https://www.lewisableidinger.com/great-plains-rambling daily 0.75 2025-07-03 https://www.lewisableidinger.com/great-plains-rambling/a-tri-x-experiment monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/276633cf-30ca-4c88-81ce-e57a073575b6/rodeo_strasburg_nd_6_29_25_12+3.35.16%E2%80%AFPM.jpg Great Plains Rambling - A Tri-X Experiment - Make it stand out Rodeo, Strasburg, ND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/dcd648b1-4b5a-4249-9b66-ed7796c01bd6/gas_pumps_kensal_nd_june_2025.jpg Great Plains Rambling - A Tri-X Experiment - Make it stand out Kensal, ND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/5f6d3b67-ec6f-4b7d-ab58-c3465758def3/lightning_w_of_anamoose_nd_6_27_25.jpg Great Plains Rambling - A Tri-X Experiment - Make it stand out West of Aanamoose, ND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/7b13b8e9-ba8f-41ab-9251-c7be612b710a/rodeo_strasburg_nd_6_29_25_2.jpg Great Plains Rambling - A Tri-X Experiment - Make it stand out Rodeo, Strasburg, ND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/862af7d8-4791-4067-92b5-7528f1653f31/main-street-the-lost-dream-of-route-66-edward-keating-exibart-street-photography-15.jpeg Great Plains Rambling - A Tri-X Experiment - Edward Keating Edward Keating - “Amarillo, TX (Working Girl in the Cattleman Cafe)” 2000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1d7e16bf-b7bd-4c03-889c-fb8e7e7cd869/rodeo_strasburg_nd_6_29_25_7+3.35.15%E2%80%AFPM.jpg Great Plains Rambling - A Tri-X Experiment - Make it stand out Rodeo, Strasburg, ND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/fa93af94-590d-4db8-b1da-65d168a5ef35/carrington_nd_june_25_005.jpg Great Plains Rambling - A Tri-X Experiment - Make it stand out Carrington, ND https://www.lewisableidinger.com/great-plains-rambling/favorite-fifteen-of-2024 monthly 0.5 2025-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/ea32a6e3-40af-4a2d-9881-25549bbdeb5e/herman_kulla_100_years_old_oldest_resident_of_kensal_nd_5_27_24_003.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Favorite Fifteen of 2024 Herman Kulla, the oldest resident of my hometown of Kensal, ND. Herman is now 100 years of age but you wouldn’t guess it based on how active he remains. Herman is a marine veteran of World War II and ran a bar in Kensal for over 40 years. I was able to photograph him during the annual Memorial Day ceremony the American Legion puts on in Kensal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/9e9e30ed-5fae-4565-9c89-86ad7221732b/angelo_petrillo_martinsdale_mt_10_11_2024_003.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Favorite Fifteen of 2024 Angelo, Martinsdale, MT. As part of this Great Plains trip I spent a night at a very rustic and vintage wood hotel in Martinsdale. Angelo, his friend Jaiden (who runs Veca Vision Media in Bozeman if you need video production work in that area), and Angelo’s dad were staying there for the opening of antelope season the next morning. I spoke with them for several hours out on Main Street, we only had to move for a car once after the bar across the street closed for the night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/09563f00-31c0-43dd-8cbb-4576e532441e/clayton_getting_haircut_in_backyard_lindsborg_ks_april_24_002.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Favorite Fifteen of 2024 - Clayton getting a backyard hair cut in Lindsborg, Kansas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/914ba3df-7535-49ee-b412-62f57ee32197/st_joe_nd_4_22_24_030.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Favorite Fifteen of 2024 - Make it stand out St. Joe, ND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/66a1ea68-837a-4f49-9295-841959797ff4/up_big_boy_event_hays_ks_10_19_24_012.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Favorite Fifteen of 2024 A somewhat bored spectator to the Union Pacific Big Boy steam engine stop in Hays, Kansas. Her shirt does sort of sum up what a lot of us photographers do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/30cbebba-6864-4234-aa2d-e838bfdae1c2/kief_nd_11_12_24_010.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Favorite Fifteen of 2024 A moonrise near Kief, ND. I had actually stopped to photograph a scene looking to the left and when I turned around this is what I saw. It far surpasses what I had originally photographed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/603fe3d0-99ca-4c15-9f9a-a8116c85c3da/bethel_lutheran_church_n_of_manfred_nd_8_28_24_003.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Favorite Fifteen of 2024 Bethel Lutheran Church near Heimdal, ND. You could say this picture was inspired by Todd Hido’s work, maybe stolen from Todd Hido would be a better description! This was one of those insane summer storms that pass through the plains that create intense, otherworldly colors and amazing clouds. No this image is not straight out of camera, but what it looked like in reality was very close to how I processed the image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/8c64a613-d61a-4856-8a0f-cfb090674b62/leaning_house_s_of_denhoff_nd_12_20_24_002.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Favorite Fifteen of 2024 - Make it stand out The “leaning house” near Denhoff, ND. I had previously photographed this house in much more pleasant weather and made a mental note to return when there was snow on the ground. This was even better, snow on the ground and falling from the sky. Even though ND is thought of as having very few trees there were actually quite a few planted as part of the shelter belt movement following the “dirty thirties” to cut down on soil erosion. It’s actually quite uncommon to find a house like this surrounded by empty plains as most farmsteads had trees planted all around them, so between the emptiness and the leaning this house is pretty special (not to mention the derelict windmill). Thanks for following along! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/2558fabc-257b-40b3-9c53-f5690acca6a2/ranch_rodeo_at_oliver_county_fair_center_nd_8_10_24_084.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Favorite Fifteen of 2024 - Make it stand out Bronc riding at the Ranch Rodeo at the Oliver County Fair in Center, ND. This was an outtake from an article I photographed for Bloomberg Businessweek about a plan to store carbon underground in western North Dakota. The article was written by Adam Willis and gives a nuanced look at what is actually a pretty complex subject. One of the companies involved, Summit Carbon Solutions, is a sponsor of the Oliver County Fair, which is why I was there to photograph it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/223a4aac-ed0f-4374-acf6-a900de88f3f0/vern_johnson_fishing_on_lake_josephine_n_of_tuttle_nd_7_16_24_003.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Favorite Fifteen of 2024 - Make it stand out Vern fishing north of Tuttle, ND. On a whim I drove out to this lake on the off chance I might find someone to photograph. Usually it doesn’t work out but on this day it did as Vern was there fishing. He was really happy to have a conversation and didn’t even mind if I took his photo. It turns out Vern is a bit of a local legend in the area, most everyone knows him, and he spends a lot of time working with young people either teaching them about fishing or teaching his trade, welding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/4ac95ce9-6ecb-4460-9b95-6f8f9fdb3ed1/joel_jensen_russell_springs_ks_april_24_004.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Favorite Fifteen of 2024 - Make it stand out My friend and co-author Joel Jensen at Russell Springs, Kansas. We were doing research for a follow-up article about railroads in Kansas to the one published early this year in the National Railway Historical Society’s magazine The Bulletin. At This was the location of the depot at Russell Springs that served the Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma Railroad, which only existed from 1911 to 1918. Part of the foundation can be seen at the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/23b98fb4-dc1b-4f3e-bf46-9def74b250c9/carol_in_flint_hills_near_teterville_e_of_cassoday_ks_april_24_002.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Favorite Fifteen of 2024 - Make it stand out Carol taking in the view of the Flint Hills from the old townsite of Teterville, KS (near Cassoday). I ran into Carol and her daughter at a roadside information kiosk east of Cassoday, they were looking for some interesting places to take photos at sunset, so I guided them to a few locations I had scouted on a previous day. Carol was nice enough to let me take her photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/56fcd346-f88f-4b27-8868-9f7bae4a5946/collin_mertz_on_farm_n_of_hurdsfield_nd_6_25_24_106.