Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: Cottonwood tree near the old Salt Plant, just northwest of Pawnee Rock – Photo by Leon Unruh A FAMILIAR CORNER IF YOU’VE MOVED away from the city, the town or the farm where you were raised, I’ll bet you can still picture dozens of old …
Along K-232
This was taken along K-232 in October, looking out over the Smoky Hills between Wilson and Lucas. This is also the Post Rock Scenic Byway.
Curve in the road
Ford County.
All the grass is brown…
The Flint Hills today along the Kansas Turnpike.
Autumn highway
This was (I think) taken on K-141 in Ellsworth County.
Just a road…
… in Barton County on a stormy August day. My mom and I had been out riding with my brother around the area. It had rained a bit earlier and my brother had stepped out into the wind and the light rain to take a photo. I laughed at him when he got back into …
Sandbar
Sandbar on the Arkansas River – at the Diversion Dam near Dundee.
Road to the river
Home. Just outside Pawnee Rock, this is the road to the Arkansas River. I learned to drive on this road – not much to run into out here (wise mother.)
Sand road
A sand road in Pawnee County – near the Pawnee Rock Bridge over the Arkansas River.
Macksville sunset
The Church Road
When I was growing up, this is what we called the Church Road. It was about 3.5 miles from Pawnee Rock to the Bergthal Mennonite Church. But this is looking south, toward town. Those cedar trees are the Mennonite Cemetery. Bounce over a few hills, and then you see Pawnee Rock in the distance. Farmers …