This weekend, we took a trip 30 minutes from Lawrence to visit the Maple Leaf Festival in Baldwin, KS. It’s what you’d expect from a small town arts and crafts fair, but it’s quaint and the weather was great, so we had a lot of fun.

Here’s a quick description from the official website:
“Started in 1958, the Maple Leaf Festival began as a community event inspired by Dr. Ivan Boyd, a biology professor at Baker University. He noted that the third weekend in October was the optimum time to view the changing colors of the Maple Leaves in the area and the perfect time to celebrate the successful harvest.”

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