Nothing is easy, especially making plans to spend months overseas traveling to multiple countries. We have done it dozens of times over the years but no matter how much we plan we know that there will always be changes. Still, it never is easy […]
Author: robrose
Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park
11.8 million years ago a super volcano erupted in what is now Idaho. In what is now northeastern Nebraska a number of different species of now extinct animals were drawn to a waterhole. The windblown ash from the eruption killed and buried hundreds of […]
Why it is Called Cottonwood
We have been traveling through Kansas and Nebraska. Wherever there is a source of water, there are cottonwood trees growing. The winds are spreading their seeds across the landscape. The image below illustrates why it is called Cottonwood.