I'm taking an Easter weekend trip to the panhandle, meandering my way out to the Oglala National Grassland and back. Today was spent on I-80, wasting little time at 80 miles an hour through the Platte River valley to Ogallala. There was a blizzard out here just two days ago - yet only a few small piles of snow remain.
Northeast Colorado and US-385 to Chadron tomorrow.
Keystone, Nebraska
Ogallala, Nebraska
I spent an unseasonably warm February weekend exploring north-central Kansas and a few new places in Nebraska. It was a near-perfect two days of wandering, minus an obnoxiously persistent and forceful wind that followed me through Kansas' flint hills. Every time I got back in the car, I'd find myself chewing on wind-blown sand. In Ellsworth, I stood on main street next to a hand-painted sign for a western shop as a large tumbleweed rolled past at full speed.
So it goes in the mythic west.
Next up, I'll be returning to the panhandle and the Oglala National Grasslands in a few weeks' time to finish work on a project I started a few years back. I'm looking forward to getting out to Wyoming again.
near Marysville, Kansas
Haddam, Kansas
Salina, Kansas
Ellsworth, Kansas
Riverton, Nebraska
Post title: Frank Turner - The Road
My first explorations of the new year - 30 days in. A short trip along Nebraska Highway 66 to Central City. It feels so very good to stretch your legs after living through the depths of winter (for now).
Three photographs from two days spent exploring southeast South Dakota in mid-November..