Return to Kansas

This was my third trip to Kansas in the past twelve months. In August it was so hot and humid I hardly ventured outside. Six weeks later and everything had changed. The corn was dry and ready to harvest, and the air was cool. On my previous trip, my camera gear was so heavy and cumbersome that I decided to travel light this time. I took a Panasonic compact camera. That was it: no extra lenses or filters, or tripod. This meant no serious photography, but overall I was pleased with the pictures. Click on any photo to see a larger image. Kansas is the "Sunflower State." They grow wild along the edges of corn fields and are considered weeds by the farmers. Catching the butterflies was a serendipitous addition to this photo.

The Amelia Earhart Bridge which spans
the Missouri River in Atchison.

I was in Kansas to spend time with my aunt, and this time I was not alone. My sister Judy and I spent the week together, taking my aunt out to lunch, and hanging out in Troy, the small farming town in which my father and aunt grew up. We experienced an amazing electrical storm that put on a brilliant and scary light show. There was so much lightening it seemed like we were surrounded by strobe lights. The thunder was constant. When a power pole down the road was hit, spewed green sparks, and knocked out the power, we ran inside. No photos of this storm. This is Judy in my aunt's new apartment.

Aunt Whee's cat, Trudy

This link will take you to photos from my previous Kansas trip:
http://visual-journey.blogspot.com/2010/08/theres-no-place-like-home.html