must visit FLW's Falling Waters house in PA! Amazing. Safe travels.
It is the R-Kansas river. ;). But we will forgive you. Thanks for stopping by our great city.
Oh goodness, I never would have guessed! Thanks for forgiving us 😉
We called those green balls horse apples, but they are actually called an Osage orange
Hedge apples are great for keeping spiders away :-). Not sure they’re good for anything else, lol
It’s so cool to see a visitor’s experience and perspective of my town. I live in Hutchinson and have actually worked down in that salt mine as a contract electrician.
What a great portrayal of my City! Thank you! Safe travels!
We have visited a few Frank Lloyd Wright homes in our travels. I love his architecture and it gives us inspiration for projects around our house. Too bad you didn’t get to go inside. I would have stayed another day.
SO glad you came to Kansas. Come back and see us sometime!! Would love to show you some other places here.
Toured Frank Lloyd Wrights Taliesin West outside of Phoenix years ago and have always wanted to experience Falling Waters in the fall. Definitely on my list to do. Be safe out there and give the puppers a big hug!
There are a lot of names for the Hedge Apples like people have said, they can also be called Osage Orange because the wood is orange in color. People used to put the apples in closets or chests to keep bugs or moths out. The trees make great fence posts hence the name Hedge apple. Some animals like deer or squirrels will eat bits of them, I think for medicinal reasons.
Very interesting, thanks for sharing Eric 👍
It is always windy in KS. We lived there 14 yrs and very few times did the wind not blow at least 5 to 10 mph. You can't grow some trees in KS, NE and OK due to the wind dries out the leaves and they fall off. It is like a giant hair dryer in the summer.
Oh, I LOVE that house! Beautiful. Great video; thoroughly enjoyed it as usual. Stay safe.
Pbs had a show where they told about that house's restoration and a couple others
Isn't it gorgeous?!? I would love to see that PBS special but it doesn't seem to be available, unfortunately 😕
@@EmbracingDetours ... Evidently, there are 36 FLW homes in the US (who knew?) ... I think it would make a fun theme for trip planning. We never know where to go. 🙄 Thanks for bringing these treasures to my attention. I ❤ architecture.
The fruit is “Osage Orange “. I’ve been told they are good for repelling spiders. Keep 1 in your trailer and van to keep the spiders away!
Hedge apples grow on Osage Orange trees, a popular tree used in hedge rows. Glad to see these parts of Kansas again. I grew up in Wichita.
Great video! You guys have a knack for finding out of the way places and making them very special. Travel Safe!
Awww, that's very kind of you to say! Thanks, Larry and Barbi 🤗
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Fun Fact, the wood of the osage tree is one of (if not the most) hardest wood in north america. Thank you, i enjoy your channel.
Welcome to Kansas where the weather changes in 10 mins, we have hedge apples and our rivers are called "Our"Kansas not arkansas :-)
The cold chased me out of KS also.
Enjoyed the video! I watch more RV / van life videos than I care to admit and had yet to see anyone highlight Wichita or much of Kansas either. So thanks for visiting and sharing your adventures of my hometown. I actually grew up in the community directly east of Santa Fe Lake. Stay safe. I look forward to watching your other videos.
Hutchinson, KS is my hometown. I live in Wichita, KS now.
As I recall, Dorothy also had a problem with the wind...
lol good one Candie 🌬🤣
Great job on filming the salt mine museum. Just enough to make me want to visit. Good thing you told the dogs not to get in the water. Glad to know your dogs listen as well as mine.
Glad to have found you today. We are Air Streamers from Wichita. I am a touring musician and travel in our Air Stream all across the country. Travel with 2 Labrador dogs too. ( by the way so folks will think you are from Kansas...it’s the “Are Kansas” rivers.)
Love it. “Don’t lay in it.” Flops right down in the water. 🙈
Welcome to KS! I live in kanopolis ks about 45min north of Hutchinson and we have a salt mine here also!
Thanks for coming to Kansas. You never thought you would go 650 feet under the plains to see salt. Sea salt? Anyway - we welcome tourists.
It is a hedge apple, from an Osage Orange Tree. They planted them along hedge rows, they are very thorny trees, cattle can not go through them.
I live in wichita an love that camping spot specifically lol but those are crab apples they grow all over kansas and they taste and smell horrible