A large brown signed welcome us as we entered the
Tall Grass Prairie Preserve in Oklahoma
On each side of the gravel road, prairie grass and wild flowers
were robed in a vast array of brilliant colors that no artist could duplicate
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In the distance the road kissed the crystal blue sky
laced with ribbons of white clouds
The wind carried the sweet fragrance of fresh flowers
A herd of buffaloes, large shaggy bison, grazed contentedly
completely ignoring us
My mind traveled back in time to when they were free to
roam over this vast country
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We heard the call of the whippoorwill as we said good-bye
to the huge mammals
and spied a whitetail deer nibbling tender shoots of green grass
We were greeted by a scissor-tail flycatcher on a tree branch
Then saw what looked like a sandpiper perched on a fence post
The sun grew warm
There was a great eagle flying high the sky
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America is a wonderful place to see and to live
Here in the heartland
we were witnesses to see some of God's greatest creations
The tall grass waved good-bye to us as the sun
in golden splendor set in the west