Our trip to El Dorado, Kansas and back made for a long day ... about 7 hours!!
Part of our trip went through the Flint Hills.... about 50 miles worth ! The Flint Hills are different . Rolling hills of green this time of the year. The soil is thin and tends to slide making small gullies with crumbled limestone being revealed. Very little water except for man-made ponds but where there are streams cottonwood trees are too.
Lots and lots of cattle spread out all over. I heard that this land can only support one head per acre... but with all the spring grass more cattle have been brought in. One ranch has made a scenic outlook where the trucks come into pick up cattle from many many pens!!
The last time we drove through the Flint Hills it was late in the summer and everything was brown and all the rock was evident..... and fewer cattle roamed!! By the way ... in all those 50 miles I saw only three houses!!
Glad to make it home where both of us settled into our recliners for a nap!!
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Oh my! That is a long day indeed. It's good to get back and just put your feet up, I'm sure.
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