Spring flowers

Mexican poppies in the wash by our well.

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Blizzard!

Seems the whole of the West is under this storm. We have been in heavy snow since Nebraska and now we are approaching southern Colorado and hear NM is also snowy.

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Sioux country

The original overland travel vehicle, Great Plains style (this private herd resides within the Thunder Basin National Grassland).

And some Great Plains humor:




Yesterday we visited the grave of Red Cloud, a moving experience. We leave Nebraska for home today.

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South Dakota archaeology

We visited the site where the skeleton of Dinosauraus flintstonicus was found. Here is a recreation. Wilma and Fred also found nearby.

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On the Bozeman Trail

In the shadow of the Bighorns. Blackfoot Brewing courtesy Doug M in Montana. A great trail today but rain and snow forecast so we opted to camp out of the high country.

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Yellowstone traffic

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Scenes from Cody, WY

Tom Palmore's cougar at the Whitney Museum of Western Art; Corvette cowboy; jalapeño cheddar elk brats with sautéd red peppers and onions, bacon and baked beans, and oven fries.

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View from the window . . .

. . . At Crow's Nest Pass resort, where we are giving a conservation communication workshop. It has been snowing and socked in pretty thick so we have not seen the area, which is a pretty dramatic part of the Rockies. The workshop is going well so far.

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Not in the Sonoran Desert, Toto

Crossed the beautiful Missouri River at Cascade, MT, and headed into the backcountry to visit a private ranch and logging camp at the invitation of friend and Overland Journal subscriber Doug M. As you can see we hit an early winter storm. Even the Montanans were griping! Set a new record low for the date -- even the trees had no time for fall colors. We enjoyed Doug's hospitality, including lamb tacos (fresh from the ranch) and chocolate and bourbon to keep us warm. This morning the rear doors on the Jeep are frozen shut.

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Cafe Ole'

Found a great new eatery in Flagstaff yesterday. On San Francisco just south of the tracks. Fantastic tamales.


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Canada bound

Jonathan and I left this morning for Crowsnest, Alberta, where we are teaching a conservation communications workshop for the Alberta Conservation Alliance. En route through central Arizona we met up with Graham Jackson of Overland Training. Here is Jonathan and Graham in front of the 2 Overland Journal Jeeps, on loan from Chrysler. Graham's "Overland Edition" debuted at Overland Expo.2009. Our version is the magazine's longterm test to showcase an "out of the showroom ready to overland" model. We will return via Wyoming for some backroads exploration.
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Nature journals at the Getty

The Getty has two wonderful
exhibits this month of interest to journal keepers. There is a display of sketches and field journals of 17th century French landscape artists, and a breathtaking exhibit of illuminated manuscripts, many of which depict nature scenes.







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Off to Los Angeles

We will be in southern California for a few days, picking up my biodiesel-powered Land Cruiser. It will be interesting to see the extent of the fires. We will also try to spend a day at the Getty museum. Meanwhile the view right now is classic I-10.


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