Severe Weather in a Kansas July: Storm Safety for RVers, Cabins & Tents
Kansas sits in the heart of Tornado Alley, and July — while past the traditional spring tornado peak — still produces genuine severe thunderstorm activity capable of significant wind, hail, […]
Pickleball Tournaments & Lawn-Game Nights at Spring Lake This Summer
Pickleball has become the fastest-growing recreational sport in the country over the last several years, and RV resorts have been some of the quickest places to catch on — the […]
Newton, Kansas: A Small-Town July Day Trip From Spring Lake
Newton sits about 10 to 15 miles northeast of Halstead — close enough that it barely qualifies as a “day trip” in the usual sense, more like an easy morning […]
Kansas State Fair Booking Window: Why You Should Reserve in July
The 2026 Kansas State Fair runs September 11 through 20 at the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson — 280 acres, over 70 buildings, and the state’s largest single annual event, […]
Old Cowtown Museum’s Summer Season: A July Family Day Trip From Halstead
Old Cowtown Museum sits on 23 acres off the original Chisholm Trail in Wichita, and it’s been recreating Sedgwick County’s frontier era — 1865 to 1880 — since 1950. It’s […]
Cheney Reservoir Day Trip: Sailing, Swimming & Sunset From Spring Lake
Twenty-five miles southwest of Halstead, a 9,500-acre reservoir is doing something that Kansas is good at and doesn’t always get credit for: making a genuinely useful afternoon out of flat […]
Tubing & Floating the Arkansas River From Spring Lake RV Resort
Spring Lake RV Resort in Halstead sits in one of the most river-rich stretches of central Kansas — the Little Arkansas River runs directly through the Halstead area, and the […]
Cabin Glamping in July: A Cool, Hassle-Free Way to Beat the Kansas Heat
There’s a specific conversation that happens among Kansas families every summer around late June. Someone wants to go camping. Someone else says it’s going to be 98 degrees and they’d […]
Family Fish-and-Swim Day: A Perfect July Day Pass at Spring Lake
The arithmetic of a Kansas July day is simple: you need somewhere to be outdoors that also has water. A picnic shelter doesn’t cut it. A public pool handles the […]
Summer Fishing at Spring Lake: What’s Biting in Our Ponds in July
There’s a specific kind of satisfaction in catching a largemouth bass at 7 a.m. before the Kansas heat has fully committed to its July agenda. The pond is still, the […]