Shayla, Kansas
Photos and Statements by Shayla
Skateboarder
This is my friend Carter, who loves to skateboard downtown and at the skatepark. We went downtown to take pictures of this mural but decided to take pictures of him in front of it. It was a great experience.
South Drive-In
Located on the south side of Dodge City, South Drive-In was built in 1947. It is a single-screen drive-in and has a capacity for 300 cars. This old-fashioned drive-in movie theater is still open and plays new-release movies. My experience was really fun. I really liked climbing to take pictures, and I liked how the pictures I took came out overall. It was a really fun and great experience.
Mom Cooking
My experience while taking pictures of my mom cooking was really great. I love her amazing food, especially rice and beans. It's a Mexican culture and my mom makes really good food.
Windmill Farm
Windmill farms located approximately five miles south of Dodge City right next to a wheat field. These represent two big staples of Dodge City. The windmills are the perfect place for Dodge because of the amount of wind that is here. Dodge City is touted as the windiest city in the U.S. Wheat is a Kansas staple and Kansas is the top producer of wheat worldwide. Kansas is known as the “Breadbasket of the World.” My experience was really cool. I got to take really awesome pictures and I also never been really close to a windmill before so it was a really great experience to be able to take pictures of the windmills.
Winter Livestock
Dodge City is the Cowboy Capital of the World, so where is the best place to find real cowboys other than Winter Livestock? Established in 1936, Winter Livestock is one of the oldest family-owned cattle auctions in the nation. It has been named one of Kansas' 8 Wonders of Commerce because it is America's largest independent cattle auction company and one of the nation's oldest. It is currently owned by Brian Winter. My experience was really great, I got to see cows up close for the first time even though I live in Dodge City. I also got to meet nice workers who work there. They were nice enough to let us take pictures around.