We did see one thing very interesting. While driving through a few cuts in hills, I noticed the banks on either side of the road was ten or twelve feet of nothing but dirt - nary a rock in sight. Then all of a sudden there were fence rows with hewn rocks as post. These rocks were roughly 3 feet tall and possibly 6 to 8 inches square. Some fields had the rocks spaced about the typical distance between fence posts. Others had one every other post or so with steel or wood posts in between. These antique stone posts were used because there were so few trees in this part of the country. Supposedly, these stones were quarried from rock outcroppings in the area. They must have quarried a lot of them because I never saw a single outcropping of stone.
We opted to stay at the Lucas Park on Wilson Lake just west of Salina. Turns out it was a good choice. This is a Corp of Engineers lake and the difference in maintenance is like night and day.
It's a beautiful lake. The only drawback might be the wind - and perhaps the goat head burrs. Although Ditto hasn't collected too many this time. Wind or no wind, I grilled some steaks tonight and they really hit the spot.
