Marci Penner of the Kansas Sampler Foundation, said the 2023 Big Kansas Road Trip (CKRT) will take place in Jewell, Republic and Smith counties in North Central Kansas on May 4 through 7.

The BKRT is a multi-day event that feels like a tri-county open house of communities, their attractions, locally-owned shops and restaurants, and it’s a time to travel back roads and take in short activities that help locals tell their story. Penner said, “All we ask is that communities be good at being themselves. The public wants to have first-hand experiences in our rural communities and countryside to get...