Just jump in your car and start exploring. Really. That’s it.  Create your own adventure.  Do what you want, when you want.

Caravan with friends or head out on your own. There is no organized tour. You’ll bump into other Kansas explorers throughout the three counties.  Enjoy each other.

It's important to be flexible and go with the flow, especially this year when we have two counties that are in the Mountain Time Zone and one is in the Central Time Zone. We're all sure to get mixed up.  Give locals your best you.  This is an experiment for them, too.

When we pitched this new event to the the three counties, we told them all they had to do was just be the best they could be at being themselves. They didn’t have to invent any kind of activity or spend a lot of money hosting visitors. What has evolved has been amazing. A menu of activities that accentuates who they are has evolved and expanded since the list was first published in the "official” program guide so new ones have been added to a Day Program (available at Information Centers) and this website.

• Choose from our menu items including EVENTS, ATTRACTIONS, AND RESTAURANTS. 

• Here is a digital version of the Program Guide

• It might be tough, but pick out the things you would like to see and do and start plotting your course on our map.

• Look for the BKRT logo on yard signs throughout the towns and countryside to indicate participating places or to show you directions.
  

The BKRT is not a caravan. The idea is to go on your own, wherever you want, whenever you want. 

• Bring lawn chairs.

• Restaurants will serve until the food is gone.  

• There is a grocery store in the county seat of each county, and in Bird City.

• Gas up whenever you can.  Not every town has gas pumps.

• When you cross cattle guards, keep an eye out for cattle on the roads.  

• They have the right of way.

• It’s a courtesy to bring rolls of toilet paper and offer them to businesses that are opening their bathrooms.

• MT or MDT is Mountain or Mountain Daylight Time; CT or CDT is Central or Central Daylight Time.

• When you post, use #BKRT19.

You bet it is!  What kid doesn’t want to climb to the top of the highest point in the state, take a picture with a giant green grasshopper or sing on a band shell stage?  Kids can get their fingerprints taken, play lawn games and board games, go on scavenger hunts and do geocaching.  They can build their own helicopter or help put a Kansas jigsaw puzzle together.  Tours of a large dairy and a bean factory will be given.  Museums, arts, crafts, and a story walk are ready for kids.  Ballgames, a track meet and car racing can be watched.  Old-fashioned to new-fangled playgrounds are waiting to be used.  Natural landmarks and small-town cafes are just as good for young as for old.  Kids can touch, taste, see and run around on a trip that will nurture a love for Kansas and build the next generation of Kansas explorers!  Yes, this is a wonderful family outing!

We understand that it can be easy to get lost on the back roads. If this happens, flag down a car, go to a farmstead, or call the following numbers: Will be posted soon. 10/16/19

Information centers will be set up at each county. Find them at this page.  (Info centers will be posted prior to event in 2020)