Spring the middle of the country is sure different than Spring in Southern California, where I grew up. The grass, the corn fields, the bird song, and especially the big trees have captivated me the last month or so. What were bare branches a few months ago, I have watched sprout tiny green buds that…
Month: May 2017
Weekly Update: May 17, 2017
tl;dr: Left Colorado, got windshield damaged and replaced, loved Nebraska campgrounds, currently trying to avoid tornados in Kansas. Longer version… Last Wednesday seemed great driving, all “blue highways” from Fort Collins into western Nebraska, ending at Lake Minatare State Park. Beautiful park, with a ton of waterfront electric sites, lots of trees, and a big lake. It…
Scotts Bluff National Monument
Time to feature a National Monument since so many of them are under fire right now. These places are our shared history as a people, and we come to them to learn and to appreciate the courage and struggle that most of them represent. Scotts Bluff (named for Hiram Scott, who died here after being…
Sunday Serenity: Small Things
Spring, the season when everything feels new. Signs of growth are everywhere if you stop to look for them, like these tiny buds on pine trees in Colorado. Each cone in a pine tree can be male or female, and at this point they don’t even look like the pine cones most of us know. They…
Carhenge
There’s something oddly mesmerizing about seeing a pile of old cars painted grey and carefully arranged into a faithful reproduction of Stonehenge. That a family did it to honor their patriarch makes it even better. I’m pretty sure my family owned more than a few of these car models back in the day. I’m also sure…