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Favorite Fifteen of 2024 Collin Mertz cleaning out a grain bin on his family farm near Hurdsfield, ND. This was an outtake from an article I photographed for the Wall Street Journal about the widening political gap between young men and young women. This was a nice assignment to get as I only had to travel 18 miles from home rather than what’s usually over 100. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/e642bd04-ce81-4b55-9479-2b817a31823d/sherry_furcht_owner_plaza_drug_bismarck_nd_10_8_24_027.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Favorite Fifteen of 2024 Sherry Furcht, who had to close her pharmacy in Bismarck, ND, in 2022, due in part to pressure from pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs. I photographed Sherry as part of an article in the New York Times about how PBMs are driving independent pharmacies out of business and creating “pharmacy deserts.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/6d7a535d-1462-4d2a-a800-3f6dedf87880/emma_lost_springs_wy_10_13_24.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Favorite Fifteen of 2024 - Make it stand out Emma and the town cat, Lost Springs, Wyoming. This photo was made on part of a two week trip through the Great Plains (Great Plains Rambling….get it?). Lost Springs is a pretty neat town. Unfortunately the bar had closed since the last time I was there but a little antique store is still going. By chance it was open because the owner of the store and Emma’s family are related. In fact the entire citizenry of the town was present in the store, all three of them. With myself and Emma’s family we actually outnumbered the people of Lost Springs! I tried to convince the three citizens of town to gather for a picture but could only wrangle 2/3 of them. That picture wasn’t as interesting as I had hoped for but immediately after the group dispersed this cat wandered in and Emma lingered behind to pet the cat, resulting in this picture. Some of the best photojournalists advise the best photos are before and after an event, it pays to come early and stay late. This was completely true in this instance, if I had just taken the group photo and then gave up I would’ve missed this scene. https://www.lewisableidinger.com/great-plains-rambling/memorial-day-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/42e7ee70-4c18-4a79-a5ea-c61bceb55e48/memorial_day_services_kensal_nd_american_legion_post_103_5_27_24_019.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Memorial Day 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1717092137602-9LTX7XTF68HIDD0SDEHN/memorial_day_services_kensal_nd_american_legion_post_103_5_27_24_024.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Memorial Day 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1717092138127-RUQ05X1GH0SRTTLARW0R/memorial_day_services_kensal_nd_american_legion_post_103_5_27_24_037.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Memorial Day 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1717092140905-J7S5O987XQR48SXCRGX0/memorial_day_services_kensal_nd_american_legion_post_103_5_27_24_044.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Memorial Day 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1717092140780-J80IOAU3Q93Q4KL56WN4/memorial_day_services_kensal_nd_american_legion_post_103_5_27_24_040.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Memorial Day 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1717092136803-038C5L6XCXA82A0AZV90/memorial_day_lunch_kensal_nd_5_27_24_009.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Memorial Day 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1717092133224-FBLLVXV1APELC8MPDD5X/american_legion_john_florhaug_post_103_memorial_day_kensal_nd_5_27_24_001.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Memorial Day 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1717092133633-ZSSJOD2O1ARFC0GVFD5B/bill_lipetzky_american_legion_john_florhaug_post_103_memorial_day_kensal_nd_5_27_24_008.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Memorial Day 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1717092136421-EXMOJXB4T9C790VP4EOU/l_r_brent_nogosek_jim_bredahl_matt_florhaug_american_legion_john_florhaug_post_103_memorial_day_kensal_nd_5_27_24_004.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Memorial Day 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1717092134332-JG34IUYFKE0WZ1YBRZT1/jim_bredahl_american_legion_john_florhaug_post_103_memorial_day_kensal_nd_5_27_24_004.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Memorial Day 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1717092135636-1DY3Z1RC37U5MWCGYQRC/kensal_nd_5_27_24_001.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Memorial Day 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/6a49f6a1-26b7-4a77-91f6-de9bd3304b49/herman_kulla_100_years_old_oldest_resident_of_kensal_nd_5_27_24_003.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Memorial Day 2024 Herman Kulla is the oldest resident of Kensal at 100 years of age, but he seems much younger than that. Herman served in the Marines during WWII in Guam and Iwo Jima. In 1957 he purchased a bar in Kensal and ran it with his late wife Jean for the next 45 years. He was honored at this year’s program for being a member of the American Legion for 80 years. A great guy that we hope will be around for many years to come! https://www.lewisableidinger.com/great-plains-rambling/kansas monthly 0.5 2024-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/f49d8b28-7200-430d-8bd7-d2fb69f6a093/afternoon_storm_nw_of_lindsborg_ks_april_24_011+copy.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Kansas - Make it stand out Isolated storm near Lindsborg, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1715206643783-CBM7BQ2ZMN9HITBWOC0Z/carol_in_flint_hills_near_teterville_e_of_cassoday_ks_april_24_024+copy.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Kansas - Carol near Teterville, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1715206649709-5LJBVVAJEQWR08A9R09A/joel_jensen_russell_springs_ks_april_24_004+copy.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Kansas - Russell Springs, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1715206647327-96BLTOGNGWKT4WCUDJAF/grain_elevators_bird_city_ks_april_24_026+copy.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Kansas - Bird City, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1715206650464-U655B76HJDEO7RUB4C42/mike_mickey_rooney_bird_city_ks_april_24_002+copy.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Kansas - Mickey Rooney, Bird City, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1715206644344-O0Q6FYB50DEWBUGKDBE0/clayton_getting_haircut_in_backyard_lindsborg_ks_april_24_002+copy+2.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Kansas - Backyard Haircut, Lindsborg, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1715206645305-UMZIMIBM6N0P8N5QKNXA/closed_school_russell_springs_ks_april_24_005+copy.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Kansas - Russell Springs, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1715206653550-9JR5OJAWL00C6LT1PYIX/wpa_built_school_codell_ks_april_24_004+copy.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Kansas - Codell, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1715206651218-LKNYWZYVD87PJEKXASRE/oscar_in_lucas_ks_april_24_002+copy+2.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Kansas - Oscar, Lucas, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1715206652178-5J4O71BOCU7BBC6ZHLK7/sharon_springs_ks_april_24_002+copy.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Kansas - Sharon Springs, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1715206648551-AG9GMH2CDAH88I8B7XPO/jimmy_waterville_ks_april_24_002+copy.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Kansas - Jimmy, Waterville, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1715206647855-CVPO7F13PA89PTTXZ09U/heather_bigwood_curator_natl_orphan_train_complex_portryaing_cas_agent_anna_laura_hill_concordia_ks_april_24_008+copy.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Kansas - Heather Bigwood, Curator of the National Orphan Train Complex, Concordia, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1715206646387-3PYJODWORGB8OK127H90/earlice_switzer_rupp_fourth_gen_descendant_of_nicodemus_ks_author_of_a_kansas_sunrise_april_24_006+copy.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Kansas - Earlice, 4th-Generation Descendant of Nicodemus, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1715206645844-3HLP8CVPMK82BT7HFBKX/dirk_nw_of_lindsborg_ks_april_24_002+copy.