Friday, February 15, 2019

The Eight Natural Wonders of the Red Hills


     Over the past few years, I've presented what I feel are the best 8 Natural Wonders of the Red Hills in separate installments. I brought them all together in this one post with respective links (see picture captions) to each posting. 

     Perhaps you've heard of the 8 Wonders of Kansas at https://www.kansassampler.org/8wonders/? Any self-respecting Kansan should be aware of and have been to this wonderful site developed by the Kansas Sampler Foundation and a whole bunch of fine folks led by Marci Penner. There are other 8 wonder sub-categories including such subjects as Architecture, Art, Cuisine, History and others. I'm expanding on this theme by presenting my own selections for the special place in Kansas I call the Kansas Outback. The Red Hills represents the proverbial counter to the claim of a flat Kansas. While all of Kansas offers so many interesting features in so many categories, the Red Hills is a particular land of enchantment and treasure trove of natural surprises. Recognizing there are certainly more great wonders in this Kansas Outback, here are my selections of the best 8 Natural Wonders of the Red Hills in no particular order of rank. 

[To navigate to each respective post, place the caption's url link in your browser bar and search or block out the caption and then right click. Tap the "go to..." and it will take you there.]

Landscape

                                                                  https://tinyurl.com/RedHillsLandscape
Wildlife
https://tinyurl.com/RedHillsWildlife
Streams 
https://tinyurl.com/RedHillsStreams  
Caves
https://tinyurl.com/RedHillsCaves

Wildflowers
https://tinyurl.com/RedHillsWildflowers
Big Basin Preserve and St. Jacob's Well
https://tinyurl.com/St-Jacob-sWell

 Grasslands
https://tinyurl.com/RedHillsGrasslands
 Fossils
https://tinyurl.com/RedHillsFossils

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."  Henry David Thoreau






3 comments:

  1. Marci here. Ken, this is so awesome. Love how you divvied up the Red Hills into 8 categories! The focus really does help you see the Red Hills even better. Great job!

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  2. Thanks Marci! You started it all! :-)

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  3. 7 Natural Wonders of The World (CNN) Aurora Borealis. Harbor of Rio de Janeiro. Grand Canyon. Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Mount Everest. Paricutin. Victoria Falls.

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