20-Apr-2023 -- Quite a bit has changed since the last visit over a decade ago. A Love's Travel Stop and a brand new Dollar General are now located just to the east of this point. I parked at the latter at 6:08pm and walked a couple football fields to the point across newly plowed land with no barriers. The confluence itself was actually located on fallow land mere feet beyond the plowed field. Temperature was 64°F with lighter winds than I'd experienced earlier in the day in NW Kansas. Requisite pictures, then back to the rental car by 6:18pm.

On the way out I passed by the location of the 1959 Clutter murders that were described in brutal detail in Truman Capote's 1966 masterpiece, In Cold Blood. Holcomb's city park has a sign dedicating it to Herb and Bonnie Clutter, and the locals all must know where the tragedy happened, but it was only after some sleuthing that I discovered the driveway to the farmstead, unmemorialized and unmarked save for a hand-painted "private property" sign (see photo). Right afterwards I was pulled over for going 41 in a 30. The Holcomb police officer let me go with a verbal warning and a happy birthday. 35 years old today. Thai food in Garden City to celebrate, then on to a night of solitude and reflection outside of Jetmore, Kansas, where I camped precisely upon the 100°W meridian. I'm halfway to 70, and I couldn't be more at peace with my station in life.