We slept pretty good! I was up very early when you go to bed at sunset you normally get up at sunrise. I don't mind those hours at all...We made breakfast in our site, the dogs got another good run and we packed up and pulled out. Drove South and crossed into Kansas. It's harvest time...
Saw many buildings that have seen better days...
This is really cool, I think I'd have gone with the "windmill" pattern....
If you're looking for lots of empty space Kansas is the place for you. This is the typical downtown in small towns...
Gove, KS.
and the typical intersection...
You can ride for miles and not see another human literally...
3 past souls...
I turned made a turn into a cornfield....and then down this lonely stretch of road...it went on and on and on...
This is a really beautiful area for sure...not like the rest of Kansas..
Wilma tried to direct me but a few of those "left" turns were closed off with barbed wire! I finally stopped listening to her and just used my instincts and finally I found it. The reason I was in this area in the first place...
Monument Rock, aka the Chalk Pyramids..
This was Kansas's First Natural Landmark. It is on Private Land, the Pyramid Ranch and Cattle Company, and they allow access across their ranch. I came in the back way...there is an easier approach south of Oakley. (off hwy 83) I had a feeling Wilma was wrong from the get go but I humored her...
It started to spit a little rain about the minute I arrived...but it didn't last long so I was able to get out and make a few photos...
The signs say that these chalk pyramids were created when an ancient inland sea drained 80 million yrs ago.! One monument fell in 1986 so if you want to see this better go soon...there is "pyramids" on each side of the dirt road...the van is there for scale...as you can see it's huge!
looking through the hole of the needle across the road to part 2 of the "pyramids"
Pyramid Ranch with Pyramids in the distance
On the way out I saw this dead coot in the road it was close to a very small pool of water...can't believe it was hit by a car?? No cars were around...I was amazed by the feet...how often do you get to see the feet of a coot??
On the fence I saw Horned Lark...
And now back on the Eastern side of the Rockies we have Yellow Shafted Flickers...(one is immature)
a very rural cemetery with a beautiful view...
I felt tired so we stayed at
LAKE SCOTT SP not too far South of this location..
I took only a few photos there one of a Belted Kingfisher near my campsite by the boat ramp..
Clouds moved in ....they cleared out the next day and before we left we visited this landmark within the park...
the ancient ruins...El Cuartelejo, from 1696
The pueblo ruins
History here goes way back!!
OHHH some Wild Turkey showed up just as I was leaving the park..
Me, -Hello!-Them -Goodbye--!
In the morning we intersected Highway 4 a Scenic Byway and headed East ..
PEACE
Every day is a new Adventure.
