Mother Nature Gives a Sign
Imagine you’re part of a wagon train during the great westward migration. For days on end you’ve seen nothing but flat grassland prairie. You’re only marker on the trail is the rising and setting sun, and the North Star. You wonder if you’re even making any progress, of if you’ll even [...]
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Chimney Rock National Historic Site, near Bayard, Nebraska
Posted in Nebraska, tagged Chimney Rock, history, National Parks, Native Americans, nature, Nebraska, plains, travel on July 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Harrison, Nebraska
Posted in Nebraska, tagged Agate, fossils, Great Plains, history, National Parks, Native Americans, Nebraska, travel on December 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Peace and Unquiet
I find something magical in the Great Plains. I know, it’s just this big expanse of nuttin’, but I love the big, wide-open spaces. To stand in a spot where you can’t see anything, for miles and miles, feels so mentally and spiritually cleansing. It’s all about space, just experiencing the vastness of [...]
