We left the Santa Fe campground in Chanute pretty much like we found it. The trip ahead would take us through some pretty open country.
I should have suspected something when I saw a sign alongside the road that read "Experience the Flint Hills". At first, as we traveled through this part of the country, it was interesting as to how wide open it was. Just rolling grassy hills sprinkled with an occasional oil well, some pumping, most not. Then we realized how desolate the place was. Very few farms or houses and almost no sign of farming and few cattle. This went on and on. We spotted another two or three signs just like the first, "Experience the Flint Hills". It occurred to me that the first sign should have given us fair warning. The fact that the sign said "Experience" and not "Enjoy" or something like that should have been alerted us to what was ahead. But, we "Experienced" the Flint Hills.
Finally, after what seemed like forever, we started seeing cattle and hay fields and nice farms. I guess we made through.
We stayed at Kanopolis Lake last night. My intent was to stay at the Venango Area COE campground. By accident and non-attention, we wound up in a state park near the dam. But, the price was right ($8.50) and the sites were open and clean, so here we are.
My schedule had us touring Mushroom Rocks State Park today, but since we arrived early at the campground, we jumped in Coors and took the 15 min. trip.
These things were really interesting. Out in the middle of nowhere, in a little draw was a 5 acre park with these rocks. The rock in 2nd photo was literally covered in names carved in by visitors. Most were relatively recent, probably written over older ones, but one in particular was chiseled in very deeply and was dated 1878.
We went back to the campground and made ready for the evening. Ditto and I went for a long walk and as we returned, here's what I saw in the west.
This morning turned out overcast and tried to be dreary, but it was about 60 degrees and no wind. Dreary didn't fit. It's a nice quiet morning.
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