A night time burn is something to see. Off in the distance, you can see a huge fire on another ranch.
The Cowboy Way Ranch and Vacation crew start a fire right in front of our cameras.
The fire spreads fast.
The fire crackles and pops as the field is consumed.
Tall dry grass on hundreds of acres is a lot of fuel for the fire to feed on.
Thanks to The Cowboy Way Ranch and Vacation, at Westmoreland, Kansas, this has been an experience I’ll never forget for as long as I live.
When the fires were over we all returned to the campground for some Cowboy Coffee and cookies. We all sat around the campfire as stories were shared. I so enjoyed my visit with these folks. They had made Anna and I feel so comfortable and as if we were part of the family.
Hmmm… I think in the future they are going to do some cattle wrangling, trail rides, and a host of other cowboy type of things. I’ll keep my eyes and ears peeled to the happenings at The Cowboy Way Ranch and Vacation.
I want to thank all you readers out there whom have followed this Kansas Burn series with us. It has been an exciting ride for us and we hope it has been for you as well.
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Preston Surface
4 Comments
the moon and smoke picture is amazing!! they’re all great but that one is astounding!
All great photos and one can feel the experience through your photographs.
Great work.
I have been following all of your photos of the burns. They are really great and show, close-up, how it is done. I have lived in those hills and witnessed these fires every spring. The artist, Copp, made paintings of some of these hills with fires, but your photos really show how they burn and how they are started. Thanks.
Beautiful. I’m reading a book “The $64 Apple”. The man tried to create his own meadow and was contemplating a spring burn until he saw what was to be a controlled burn go wild.
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