I’ve visited the Flint Hills of Kansas a few times now, inspired first by the sprawling detail of PrairyErth by William Least Heat-Moon and more recently by the thoughtful photography of Philip Heying. This was the first trip where I really spent time focusing the landscape, rather than the settlements. The Hills are remarkably green in late Spring, dotted with bands and fields of rocks, and they are far more lush than Nebraska’s Sandhills that I have oft-explored.

The weather didn’t always cooperate, but it still was an inspiring and productive trip.