Kansas in September

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I was in Kansas to visit my aunt who grew up in the small farming town of Troy. The harvest was in full swing with only stubble left in many of the corn fields. These photos were taken in Belmont, a once thriving town
that has dwindled down to a few farms and a cemetery... which was behind me when I took these sunflower photos.

This sliver along the horizon was the only sun I saw in 4 days.

Not all of Kansas is covered in corn and soybeans. In Wathena, where my grandmother grew up, I found a road that paralleled the Missouri River and this first sign of autumn.

There's no place like home, but my next destination was
Virginia to see my brother and nieces.