I’ve always thought El Dorado was a nice area. That seems to somewhat fit your geographic parameters
Yeah, I like El Dorado, too. He's have a straight shot on I-35 down to Wellington, East from there over to Ark City, sorta cross country, El Dorado to Newton. I-35 moves pretty well thru Wichita, depending on when.
54 East to West, not my idea of a good connection, but he shouldn't have to do that.
I visited a ranching friend at Beaumont, his wife drove up to El Dorado to work. Lot of open country out there. Not sure about what's available. My bud's ranch is 7,000 acres and they only do background grazing during the season, shut it down the rest of the year.
Not a bad suggestion.
DF
Out of curiosity, checked on travel time from El Dorado to the three locations.
45 min, 196 to 135 to Newton.
1 hr, down I-35 to Wellington.
1 hr, 11 min, 400 to 77, down to Ark City.