The Central Plains Region

of the

Cadillac-LaSalle Club

Fall Color Tour

October, 2004

Members of the Central Plains Chapter of the Cadillac-LaSalle Club cruised the Flint Hills of Kansas on the Fall Color Tour.  The weather was stunning--beautiful and comfortable.  Click on a picture to see it large, then click Back to come back to this page.  A few pictures are large and are best viewed over a high speed Internet connection.

First stop--the beautiful town of Cottonwood Falls.
"Emma Chase" entertains the Club at her Cafe.		The historic Courthouse provided a beautiful background for the parade!
			The next stop was the historic Z-bar Ranch, and the National Tallgrass Prairie Preserve.
			Club President Chris Marshall comes to grip with that BIG gas tank on his '68.
				All aboard at Baldwin City, for a ride on the historic railway!
Almost as much fun as cruising in a Cadillac.  Oh, but wait...this guy drives an Olds!
			A couple of hobo's trying to scrounge for food since they missed lunch....
Next stop, Pomona Lake for a photo opportunity.

Furthermore, just as the solar cycle has its four seasons the cycle of the Sun of Reality has its distinct and successive periods. Each brings its vernal season or springtime. When the Sun of Reality returns to quicken the world of mankind a divine bounty descends from the heaven of generosity. The realm of thoughts and ideals is set in motion and blessed with new life. Minds are developed, hopes brighten, aspirations become spiritual, the virtues of the human world appear with freshened power of growth and the image and likeness of God become visible in man. It is the springtime of the inner world. After the spring, summer comes with its fullness and fruitage spiritual; autumn follows with its withering winds which chill the soul; the Sun seems to be going away until at last the mantle of winter overspreads and only faint traces of the effulgence of that divine Sun remain. Just as the surface of the material world becomes dark and dreary, the soil dormant, the trees naked and bare and no beauty or freshness remain to cheer the darkness and desolation, so the winter of the spiritual cycle witnesses  256  the death and disappearance of divine growth and extinction of the light and love of God. But again the cycle begins and a new springtime appears. In it the former springtime has returned, the world is resuscitated, illumined and attains spirituality; religion is renewed and reorganized, hearts are turned to God, the summons of God is heard and life is again bestowed upon man. For a long time the religious world had been weakened and materialism had advanced; the spiritual forces of life were waning, moralities were becoming degraded, composure and peace had vanished from souls and satanic qualities were dominating hearts; strife and hatred overshadowed humanity, bloodshed and violence prevailed. God was neglected; the Sun of Reality seemed to have gone completely; deprivation of the bounties of heaven was a fact; and so the season of winter fell upon mankind. But in the generosity of God a new springtime dawned, the lights of God shone forth, the effulgent Sun of Reality returned and became manifest, the realm of thoughts and kingdom of hearts became exhilarated, a new spirit of life breathed into the body of the world and continuous advancement became apparent.

--from the Writings of the Bahá'í Faith