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In March of 2025, I heard artist Erica Nelson in an American Road Trip Talk
podcast talk about the upcoming
April Fools-A-Palooza in her home town of Lucas, KS.
It sounded interesting, and I think it became even more so as it slowly
registered that this was the first organized celebration of April Fool's
Day I'd ever heard of. I was fairly familiar with Erica, met her a couple
of times, and knew of Lucas because of her settling in there. Erica's
primary claim to fame is as the creator of
The World's
Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest
Things, and she has a permanent presence in Lucas which she prefers to
call an expo rather than museum.
I'd wanted to visit Lucas for some time and April Fools-A-Palooza was the
extra incentive I needed to get serious about it. There was no way I could
make it to the 2025 event but 2026 was different story. I've recently
taken to making short trips on some of my birthdays, and having the next
one trail April Fools-A-Palooza by just four days, sealed the deal. I
haven't booked any motels yet, but I'm plotting the course and sorting the
dates and plan to head toward the middle of Kansas near the end of March.
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