Our first stop was near Marquette Kansas. We stayed at another Corp of Engineers Park, this time on Kanopolis Lake. The trail we hiked was Horsethief Canyon Trail. 
We didn’t hike all of it, partly because the signage was so lacking that we weren’t sure which way to go. The other issue was that it’s in a canyon and the forecast called for rain in the afternoon. 3 miles later, we were back at the truck, and headed into town to get some diesel fuel. 
We drove into the small town of Lindsborg. Lindsborg is a Swedish settlement, which we figured out pretty quickly by reading the “Valkommen” signs. One of the first things we noticed in the historic and cute downtown was the horses standing on many of the street corners. We learned that they are called Dala horses and historically they are carved by the Swedes during the cold winter months and then painted to show them off. If you search the internet for “Dala horse” the first thing that pops up is the store here in Lindsborg that sells them. I’m not sure if that means that they are the leading authority on the horses, or that no one else really cares about them!