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Kansas - Dirk, near Lindsborg, KS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1715206652732-WDAI82C3EXV4P7MXAO4B/waterville_ks_april_24_006+copy.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Kansas - Waterville, KS https://www.lewisableidinger.com/great-plains-rambling/my-top-10-from-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/4adbaace-236e-474a-b38f-31d843714c9e/s_of_ruso_nd_2_23_7.jpg Great Plains Rambling - My Top 10 from 2023 - Make it stand out A frosty road in McClean County, ND, in February. My friend Joshua was visiting ND for the first time and we happened upon this scene while traveling to the western part of the state. This photo was selected as part of Dodho Magazine’s Monochromatic 2023 book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/ed54fc63-555c-40f4-bb84-0d56315698f4/floyd_baber_atchison_ks_4_23_24.jpg Great Plains Rambling - My Top 10 from 2023 - Make it stand out Floyd lighting his corncob pipe in Atchison, KS, in April. Floyd came down to a park along the Missouri River each morning to feed “his” cats, some strays that hang around the park. He cuts up cigars to use for pipe tobacco and then watches barges go by or visits with people in the park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/ad445dbe-5534-43df-8260-0c5469218291/dairy_queen_in_north_grand_forks_nd_6_23_003.jpg Great Plains Rambling - My Top 10 from 2023 - Make it stand out Dairy Queen in Grand Forks, ND, in June. This was an outtake from an assignment I photographed for the German magazine Capital about the Fufeng corn mill in Grand Forks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/dcfca76d-8b73-4d0c-acdc-fe0ed6979dd2/mid_dakota_softball_league_game_woodworth_vs_pingree_at_woodworth_nd_7_18_23_38.jpg Great Plains Rambling - My Top 10 from 2023 - Make it stand out A Mid-Dakota League softball game in Woodworth, ND. I didn’t even know this league existed, I just happened to come across this game driving through Woodworth on my way to somewhere else. Woodworth has a population of only 44 but still manages to field and host its own softball team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/702e4679-4a53-4bfa-9d5a-722bfd9c224d/dana_johnson_robson_honey_near_carrington_nd_9_11_23_016.jpg Great Plains Rambling - My Top 10 from 2023 - Make it stand out Dana and his brother Ethan, both of Robson Honey, pull honey from bee hives near Carrington, ND, in September. North Dakota is the top honey producing state in the nation and I photographed a few different apiaries this fall for a project looking at honey production in North Dakota. Right now these bees should be enjoying warm weather somewhere in Texas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/e9e48f18-b581-4d47-ae2b-252599f4e00d/_ABL0385.jpg Great Plains Rambling - My Top 10 from 2023 - Make it stand out Stevie at Urban Stampede Coffee in Grand Forks, ND. The afternoon February light was coming through the windows perfectly and I needed coffee to warm up since it was well below zero outside. This photo is an outtake from an assignment I photographed for the Wall Street Journal about the proposed (and since halted) Fufeng corn mill in Grand Forks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/294ecc63-5954-4750-928e-1bc3f3a647ae/hesper_nd_7_5_23_24.jpg Great Plains Rambling - My Top 10 from 2023 - Make it stand out A barn swallow in an abandoned house in Benson County, ND, in May. I was pretty lucky to capture the bird’s wings extended like this at just the right moment. Since I was using a flash there was only one shot to get it. The bird escaped the house right after this photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/c87eed17-af79-4fd3-a49f-00b5aa3a941a/okaton_sd_oct_23_014.jpg Great Plains Rambling - My Top 10 from 2023 - Make it stand out The remains of a grain elevator as seen through an International Scout at Okaton, SD, in October. This was the first day of a two week road trip to the four corners region. I wanted to shoot this elevator at sunset and had planned for it. I didn’t plan on the Scout being there. Late afternoon clouds had rolled in obscuring the sunset, but I got lucky and the sun found a hole for just a few minutes, just enough time to get this photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/76c02f39-ed95-4b97-943c-f926bdc3b5f0/bobby_springer_pleasant_hill_il_4_18_23_4.jpg Great Plains Rambling - My Top 10 from 2023 Bobby having lunch at Pam’s Cafe in Pleasant Hill, IL, in April. I was visiting my friend Jerry in Pleasant Hill and he introduced me to Bobby, we had a conversation about the feed store his family used to own in town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/7e83ea44-92ce-4cef-aafb-64146b27c749/fireworks_butte_nd_7_4_23_13.jpg Great Plains Rambling - My Top 10 from 2023 - Make it stand out Citizens of Butte, ND, watch an Independence Day fireworks show on July 4. Butte has a population of about 70 but was able to raise funds for their own fireworks show and Independence Day celebration. They had enough fireworks to go for nearly two hours. https://www.lewisableidinger.com/great-plains-rambling/epic-road-trip-to-the-four-corners-part-ii monthly 0.5 2023-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/235dad22-25bd-46e9-853d-29214785f14b/mesa_verde_np_colorado_oct_23_004.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part II A visitor to Mesa Verde National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/e5be090c-f4b4-4c9c-b77c-22cb2393dbdd/scenic_sd_nov_23_007.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part II An abandoned bar in Scenic, SD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/52b280b2-d2ec-427b-a8ee-f65f9aef240a/casey_hays_hired_on_drgw_in_1948_as_switchman_near_ft_lupton_co_oct_23.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part II Casey is 95 and started his railroad career in 1947 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/071736b9-3efc-466f-954d-79ca55a559b0/roy_nm_oct_23_033.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part II - Make it stand Roy, NM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/dbe72261-1e99-41d7-acda-6968a462a0ec/marjorie_tour_guide_mounument_valley_az_oct_23_002.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part II Marjorie, my tour guide through Monument Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/6f9cc992-2474-4d76-a784-f49e4ade0c70/las_vegas_nm_oct_23_009.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part II A closed western wear store in Las Vegas, NM. The interior was used in the film No Country For Old Men. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/828368fd-e3f6-4f6f-87af-81681c76588e/craig_doolittle_horse_farrier_near_ft_lupton_co_oct_23_005.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part II Craig, a horse Ferrier, smooths out a horse hoof after trimming near Fort Lupton, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/dadcdf1c-e7ad-4472-8997-901ec7ea36cc/keota_co_oct_23_002.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part II - Make it stand out Keota, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/dcf2cb6b-d41b-4e91-b475-a61aba26c772/chaco_culture_natl_historical_park_nm_oct_23_015.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part II Pueblo Bonito at Chaco Canyon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/0349ecbc-a1c1-45c7-838f-59d867e86ac5/monument_valley_az_oct_23_022.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part II The trading post at Monument Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/7baf179c-21c2-4ec2-a950-45cb7a819477/view_of_valley_of_the_gods_from_top_of_moki_dugway_near_mexican_hat_ut_oct_23_007.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part II - Make it stand out The view from the top of the Moki Dugway near Mexican Hat, UT. The road below is where you eventually end up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/9ebc35b9-88d8-40c4-93d0-55b0b93af86c/near_nageezi_nm_oct_23_010.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part II - Make it stand out Near Nageezi, NM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/3c274e62-3d25-4760-912e-7b11ef7aef65/closed_cafe_midland_sd_nov_23_028.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part II - Make it stand out The last image of the trip, a closed cafe in Midland, SD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/90e7c364-34aa-4758-a300-fa9748ca1642/fire_damage_in_mesa_verde_np_colorado_oct_23_004.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part II - Make it stand out Fire damaged trees in Mesa Verde National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/93c2f292-f46f-4c0d-8e76-2fcc521fa724/monument_valley_az_oct_23_003.