Photo of the Day - Konza Prairie in June

This is another of my favorite photos of the Konza Prairie near Manhattan, Kansas in the rolling Flint Hills. The nature trail winds through creek valleys with trees and on the hilltops covered with prairie grasses and wildflowers. When people tell me Kansas is flat, I laugh. While it is in the western half of the state, the eastern half is quite hilly in places. Trudge up the hill in this photo and you'll get a wide view of the prairie while you catch your breath.

Photo of the Day - Flowers on the Prairie

Here's another example of the beautiful wildflowers that bloom on the prairie. If you read pioneer accounts of travel through or life on the prairie, among the details of wild weather, harsh conditions, animals, and more, you will find descriptions of the beautiful wildflowers that carpet the prairie from spring to fall. The colors are vivid and intense. (And the grasshoppers are huge!)

Photo of the Day - Konza Prairie

The rolling prairie of the Flint Hills of Kansas is beautiful year-around, with changing colors in the leaves, grasses and wildflowers and the incredible dome of the sky. The hiking trails wind up across the ridges and through valleys. This photo was taken in October.