Shellback Loc: North of Cheyenne Bottoms Wetlands - Kansas

Kansas is not all flat and ugly

Sites of interest offer landscape - wildlife - architect and other variety...

MONUMENT ROCKS and CASTLE ROCK: These ancient chalk beds have produced scientifically significant fossils and have been highly eroded into unusual spires and shapes, making them spectacular landmarks on the plains of western Kansas.
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Mushroom Rock State Park has sandstone rocks resembling giant mushrooms -

Cheyenne Bottoms is a 41,000-acre wetland complex in central Kansas and one of the top staging areas (the places migrating birds stop to feed and rest) for shorebirds and waterfowl in the United States. These wetlands host tens of thousands of shorebirds and up to 1/4 million waterfowl each year during their migrations.
Cheyenne Bottoms and the nearby Quivira National Wildlife Refuge are critical habitat for whooping cranes, which visit for a few weeks in March or April and again in October or November.

The "Cathedral of the Plains" is Saint Fidelis Catholic Church in Victoria, Kansas. It has seating for 1,100 people, which, at the time of it's dedication in 1911, made it the largest church west of the Mississippi River. The church is 220 feet long, 110 feet wide at the transepts and 75 feet at the nave. Its ceiling is 44 feet above the ground and the towers are 141 feet tall.

BIG WELL: The construction of the 1887 well was an engineering marvel in its day and it is the world’s largest hand-dug well.
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EISENHOWER PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY & MUSEUM: Dwight D. Eisenhower was the only president who also had been a five-star general thus making this display of his remarkable lifetime achievements significant.
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KANSAS COSMOSPHERE & SPACE CENTER: The Cosmosphere has one of the most significant collections of U.S. and Russian space artifacts in the world.
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KANSAS UNDERGROUND SALT MUSEUM: The only underground salt museum in a working mine in the western hemisphere showcases our natural treasure, salt, 650 feet below the earth’s surface.
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TALLGRASS PRAIRIE NATIONAL PRESERVE: The preserve represents the last significant example of the tallgrass prairie in North America.

JFCoupe Loc: Kent, Washington

We have used a map book with mile post notations along a given route. This could give you some key information along a variety of routes.

DLewis Loc: Aurora, CO

Thank you all so much for contributing all of this fantastic information. I'll take full advantage of your expertise and experiences. Kari and I are so looking forward to this trip.

Dennis

DLewis Loc: Aurora, CO

Thank you JAYMATT. I've been through the area a few times on motorcycle trips years ago. Beautimous!!

DLewis Loc: Aurora, CO

Thank you. This is perfect.

DLewis Loc: Aurora, CO

Very much looking forward to a visit here. Thank you.

DLewis Loc: Aurora, CO

WOW!! Thank you Shellback.

dsnoke Loc: North Georgia, USA

Also consider Providence Canyon State Park south of Columbus, GA and maybe Sloss Furnaces National Historic Site on the east side of Birmingham, AL., and the Andersonville National Historic Site, which was a famous prison during the Civil War. If you're going in April, the Shirley Miller Wildflower Trail (further north but worth the trip) would be a great photographic venture.

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

I agree. Was there in 2008. Photos https://www.flickr.com/photos/8712554@N02/sets/72157617484646628/.

Dalbon

If you're traveling all that way then you should also make time to visit the Charleston, SC area. It's an old beautiful city sitting right on the Atlantic coast with so many attractions and a great old market place. Of course there are also several old plantations in the area that are very worthwhile. I saw a list last year of the 25 best restaurants in America and 5 of those were located in Charleston. It's worth your time.
Enjoy your journey, David

DonB Loc: Port Royal , Tn

Last time we were at Blanchard Springs Caverns, pre Covid, they offered a photography tour that went into parts of the cave that was not on the regular tour. Might check on it.

Shellback Loc: North of Cheyenne Bottoms Wetlands - Kansas

You’re welcome
Have a safe trip and post a lot of pictures 👍

bobitt12 Loc: Mississippi, North Carolina, Alabama

You might want to take a look at the https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/ website, for the states you will be going through. Lots of good info.

larryepage Loc: North Texas area

I don't know if you have been paying attention to the weather in our part of the world, but this is setting up to be a pretty active year for spring storms in the southeastern US, and extending as far as to us in Texas. It's actually started already. Be sure to bring some extra patience and alternate plans. There are likely to be some days that outside just doesn't work, at least for part of the day. Farther east and farther south tends to be worse. Once you get to Florida, take some time to see what's going on and what the trends are.

Guyserman Loc: Benton, AR

Wow! Your collection is better than mine and I only live 20 miles away. The next pretty day, I'm going back.