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part II - Make it stand out Monument Valley at sunset https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/84490657-dff3-4b83-a653-80c364073dfa/n_of_roy_nm_oct_23_009.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part II - Make it stand out The New Mexico plains north of Roy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/6c311d65-8636-4a08-bc71-58477c70b1b7/monument_valley_az_oct_23_038.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part II - Make it stand out Sunrise at Monument Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/c8ce865f-20a9-4153-847b-5c2bb1c3732d/road_with_sleeping_ute_mtns_n_of_aneth_ut_oct_23_004.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part II - Make it stand out The road to Hovenweep https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/5e633ee2-b748-457d-8631-0a0cff48facf/goosenecks_of_the_san_juan_river_from_muley_point_near_mexican_hat_ut_oct_23_002.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part II - Make it stand out Muley Point near Mexican Hat, UT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/3866016a-accb-458a-a74a-895a6520a643/forrest_gump_point_near_halchita_ut_oct_23_001.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part II Tourists standing where Forrest Gump stood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/dff56d6e-d9dd-4f02-8575-d992b2e824e0/service-pnp-fsa-8b18000-8b18500-8b18577v.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part II Arthur Rothstein’s FSA photo of Keota in 1939 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/a1428ce9-cec7-4fcc-8be2-f51b0facd5c8/jose_solano_in_roy_nm_oct_23.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part II José was passing through Roy on his way to Solano, NM, which was named for some of his ancestors. He had never visited the town before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/723a1d18-5b6f-4647-82d4-60be7ee54457/conata_sd_nov_23_002.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part II Conata, SD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/4f47a4ad-db2c-4bc1-ae5d-26494f673f11/alice_navajo_from_monument_valley_selling_jewelry_from_top_of_moki_dugway_near_mexican_hat_ut_oct_23.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part II Alice, a member of the Navajo Nation, selling her handmade jewelry from the top of the Moki Dugway https://www.lewisableidinger.com/great-plains-rambling/epic-road-trip-to-the-four-corners-part-i monthly 0.5 2023-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/8b9249fc-efcb-4cad-b6c5-e3a542d6c042/ctsr_freight_move_e_of_chama_nm_oct_23_003.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I The Cumbres and Toltec freight car move is descending the 4% grade into Chama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/23912e6c-4129-47ff-a5a8-c3036277a8dd/dry_valley_church_n_of_mullen_ne_oct_23_008.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I - Make it stand out North of Mullen, NE, I stopped at a roadside historic marker and read about a country church nearby called the Dry Valley Church. It sounded like the church was still standing so I drove down a narrow road going off into the sand hills and found it out in a pasture. While it was interesting to see the best photo was of the front gates and the track leading through the grass away from the church. From here I made my way to North Platte, NE, where I spent the night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/f1b10345-4456-4841-b651-1406024a3a4b/drgw_depot_antonito_co_oct_23_002.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I What brought me to Antonito was the Cumbres and Toltec Railroad, a narrow gauge tourist steam railroad that runs between Antonito and Chama, NM, on former Denver and Rio Grande Railroad track. The DRGW depot in Antonito still stands and was located right behind my hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/bdfedfea-51c3-493e-9f24-897bdc191663/aspens_w_of_antonito_co_oct_23_005.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I After photographing the event in Antonito I had the entire day to make my way to Durango, CO. Fall colors on the aspen trees in the area were unusually late this year, I encountered them at just past their peak, but not by much. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/7a071724-20e9-40c0-9240-75d540db8cfe/hill_city_ks_oct_23_002.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I After breakfast in North Platte I continued to wander south through some small Nebraska towns and into Kansas, my second favorite state after ND. I photographed a church not far into Kansas and then came into Hill City where I found this old service station adorned with the local school mascot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/11e3b63e-5b04-465d-bbdc-e0ba8aeaca18/andrix_co_oct_23_003.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I A shot up car in Andrix, CO, was another roadside distraction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/9c838904-8814-43b9-8e2d-4497f0459cf3/walter_chrysler_boyhood_home_ellis_ks_oct_23_009.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I A friend of mine recommended the Walter Chrysler boyhood home in Ellis, KS, now open to the public with a small museum. Chrysler got his start as an engine wiper at the Union Pacific Railroad roundhouse in Ellis before moving on to make it big in the automobile world. It was an interesting stop with some interesting artifacts, such as a restored version of the first model car Chrysler produced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/81840b04-f97a-4aca-b0a5-b7ca5e9a4ac7/dsng_silverton_co_oct_23_003.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I - Make it stand out Once the train arrives in Silverton passengers disembark for two hours to explore the town and get lunch. The entire train is then backed around a wye to turn it in the right direction for the trip back to Durango. I skipped the shopping to photograph the train backing past the DRGW depot on its way to the wye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/d906541f-e589-4df4-b7b4-655a318bfcbf/utica_ks_oct_23_001.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I - Make it stand out After photographing the churches I was a bit behind as I had to make it to Antonito, CO the following day so I wanted to get as far west as I reasonably could. But I couldn’t pass up this scene in Utica, KS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1e6966c7-9c57-4c51-9f81-27bce7f7a069/mopac_depot_horace_ks_oct_23_016.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I The next morning my travels brought me close to Horace, KS, and I couldn’t pass up another opportunity to photograph the abandoned Missouri Pacific Railroad depot in town. The light coming into the operator’s bay window was perfect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/628ef56f-1a3c-4deb-8d89-de49cebc4fc9/dsng_between_durango_and_silverton_co_oct_23_006.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I The towering mountains and narrow canyons the DSNG passes through between Durango and Silverton are what draw riders to the trains. Virtually none of the railroad is accessible by vehicle, and the train is even used to bring hikers in and out of backcountry trails. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/a1794c98-12de-43a6-8556-346d54a12e95/dsng_durango_co_oct_23_002.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I - Make it stand out From Chama I casually made my way to Durango, CO, where I had a ticket to ride the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad the next morning. As previously stated the DSNG was part of the Rio Grande narrow gauge system in Colorado and New Mexico, originally built to move ore out of the Silverton area. After the Silverton mines played out the line was nearly abandoned, but after appearing in some films the’s lines appeal as a tourist ride grew. It became so popular the Interstate Commerce Commission didn’t allow the DRGW to abandon it. The Rio Grande continued to operate the tourist trains until 1980 when it was finally sold to a private operator. It remains a popular ride today and still appears in movies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/cdec1953-b576-4f28-b1d9-36ad9ff7e2df/murdo_sd_oct_23_006.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I The next morning I grabbed some coffee at one of the local gas stations and this scene presented itself right from my car window. I continued making my way south into the sand hills of Nebraska. