Yesterday’s photo was from a shrine, and so is this one, though it presents in a different fashion than a church-on-a-hill does.

These rocks – made up of fossil-rich Niobrara chalk – rise from the Kansas plains in a way that seems unreal, yet also inevitable. No one goes there unless they mean to: it’s a long-ish drive on unpaved roads (which are unpassable if it’s rained), but of course that’s part my attraction to going there.

But, as luck with stuff like this goes, a van-load of noisy people drove up, parked exactly between me and my camera, and blocked* my view. Ack. So rude. I was about done anyway but still: a little awareness of surroundings and a dab of respect means something.

Monument Rocks Natural Landmark
Oakley, Kansas
photographed 9.5.24

*Another word to use would be “ruined.”