During the late evening of December 4, and early morning of Dec 5, 1999, Wabaunsee County, KS,
West of Topeka,  experienced rain, lightning, thunder and what the weather bureau termed
"snow showers".  The first two photos from the left was the beginning of an limited maintenance roadway
that was covered with well over twelve inches of snow and deeper in drifts.   Unfortunately beneath the
snow was water-saturated ground,  and our Jeep sunk fast a half mile up the road, limiting our picture
excursion in areas of the Flint Hills that we had covered last Spring and Summer.

It has been several years past, that this area of the Flint Hills has been covered with this much snow.
Beautiful and still rich in color, even though the butterflies, sunflowers and other flora and fauna
are non-existent this time of the year.