I travel across Kansas every couple of months to get to Denver. It is a very long trip across the state. Everyone who hears I am making the trip says one of two things: You drive that far alone? or, that is the most boring drive.
Aux contraire, Beauty is where you find it, if you are looking for it. I always find new sites and the old sites, and I am never bored. I wish there was time to stop and check out some neat sites I have seen.
This last trip not 40 feet from the interstate was a field with 6 cows milling around each other. As I approached the area I saw a 7th one laying down. It was a picture moment. I had 7 cows in close proximity of each other, and on the back of the 7th cow there were 7 blackbirds lined up all facing the same direction. I had to smile but I didn't stop to take the picture.
At mile marker 201- 202, there is an over pass and if you are driving west on interstate 70 on the right, right before the overpass is a lonely stone house all boarded up for over 10 years now I look forward each trip to see if anyone has rescued her and given her the love she deserves. Even her out buildings are still in good condition. I want to know her but understand she will only be in my dreams. So many farms along the highway have a story which they would tell if some one was listening. They have me imaging what has gone before. The plateaus you see which may have had Indians hiding in wait.
Roads abandoned, going nowhere,
Marked by post of rock,
Standing sentinel over barren fields,
House of stone, against the wind, windows blocked.
The barn, the sheds, empty, alone,
Where are the caretakers of the past,
Who traveled those roads,
Whose hands built them to last?
Each time my path takes me there,
I wish I could've known,
Who were these strong willed people,
Why did they leave, What went wrong?
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