Today there are no adoring crowds, no cheers, and no fireworks. The skies are gray and the mood is somber. Johnny along with nearly 190 other riders gather outside the Pony Express Stables. They have all just been informed that their services are no longer required. […]
Rhinos in Nebraska? Think that sounds crazy? What about 3 toed horses, saber-tooth deer, and camels? They all roamed the Nebraska plains millions of years ago. The fossilized skeletal remains of all of these are found at the Ashfall Fossil Beds in northern Nebraska outside of Royal. […]
Fossilized remains of giant sea turtles, mammoths, and other prehistoric animals are found throughout the grassy plains of South Dakota. The largest and most complete Archelon ischyros (Sea Turtle) ever found is unearthed from the soil in southwestern South Dakota, near the Cheyenne River at Buffalo Gap during the mid-1970s. […]
No image of America’s southwest is more recognizable than the Saguaro (sah-wah-ro) cactus. However, the large succulents are only found in the Sonoran desert in southern Arizona. Â To see these majestic beauties, I head south to Tucson, AZ, and the Saguaro National Park. I’m traveling south from Williams, AZ on I-17. I stop at that Sunset Point rest stop outside of Phoenix with no saguaros in sight. […]
Like many age-old questions: Is there life after death, how were the pyramids built, where does the universe end, and what’s really in a Chicken McNugget? These are conundrums that philosophers and great minds of science have wrestled with for ions. In such, it’s not likely I’ll answer the Roswell question in my self-imposed 1000 word limit blog entry. […]