Driving Through the Beautiful Flint Hills of Kansas
A tree grows on a rocky hill.
There is a tree on top of a lonely hill on the side of the highway in the middle of the Flint Hills in Kansas.
Actually, there are a handful of trees in the area. Even those not familiar with Kansas probably know that the landscape is mostly wide open, somewhat flat, and certainly not heavily forested.
But this particular tree has always been special to me.
The Flint Hills of central Kansas are mostly devoid of trees, even by Kansas standards. The area is covered in grassland and largely used to raise cattle because it is too hilly and rocky to grow crops as efficiently as the wheat fields of western Kansas. To me, the Flint Hills are beautiful to behold.
So, why is this tree significant to me?
The tree is not especially large or old or majestic. I have never touched the tree or sat under its branches.
To be honest, I am not even sure what kind of tree it is. I have never been close enough to it to determine that.
