Landscapes
June 6th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
A wheat field in Finney County.
Now most people would see this photo taken in Scott County and say that Western Kansas is flat. Hahahahahahaha. Kansas is so not flat. A few miles down the road, you get this….
See, not flat at all. Not in the least!
Hills exist – they’re just below the line of horizon.
You would expect Forrest Gump to be jogging along one of those roadsides.
Kansas! That’s exactly how I imagine it.
Take these pictures, spin in a circle and that’s what you’d see in Western Kansas. Three hundred sixty degrees of horizon! What a beautiful view.
Now, Simon, imagine there are no roads and you are in a covered wagon crossing this landscape at about 20 miles a day when things go right. Kansas is about 410 miles across east to west. With some circuitous routing, bad weather, breakdowns and slow days, I would estimate that it would take about 30 days to cross our state back then in a wagon train. There was plenty of time for these pioneers, some of which were British subjects, to drink-in the scenery.
“When things go right…” is right. I’m continually amazed by your scenery – land – skies – there’s just so much of it all! Thanks Heineken.