[pct-l] A rare moment in Kansas

[jmertes at verizon.net (John Mertes)]

I was born and raised in small-town (<1,000 pop.) and settled in Calif. 
35 years ago after college and navy. I still go back to visit my parents.

The prairies, plains, etcetera have their beauty. Many people, even 
residents, don't appreciate that beauty. Too often beautiful landscape 
is defined as mountains or seashores. But as I've been away, I now more 
appreciate the beauty of the vast spaces between the Rockies and the 
Applachians. When I was young and live in the SF area, it seemed to me 
that more people there had been to Europe than to the mid country. pity.

John