KDOT Crew's Interesting Find

KDOT crews often find unique items on Kansas Highways. Recently, they found a dog agility tunnel bag in northwest Kansas. 

KDOT crews are used to picking up lost items off the roads, but the Oakley crew from Northwest Kansas had a particularly interesting find last November.

The crew located several canvas, weighted, bag-like items along I-70 in Logan County. Although no one knew what they were at first, an internet search determined they were pieces of Salty Dog brand dog agility equipment, valued at a little over $100 each!

In an attempt to locate the owners, the items were posted on the Northwest Kansas KDOT Facebook page. With the help of many post shares, including one by the Salty Dog company, the owners were located in Oregon.

Cynthia Downey of the North American Dog Agility Council said their group was traveling to Hutchison, Kan. for an agility event. After a late-night stop in Colby, they continued on I-70 when they heard a loud crashing sound. They looked back to find two large bins of tunnel bags, equipment used to hold the agility tunnels down, along with some other miscellaneous equipment were missing. They stopped and picked up what they could find, but were unable to locate all of the tunnel bags.

Luckily the bags were still in great condition and Downey was able to pick them up on another trip through Kansas in December.