Veering from Highway 385 onto 79, then onto the first unmarked road heading east, the Badlands are nowhere to be seen but the expansive Pine Ridge Indian Reservation offers enough gems to keep my camera clicking. The reservation is 2.7 MILLION … [Read more...] about Treasures of the Dakota Plains
Road Trip Hedonism
Despite the never. ending. desire. to. stop. at. every. single. sight. of. any. interest. whatsoever., after the exploration of Lindsborg, Kansas there was nothing left to do but drive towards Sidney, Nebraska. From Salina, Kansas to the Colorado … [Read more...] about Road Trip Hedonism
Schizophrenia & Solo Road Trips
Two days of silence broken only by moments of brief connection with the sounds coming from the truck and the schizophrenic collision of every day thoughts has ceased. Sheryl Crow wrote a song "Three Days in Rome". Maybe I'll call mine "Two Days In." … [Read more...] about Schizophrenia & Solo Road Trips
Mysterious Light Source or God’s Mirror?
See that spot of light? You know the one. Photographers and visual artists may wax on about light, where and when it's the "best", and have the world believe they see something more mystical than the average human can appreciate, but you know better. … [Read more...] about Mysterious Light Source or God’s Mirror?
A Preview of the Dakotas
As many of you know, I just returned from an 8-day Solo Road Trip to the Dakotas. Word was the Badlands had snow. I wanted to see this even as I recognized it wasn't the best time of year to head North. So I packed for the unexpected and directed the … [Read more...] about A Preview of the Dakotas