Friday, August 20, 2010

Kansas-Oklahoma-Texas

Today was a drive from Wichita, Kansas; through the Oklahoma Panhandle; to Dalhart, Texas.  Rather uneventful for 400 miles.  One dead Amaradillo,  lots of dragonflys, sage, sorghum, and about 20 large wind turbines and grain elevators.  Traveling through Greensburg, Kansas; it looked like they may have been leveled by a tornado several years back. With no real pictures today we want to regress to Tall Grass NP for a bit.  The stone barn and house built in the 1880s was quite unique for anywhere but especially the Flint Hills area of Kansas. The stone chicken coup with sod roof, and a three holer outhouse with cross ventilation windows was also unique. The prairie also suprised us with a bevy of quail which we spooked during a short hike, a prairie chicken, and also night hawks which are rather tern shaped and fly very fast.



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