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Post by BearCreekLapidary on Nov 4, 2004 14:43:31 GMT -5
Hello everyone, I have truly enjoyed the photo's posted from else where in the U.S.A. and I thought I would post a few photo's of the area around my home. After viewing these photo's ... you will be much more appreciative of your local surroundings!  This is the area to the east of my home. My nearest neighbor to the east is 1.4 miles away  This is what the north area looks like ... my nearest neighbor ... .8 miles away.  The area to the west ... there is a farm house about a half a mile away from our place ... but nobody lives there. The farm is used for cattle feeding, by my neighbors to the north of me.  The area to the south ... my nearest neighbor is 2.6 miles away. Trees ... what trees! If you see a tree in this part of the U.S.A. ... you will definitely find someone living by it! Which is a good rule of thumb ... if you ever get stranded out here in Southwestern Kansas. Depressing ... well, kind of ... but, not too bad. I do not have any neighbors and it is nice and quiet! So, now you know why I enjoy the photo's of trees, mountains, streams, lakes, rivers, etc. Enjoy, John |
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Post by krazydiamond on Nov 4, 2004 16:26:28 GMT -5
wow! nice sky! bet you get some awesome sunrises and sunsets....um, can't you like plant a few trees?
thanks for showing us your part of the planet!
KD
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Post by hermatite on Nov 4, 2004 16:27:00 GMT -5
AAAAhhhhh...just like where I grew up. LOVE IT! the only problem is that there's no place to pull off the road and pee behind a bush. ahem. Not that I've ever done that. See what I mean? you don't have to look up to see the sky.
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Post by krazydiamond on Nov 4, 2004 20:49:01 GMT -5
ok, i am admitting superb dumby here, WHY..are there no trees and shrubs? like wind shear or something? i am old and stupid......hey check out this cat pic...  she's my lil' cutie, kd |
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deepsouth
fully equipped rock polisher
He who rocks last rocks best
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Post by deepsouth on Nov 4, 2004 21:15:31 GMT -5
You do live in a very quiet place there , how far is the nearest town or city?
My nearest town is where our dairyfactory is , 5 miles and nearest city is 16 miles.
I will have to post some more pics of NZ for everyone to enjoy.
More about rocks etc first though.
Jack
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Post by BearCreekLapidary on Nov 4, 2004 21:26:13 GMT -5
Hello everyone,
Oh yea, wind shear is bad around here! As you can see we have nothing to stop the winds ... so we generally get the full brunt of it.
As far as sunsets and sunrises ... unsurpassed from any of the Central U.S or Western U.S. (of which I have lived in every state of both)
Jack - Our nearest town is 12.5 miles away, so it is a 25 mile round trip. Our county is 110 square miles, of which there are approximately 8,300 people that live in Grant County, Kansas. The closest city (approx. 50,000 people) is right at 70 miles one way from our home.
We do have some trees around our house, and I just planted some 110 trees this past summer/fall ... so, we are hoping for a better wind break in the coming years!
Enjoy,
John
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Post by cookie3rocks on Nov 4, 2004 21:26:22 GMT -5
What a hug muffin! SOOO sweet.
Youre right bear, I have a better appreciation of my home. Don't think I could do that. No wonder you turn out your own beauty of nature!
cookie
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Post by Cher on Nov 4, 2004 23:56:26 GMT -5
Aww but no where else can you watch the beauty of the amber waves of grain. Great photos John, the area is beautiful in its own way. First thing that crossed my mind was ... Ooo I wanna walk in those fields looking for rocks. ;D
I'm lucky I do have trees, I would miss not having them and our man made mountains. I'll have to try and get some pics of them, all they are is giant iron ore dumps built by man and machine as they dug huge holes in the ground going after the ore.
Cher
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Post by Toad on Nov 5, 2004 1:52:11 GMT -5
The up-side to living on land that is flat as a pancake is that the horizon goes forever.
I remember a trip in my younger days traveling across the boring wastes of IL, IA, NE, and eastern CO. I watched the mountains rise in the distance, and as I drove closer a thunderstorm came over the top.
It was the most awesome natural experience and more than made up for all the mundane miles.
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Post by creativeminded on Nov 16, 2004 9:27:36 GMT -5
John you forgot to mention one of the most important reasons why most of western KS doesn't have trees and it has nothing to do with clearing for farming and that is Mother Natures Tornado Dance Recitals.....LOL....LOL....
Tami
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Post by connrock on Nov 16, 2004 20:16:37 GMT -5
Holy Moly John that's what I call flat!! Here in CT it's hard to find a spot flat enough to play baseball on !! LOL Thanks,,, Tom  |
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Post by docone31 on Nov 16, 2004 21:36:53 GMT -5
Wow John, that is some great photography. I am a sailplane pilot. I see land like that and I see staying up all day! I grew up in CT., and lived for a long time in Alaska. When I lived in the Floriduh Keys, we only had one road going north and south. Hurricane George severly weakened the 7 Mile bridge. We were almost water locked. At least where you are, when the big one hits you can drive over the land.
Any where near Ft. Scott? I was there for a while long ago. At 9:00pm., the town rolls up the sidewalk, the lights go out and everybody goes home. Purty country though.
I would think, there, people would build down rather than up. The ground provides heat, and cooling, when the circular storms come there is little to blow away.
How deep is the well water?
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agatenut
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Post by agatenut on Nov 17, 2004 6:46:28 GMT -5
WOW! That's really flat country with awesome skies! Looks like some parts here in south texas. How far is it to the nearest rock hunting areas? Down here I'm about 40 minutes away.
ralph
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aquababie19
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Post by aquababie19 on Nov 17, 2004 10:27:59 GMT -5
lots of open space. i guess the midwest is really flat!
~aqua
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Post by BearCreekLapidary on Nov 17, 2004 16:07:27 GMT -5
Hello,
Doc - 274 feet deep with a 35 foot water table.
Agatenut - I have a sand and gravel screening plant about 12 miles away ... though it does not offer much in the way of useable material. Other than that ... between 125 and 200 miles away!
John
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