Summertime in Kansas

Roy Williams, of Mulvane, looks on as grandson Bryson Williams, 9, unhooks a fish he caught while at Pete's Puddles. The family has been coming to the lake for five summers.


Marie Cochrane, 1, of Hutchinson, plays at the Fairgrounds Water Park in Hutchinson, KS, on Saturday, July 16. Triple-digit temperatures will continue to plague the area through-out the coming week.



Sophia Rose, 5, of Hutchinson, looks back to her family while waving an American flag prior to the start of the 4th of July parade down Main Street on Monday morning.


Tylia Bruton, 11, center, Andryce Jackson, 9, left, and Angie Imel wash a car during a fundraiser for the Little Miss Hutch Pageant on Saturday, July 16. The car wash, which raised funds for a float in the Emancipation Day parade among other things, was held on front of Gray's Barber Shop on Main Street

I love zoos

In search of different hot weather photos (it's been in the triple digits for atleast a week now and we're running out of photo subject matter on the topic(cute kids in water!)) I was sent to the Hutchinson Zoo to see what they do to cool off the animals. These are not those photos since they're not running until tomorrow buttt they're still from the zoo.

Zookeeper Ryan Witmer showed me around the zoo's rehabilitation facility while I was waiting for animal snack time (frozen pureed bananas with crickets!) with another zookeeper.