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/4b3e4918-1e65-4c4d-964a-066a08e68246/on_bus_between_antonito_co_and_chama_nm_oct_23_005.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I The next morning I boarded a Cumbres and Toltect charter bus in Antonito which would take us to Chama where we would board the train. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/be507a58-0857-4ad9-8e79-dc9e6a76055c/bartlett_co_oct_23.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I - Make it stand out Leaving Scott City I knew it would be a bit of a push to make it to Antonito by sunset. It’s not that it’s far, I just tend to get distracted stopping to investigate things and make photos along the way. I couldn’t pass up this skinny elevator on the Colorado plains at Bartlett. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/59cb679c-ef67-4468-a5ae-a33aad626786/resistol_hat_draper_sd_oct_23.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I I try to avoid interstates on my road trips as much as possible and stick to the less traveled two-lanes (William Least Heat-Moon’s “blue highways”), and that’s how I started my trip, meandering down some various highways in a not-very-straight-line from ND to central South Dakota. In the near-ghost town of Draper, SD, I explored what was left of Main Street and in a long abandoned apartment I found this Resistol hat. What cowboy leaves his hat behind? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/ba6dfe40-f30b-463a-bb82-0532192cb767/murdo_sd_oct_23_003.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I After the sun set I returned to Murdo and had a buffalo burger at a local steakhouse that looked like something still stuck in the 1980s, but good food! I took a few night photos around Murdo and made one final image of my motel. Back when I was shooting more 4x5 the next hour or so would’ve been spent replenishing film holders, instead I could just relax. That’s one aspect of large format I don’t miss, evenings spent changing out film holders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/74440bd7-858c-4e48-a34a-5d28014518d8/antonito_co_oct_23_004.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I - Make it stand out I made it to Antonito, CO, not long after sunset and checked into my hotel. Antonito lies in the San Luis Valley and has traditionally been a ranching and farming town, though tourism is getting bigger. The Dutch Mill bar and cafe is an icon of Antonito’s Main Street. At this time of year it was pretty quiet, mostly just the locals and me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/d810f670-80ec-415b-8b01-81cee5d60668/fosters_bar_chama_nm_founded_1881_oct_23_007.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I After photographing the Cumbres and Toltec train at Chama it was time for lunch. Since it was a Sunday about the only place open was Foster’s, a saloon that has been in business since the town was founded in 1881. This wasn’t your typical bar food though, it was some of the best street-style tacos I’ve ever had. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/8a89ec8a-eb49-4e69-86f7-6547ccf61c86/ctsr_e_of_chama_nm_oct_23_008.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I - Make it stand out Leaving Chama the railroad has to pull up a 4% grade, which is really steep for a railroad, and requires double heading steam to pull the train up a mountain to Cumbres Pass, just above 10,000 feet. Here the train is nearing the top of the pass. The Cumbres and Toltec is owned by the states of Colorado and New Mexico who purchased the track from the Denver and Rio Grande Western in 1970. The DRGW operated an extensive network of narrow gauge track in Colorado and New Mexico at one time. Narrow gauge has a 3 foot gauge compared to the standard 4 feet 8.5 inch gauge of the rest of the North American rail system. The smaller gauge allowed for tighter curves, ideal for building in the rugged Rocky Mountains. The last operating portion of DRGW narrow gauge ran from Alamosa, CO, to Antonito, Chama, and on to Durango, CO. At Durango a line went north to Silverton and south to Farmington, NM. This narrow gauge operation lasted until 1968 due to natural gas drilling in the Farmington area that required bringing in supplies by rail. It has the distinction of being the last Class I steam freight operation in the USA. Everything between Chama and Durango and Farmington was removed by 1970. The Durango to Silverton portion survived because it had become such a tourist attraction the Interstate Commerce Commission wouldn’t allow the DRGW to abandon it. We’ll see that operation in a few days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/8d9682d2-f64f-4b13-99c8-8561de1995cd/dsng_durango_co_oct_23_011.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I - Make it stand out It was just as spectacular riding back to Durango as it was going to Silverton. We arrived back just after sunset, a flagman stopping traffic on the crossing next to the depot in downtown Durango. Afterwards I wandered around historic downtown Durango, found a few interesting places to have a drink, and retired for the evening. This concluded the first week of my trip. Look for Part II to come soon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/a30daca4-9332-446a-89a4-a9d79ac3c630/okaton_sd_oct_23_014.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I - Make it stand out The Sioux Motel at Murdo, SD, was where I found to spend the first night because my goal was to photograph the decrepit grain elevator at Okaton at sunset. I checked into my room and headed for Okaton, which someone once tried to make into an old west-style tourist trap but these days is another near-ghost town. An old International Scout made a great frame for the elevator and the sun poked out between clouds for just a minute to get this photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/9fc6065c-19e4-46e5-ac27-a92f4c2243db/michelle_fosters_bartender_chama_nm_oct_23_002.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I Michelle claims to be the friendliest bartender at Fosters. We had a pretty good conversation on the differences between New Mexico and North Dakota. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/c0d15dd7-456a-4999-ae76-e9fa5d1a769c/elevator_crookston_ne_oct_23_004.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I An abandoned elevator and sunflowers in Crookston, NE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/20885b31-1fe0-4eb9-ab37-98bd21fe09ec/conejos_county_vet_affairs_and_vol_firefighters_giving_food_to_local_vets_antonito_co_oct_23_014.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I - Make it stand out I spent another night in Antonito and the next morning I saw some activity happening in the parking lot across the street from my hotel. There were several trailers filled with watermelons, bags, and boxes that were being handed out to people. I spoke to some of the people and found out it was an annual event sponsored by the Conejos County Veterans Affairs and the volunteer fire departments of Antonito and Romeo to give away a free food package to area veterans. The organizer told me he’d like to do it more than once a year but hasn’t been able to increase the frequency yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/244255ce-4801-40cb-ad0b-e2eb28448051/monument_valley_az_oct_23_031.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/8e7b5e74-b7c9-465a-ba9b-02692a7ad2d2/lazy_r_motel_scott_city_ks_oct_23_004.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I I never did make it as far west as I’d hoped, instead opting to call it a night at the Lazy R Motel in Scott City, KS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/40c2f8f0-900e-4266-86c2-97a822f0f645/ctsr_w_of_antonito_co_oct_23_004.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I The train ride takes most of the day to get from Chama to Antonito with a catered lunch stop at Osier. We were nearing the end of the line in this photo, nearly back to Antonito. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/6dfd4a64-df21-46f0-9b8e-6e548a8c94a8/lacey_rose_saloon_silverton_co_oct_23_001.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I I did allow some time to have a few drinks at the Lacey Rose Saloon in Silverton however. The bartender told me how heavy winter snows the previous year completely isolated Silverton for two weeks before the highway could be opened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/7e133916-ac3b-45de-bf77-4822ddf2d74b/ctsr_freight_move_cumbres_co_oct_23_001.