I have flown over that area numerous times. Pretty daunting for my style of navigation -
no electronics in the old days, just dead reckoning, hold a heading until you get there.
No roads, no buildings and darned little to show up on an aviation chart to use as a
reference to check wind drift. Gotta be peaceful down there. You can see a lot of this
country from a light plane at 100 mph. Crossed it many times at various latitudes in
Cessnas and my Long EZ. Nebraska was daunting before the LORAN nav gap was filled,
but GPS makes it easy. Visual nav by landmarks. . . . . . . Not so easy. Green or brown,
depending on the season, like an ocean but occasional county road, farm building, etc.
Occasionally you see a L-shaped line of trees, as you come up you can see the classic windbreak
planted with shrubs, then medium sized trees, taller trees, etc. in an L shape, blocking wind
from the west and north. Open to the south and east for sun. Usually a single old frame
house, nestled in the corner of the L, 2 or 3 stories. . . . . . . and sadly, most are abandoned without glass
in the windows, and traces of white paint left, out buildings tumbling down. I always thought that
this was sad. For a time, somebody made a good living and worked the land, working hard on that place
for at least 1 or 2 generations, but somehow it went wrong.
Nice country if you want solitude, hunting and shooting, etc.