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I - Make it stand out Coming over La Manga Pass on the highway between Antonito and Chama the mountains fall away into a scenic valley where the DRGW narrow gauge makes a huge horseshoe curve climbing towards Cumbres Pass. I thought how great it would be to see a train, but the passenger season was over. Imagine my surprise when I saw a little smoke in the distance. A train! I found out later in the day the Cumbres and Toltec was deadheading freight equipment from Antonito back to Chama after it was used on a photo charter earlier in the week. I couldn’t have gotten more lucky. Here the train is arriving at Cumbres Pass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/332579d9-77c2-4272-bbd9-afb1081ca03a/ruins_of_sacred_heart_catholic_church_emmeram_ks_oct_23_007.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I After the Chrysler home I went out to visit some of the spectacular churches in the communities around Hays that were settled by Germans-from-Russia. They erected massive, opulent churches and frequently used wrought-iron crosses as grave markers. While most of the churches remain standing the Sacred Heart Church at the crossroads of Emmeram, KS, didn’t make it. The stone church closed in the 1960s and burned (likely from arson) in the late 90’s. Today its ruins make you think of the ruins you’d find in Greece or Rome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/cf6e30f8-5b5a-4901-baff-8e2d35d02ba6/ctsr_between_cumbres_and_osier_co_oct_23_006.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Epic Road Trip to the Four Corners: Part I It was a pleasant fall day, perfect for riding the open car or end platforms as the train made its way through the mountains. https://www.lewisableidinger.com/great-plains-rambling/medora monthly 0.5 2023-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/618d6785-538e-47a9-8fda-6043854f8316/park_tourists_005.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Medora - Make it stand out Lisa and Chuck, both from Tennessee, observe buffalo at Theodore Roosevelt National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/aa72d661-33e1-42f0-a309-3ecef19be9e1/musical_010.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Medora - Make it stand out A sign for Medora, ND, mimics the iconic Hollywood sign and is set on a bluff above the Medora Musical stage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/e3fa104a-f056-46d8-a4fe-7af57eecdf02/chateau_030.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Medora A visitor at the Chateau de Mores https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/4a8eac3c-4dbc-41ec-b15b-9a81d19b091b/badlands_pizza_092.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Medora - Make it stand out Badlands Pizza and Saloon in downtown Medora. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/161afcb6-6ba7-4d89-a2a8-27b1c4c86ed5/cowboy_046.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Medora A visitor at the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame. The hall of fame was established in 1995 and features a museum telling the story of Native Americans, cowboys, and ranching in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/29419bee-5cf9-40e7-b219-173da1f14bff/deb_025.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Medora Deb, a seasonal worker from Texas, admires a photo of Joe Ferris at the Ferris General Store. Roosevelt rented one of the rooms above the store to stay in during his trips into town. Today the store sells gifts and souvenirs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/06cb2eb0-f142-41a4-b7d6-196b4349dee2/visitor_center_038.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Medora A statue of Theodor Roosevelt at the Theodore Roosevelt National Park Visitor’s Center is dressed in Roosevelt’s actual clothing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/8bfe2182-4cd7-4b91-bb3f-7f34652263e7/kermit_037.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Medora - Make it stand out Kermit Roosevelt III is a lawyer, author, law professor, and the great-great-grandson of Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt III serves on the board of directors for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/ff791fea-4814-46b0-8b3e-a69526ac5319/medora_general_068.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Medora Downtown Medora. The Rough Riders Hotel (originally called “The Metropolitan”) was built in 1884. It went through its first renovation in 1963 when businessman Harold Schafer, the man credited with making Medora into the tourist destination it is today, bought it. In 2010 the hotel underwent another major renovation. Many of the buildings in Medora are modeled to have the look of an old west town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/d0c59ca2-fe3d-413e-ab19-c15ce2f35707/chateau_018.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Medora Edward, an Assistant Site Manager at the Chateau de Mores, discussed the history of the Chateau and of Medora in the Chateau’s mud room, where hunting expeditions were outfitted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/b8f5cbf5-4eaf-44ff-8118-9ebbe6601dff/maltese_cabin_027.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Medora Roosevelt’s Maltese Cross Ranch cabin on display at the Theodore Roosevelt National Park’s visitor center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/ffb05a3e-2185-4bdf-b2a0-4f85d93a7821/little_mo_004.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Medora - Make it stand out Hats and dollar bills line the ceiling of the Little Missouri Saloon. 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This part is tricky, because you have to make sure the whole plate is covered evenly, and once it’s poured you can’t touch the plate or it’s ruined. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/51200d5a-4f9c-4ad1-ac34-ba7c27737758/kent_staubus_wet_plate_at_hurricane_lake_church_n_of_york_nd_7_19_23_12.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Wet Plate in the Field Kent’s modern 4x5 but with an 1880s vintage lens. He’s making the test exposures here. Since this lens is over 140 years old there’s no shutter, so he places his hand over the lens to “close the shutter.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/0dd36435-34a4-4997-9524-33d59ab65a7a/hurricane_church_tintype_7_19_23.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Wet Plate in the Field - Make it stand out My first attempt at making a tintype with the help of Kent Staubus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/5f5e0496-4282-4cdf-ba51-58393ae1331d/kent_staubus_wet_plate_at_hurricane_lake_church_n_of_york_nd_7_19_23_14.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Wet Plate in the Field Pouring water over the plate to stop and rinse off the developer. Kent said occasionally he hasn’t brought enough water along and has resorted to getting some out of a slough to use, “just like those old guys had to do in the field sometimes!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/2c009fd0-758d-43be-ba81-5fd6dc1fbddc/kent_staubus_wet_plate_at_hurricane_lake_church_n_of_york_nd_7_19_23_9.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Wet Plate in the Field Kent’s dark tent in the back of his car. He’s pouring developer over the plate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/311394d0-caf5-4627-b720-71ae9bd3899c/kent_staubus_wet_plate_at_hurricane_lake_church_n_of_york_nd_7_19_23_27.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Wet Plate in the Field - Make it stand out Kent’s tintype after several rinses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/54703952-2a5d-45d4-848f-e0351257d356/kent_staubus_at_hurricane_lake_church_n_of_york_nd_7_19_23_2.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Wet Plate in the Field Kent checks out the Hurricane Lake Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/03726c80-2c7a-4581-8b70-cb685bbc4db3/kent_staubus_wet_plate_at_hurricane_lake_church_n_of_york_nd_7_19_23_2-2.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Wet Plate in the Field - Make it stand out Waiting for a cloud to move so that the plate can be exposed under the same conditions as the test plate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/74725d51-b5a4-41d0-8ae8-81087a2c115e/kent_staubus_wet_plate_at_hurricane_lake_church_n_of_york_nd_7_19_23_15.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Wet Plate in the Field Rinsing the developer off of the plate. https://www.lewisableidinger.com/great-plains-rambling/mid-dakota-softball monthly 0.5 2023-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/b1b5e273-e675-46f4-934e-5caa801497d5/mid_dakota_softball_league_game_woodworth_vs_pingree_at_woodworth_nd_7_18_23_56.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Mid-Dakota Softball - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/9e70a14b-6fbf-4ea2-8266-13165a842a48/mid_dakota_softball_league_game_woodworth_vs_pingree_at_woodworth_nd_7_18_23_38.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Mid-Dakota Softball - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/3bbfc73a-63e6-47cb-85ee-83612c85a244/mid_dakota_softball_league_game_woodworth_vs_pingree_at_woodworth_nd_7_18_23_28.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Mid-Dakota Softball https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/7b100ba1-76fc-4269-b84c-6cc9ecb7bb35/mid_dakota_softball_league_game_woodworth_vs_pingree_at_woodworth_nd_7_18_23_63.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Mid-Dakota Softball - Make it stand out After the game a player and his dog had their own softball game https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/73372c86-471c-4d5f-b8a8-6a9e78deec42/mid_dakota_softball_league_game_woodworth_vs_pingree_at_woodworth_nd_7_18_23_45.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Mid-Dakota Softball - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/8e8521f7-af6e-4f5c-846c-dc11383f3e91/mid_dakota_softball_league_game_woodworth_vs_pingree_at_woodworth_nd_7_18_23_35.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Mid-Dakota Softball - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/98bee483-2081-45ee-93f3-5b46b44a6c8b/mid_dakota_softball_league_game_woodworth_vs_pingree_at_woodworth_nd_7_18_23_26.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Mid-Dakota Softball https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/0530347e-a2d4-4a5f-998e-8968dda7f585/mid_dakota_softball_league_game_woodworth_vs_pingree_at_woodworth_nd_7_18_23_21.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Mid-Dakota Softball https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/d5e10e80-da37-4f7f-83e3-85f2b808f20c/zeke_and_sharon_snyder_and_dog_jake_at_softball_game_woodworth_nd_7_18_23_1.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Mid-Dakota Softball Zeke, Sharon, and their dog Jake watching the game. Zeke is retired but mows the grass for the ball diamond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/c708dd56-04aa-4068-9e91-4f0e37a63208/mid_dakota_softball_league_game_woodworth_vs_pingree_at_woodworth_nd_7_18_23_60.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Mid-Dakota Softball Dragging the infield after the game https://www.lewisableidinger.com/great-plains-rambling/the-reverend-bauer-in-goodrich-nd monthly 0.5 2023-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/8a03c37c-f5e5-431d-a784-966703498daa/salem_reformed_cemetery_n_of_martin_nd_7_9_23_6.jpg Great Plains Rambling - The Reverend Bauer in Goodrich, ND - Make it stand out The Salem Reformed Cemetery was laid out on Jacob Eckart’s farm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/bcc89786-26f4-468f-b53c-05476501ca83/zion_reformed_cemetery_sw_of_lincoln_valley_nd_7_11_23_3.jpg Great Plains Rambling - The Reverend Bauer in Goodrich, ND - Make it stand out The Zion Reformed Cemetery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/e3f04859-4d96-436b-b918-0071c9b79c38/coneflowers_at_zion_reformed_cemetery_sw_of_lincoln_valley_nd_7_11_23_2.jpg Great Plains Rambling - The Reverend Bauer in Goodrich, ND A purple coneflower in the Zion Reformed Cemetery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/6770c926-4531-4036-b3ad-02895413c617/abandoned_farm_and_landscape_n_of_lincoln_valley_nd_7_10_23.jpg Great Plains Rambling - The Reverend Bauer in Goodrich, ND - Make it stand out An abandoned farm near the Kassel church. This landscape was much like most of the land that Pastor Bauer had to travel over out of Goodrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/3b077912-d79d-47c9-a384-4c17383b7d48/georg_sprenger_farm_nw_of_lincoln_valley_nd_7_10_23_8.jpg Great Plains Rambling - The Reverend Bauer in Goodrich, ND The Georg Sprenger house https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/8082ed37-d0e6-4fb5-a7b1-a5fcd91ba70c/site_of_immanuel_reformed_cemetery_sw_of_harvey_nd_7_11_23.jpg Great Plains Rambling - The Reverend Bauer in Goodrich, ND Site of the Immanuel Reformed Cemetery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/ea6d3e7e-c323-41b5-b8af-ed8634efa9a1/georg_sprenger_farm_nw_of_lincoln_valley_nd_7_10_23_2.jpg Great Plains Rambling - The Reverend Bauer in Goodrich, ND - Make it stand out A current grove of trees on the site of the Sprenger farm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/04dd530d-3dd3-4648-99db-0b502feab4c1/zion_reformed_church_on_farm_sw_of_lincoln_valley_nd_7_11_23.jpg Great Plains Rambling - 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The Reverend Bauer in Goodrich, ND - Make it stand out The Kassel Reformed Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/f4c2dc35-74a7-46a0-9770-a0b19ce4773d/zion_reformed_cemetery_sw_of_lincoln_valley_nd_grave_of_lydia_and_august_hieb_7_11_23_2.jpg Great Plains Rambling - The Reverend Bauer in Goodrich, ND Headstone for Lydia and August Hieb in the Zion Reformed Cemetery https://www.lewisableidinger.com/great-plains-rambling/freeman-school-number-one monthly 0.5 2023-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/266090f2-360c-41f7-a382-13ec8599bbf5/freeman_school_no_1_s_of_zahl_nd_6_28_23_see_carrie_young_book_nothing_to_do_but_stay_8.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Freeman School Number One - Make it stand out The east side of the school, the portion jutting out is the cloakroom with the window Carrie watched her father ride away from. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/523df543-01fc-4bd1-b2be-080dac7615d1/freeman_school_no_1_s_of_zahl_nd_6_28_23_see_carrie_young_book_nothing_to_do_but_stay_4.jpg Great Plains Rambling - 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McHenry, ND - Make it stand out Sue and Bob at the Hunting Shack Cafe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/6e4d9d0a-502e-4590-9de3-7859030784c0/_LDA3949.jpg Great Plains Rambling - McHenry, ND - The former Great Northern depot from Glenfield that served as an office and museum for train rides on the “loop” at McHenry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/c3a8ff9e-eb80-4cbe-a6ba-cc0bc155e4f3/_LDA3852.jpg Great Plains Rambling - McHenry, ND - Make it stand out Briss Oil Company, the only place in town to get gas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/2b1d84d0-858c-4c56-956b-31e6b1d742e9/_LDA4303.jpg Great Plains Rambling - McHenry, ND - Make it stand out Artwork done by area children for Memorial Day on display in the window of the Hunting Shack Cafe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/d35fc4fb-2ab5-4743-8ad7-dd4900b63e87/_LDA4644.jpg Great Plains Rambling - 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McHenry, ND - Make it stand out The post office in McHenry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/29e8415f-6037-47a1-8697-9f0030efd898/_LDA4493.jpg Great Plains Rambling - McHenry, ND - Make it stand out Bob having coffee at the Hunting Shack Cafe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/0ca282aa-2422-4a68-ac92-7e9bca6ec26f/_LDA4247.jpg Great Plains Rambling - McHenry, ND - Donald, Wayne, and Rusty, all from nearby Binford, are working on replacing the sidewalk in front of the Senior Center in McHenry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/a3e366e1-8ae3-4429-8e6b-21461e84afac/_LDA3846.jpg Great Plains Rambling - McHenry, ND - A deer grazing on the lawn of a house in McHenry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/9712dafe-a876-4e7a-b4bb-6abf7af8c019/_LDA4625.jpg Great Plains Rambling - McHenry, ND - Make it stand out Dorothy preparing Senior Meals at the Senior Center in McHenry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/b779060a-1d73-4eca-ada5-3810d55d6901/_LDA4388.jpg Great Plains Rambling - McHenry, ND - Make it stand out The Bucks ‘n Does Bar in McHenry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/066662ba-5334-4941-ba98-043990c2a2f0/_LDA4295.jpg Great Plains Rambling - McHenry, ND A veteran’s memorial erected by the American Legion’s Carl Bostrom Post 160 in McHenry. The memorial was completed in August of 2022 and dedicated on Memorial Day 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/b9e5c97b-7526-4bd0-a930-5e9d7e05371d/_LDA4415.jpg Great Plains Rambling - McHenry, ND - Make it stand out Looking south on Johnston Street in McHenry, ND. On the left is the closed Aarestad’s Grocery, a closed bank, and the post office. On the right is the Bucks ‘n Does Bar and the Hunting Shack Cafe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/be6c3fc9-97ff-48c1-bac4-2169377b4eab/_LDA4417.jpg Great Plains Rambling - McHenry, ND - Make it stand out The Hunting Shack Cafe on right and post office on left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/ce47969d-8be0-4990-a7e8-4ee10def5599/_LDA4553.jpg Great Plains Rambling - McHenry, ND Sue showing Bob photos of her new horse, “Pistol” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/3966c1fc-351b-4a50-b168-82f9fe9c50f8/_LDA4651.jpg Great Plains Rambling - McHenry, ND The Hunting Shack getting a food delivery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/13165c54-622c-42ae-94e3-269ff0272533/_LDA4313.jpg Great Plains Rambling - McHenry, ND Post office boxes in McHenry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/52fe3923-c6b7-4676-921d-e2fb351d868e/_LDA4115.jpg Great Plains Rambling - McHenry, ND A basketball court outside the McHenry school gymnasium https://www.lewisableidinger.com/great-plains-rambling/floyd monthly 0.5 2023-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/dd2b5120-4835-4e7c-a2a5-51a52299afa4/floyd_baber_atchison_ks_4_23_24.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Floyd - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/ff4bcc9f-0eab-4b07-a77f-eff51e7872f5/floyd_baber_atchison_ks_4_23_16.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Floyd - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.lewisableidinger.com/great-plains-rambling/pleasant-hill monthly 0.5 2023-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/9a97e53c-7884-4936-9b04-efd399a71a14/levee_pumping_station_near_pleasant_hill_il_4_18_23_2.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Pleasant Hill - A truck fuels the diesel storage tanks at the new pump station, one of the levees is seen in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/e3aac58e-3167-4225-950e-4ee49ec864e7/pams_cafe_pleasant_hill_il_4_18_23_8.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Pleasant Hill - Pam’s Cafe in Pleasant Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/7cf0cfc7-2683-4166-acee-a4c5770d3384/rodhouse_farm_near_pleasant_hill_il_4_18_23_3.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Pleasant Hill - The farm site Jerry’s grandparents started https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/f1d41b54-8659-4ac3-9c45-581e45f24957/marsha_at_pams_cafe_pleasant_hill_il_4_18_23_1.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Pleasant Hill - The hat is self-explanatory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/5f3c1887-82da-4834-b2fa-b14e71424f1a/jerry_rodhouse_pleasant_hill_il_4_18_23_25.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Pleasant Hill - Jerry made this from plans in a magazine in the 1930’s from lumber he cut himself https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/631c910a-f8a8-42f6-aa19-f734fc8f4545/jerry_rodhouse_pleasant_hill_il_4_18_23_7.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Pleasant Hill - Jerry at home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/de4862c3-7e0c-4304-b303-6ccfd6df66b8/jerry_rodhouse_at_pams_cafe_pleasant_hill_il_4_18_23_1.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Pleasant Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/9671a595-55c6-47cb-8e08-58b8066e05c2/pams_cafe_pleasant_hill_il_4_18_23_3.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Pleasant Hill - The lunch crowd at Pam’s One part of the building is the cafe, the other part is a flower shop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/7564835c-33c6-4812-9313-b63c79619d13/bobby_springer_pleasant_hill_il_4_18_23_4.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Pleasant Hill - Bobby having lunch at Pam’s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/c6ff538c-be56-4db7-98df-f55e05171646/pleasant_hill_il_4_18_23_1.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Pleasant Hill - Make it stand out The road to Jerry’s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1d5e3b0d-ac4c-48f1-90c8-8dafca7586e7/jerry_rodhouse_showing_difference_between_red_and_white_oak_pleasant_hill_il_4_18_23_1.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Pleasant Hill - Jerry demonstrates the difference between red and white oak Red oak is on the left, white on the right. As he said, you can see why white oak is used in barrel-making! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/5f9ee117-987a-43e8-a4c7-8321c73f252e/jerry_rodhouse_and_marsha_at_pams_cafe_pleasant_hill_il_4_18_23_1.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Pleasant Hill https://www.lewisableidinger.com/great-plains-rambling/wilson-kansas monthly 0.5 2023-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/a4080c87-aa01-47f0-84a1-1cdd12e37042/wilson_ks_4_23_94.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Wilson, Kansas - Make it stand out Limestone buildings across the tracks from the Midland Hotel, the Midland Mercantile is located in the building with eggs painted on the windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1682539612605-8HACV5ZNRNWJ7Z3XJ3IS/midland_hotel_wilson_ks_4_23_18.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Wilson, Kansas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1682539611141-S8MY72QX58KL117J59N2/midland_hotel_wilson_ks_4_23_16.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Wilson, Kansas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1682539613575-4E8FMIHPF9OH7Y93YJOH/midland_hotel_wilson_ks_4_23_kolache.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Wilson, Kansas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1682539612236-EQHL3SMHSKOM0Q0WEA4C/midland_hotel_wilson_ks_4_23_17.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Wilson, Kansas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/faceb6bf-e991-4fe7-88cb-676d5b0bda06/building_blown_down_by_wind_wilson_ks_feb_22_9.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Wilson, Kansas - Make it stand out This magnificent building in Wilson was destroyed by strong winds in early 2022. It has since been demolished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/7b88ac8d-2ab3-48fa-861f-537fc73fb7f2/midland_hotel_wilson_ks_4_20_23_drone_7.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Wilson, Kansas - Make it stand out The Midland Railroad Hotel in Wilson, originally constructed in 1899 and rebuilt in 1902 after a fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/c5035465-bb2f-43d1-9827-1ff046f21746/wilson_ks_4_23_37.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Wilson, Kansas - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/64705b94-287b-470e-aeaf-18d64cde167e/melinda_owner_of_midland_hotel_wilson_ks_4_21_23_12.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Wilson, Kansas - Melinda Merrill, owner of the Midland Railroad Hotel and Midland Mercantile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/d31e76a7-a30e-48c4-81f7-784ecab02378/wilson_ks_4_23_90.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Wilson, Kansas - The world’s largest Czech egg. A Czech egg is a painted or embellished egg exchanged at holidays and celebrations between friends and is known as “kraslice” in the Czech culture. The 20 foot egg was commissioned by the city in 2016 and created by local artist Christine Slechta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/25bc5962-c203-4e2a-b5b7-b642f771b103/wilson_ks_4_23_66.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Wilson, Kansas - Make it stand out Limestone, brick, and wood buildings make up Wilson’s business district. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/1b674bd4-1590-48ee-a64c-960fd686270d/wilson_ks_4_23_33.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Wilson, Kansas - A Wilson resident out for a walk enjoying the pleasant spring weather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/a8734ef3-8ce7-40aa-93a3-44d09565c8af/melinda_owner_of_midland_hotel_wilson_ks_4_21_23_7.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Wilson, Kansas - Melinda Merrill watches a passing Union Pacific train from the windows of the Midland Mercantile. The railroad first built through what would become Wilson in 1869. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/30c653ae-53ae-4d6d-a757-45f9cb8d0e5f/_DSC5282.jpg Great Plains Rambling - Wilson, Kansas - Make it stand out A grain elevator complex at Wilson, KS. This elevator appeared in the 1973 film Paper Moon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63741e668b3a19615ce547fd/9146c8bd-ea27-4127-a421-f6d8bf3ad564/IMG_2896.JPG Great Plains Rambling - Wilson, Kansas - A still from the 1973 film Paper Moon, the same elevator complex as pictured above. 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