The Plow that Broke the Plains
The next few blog posts will discuss films of the Great Plains, or films with a significant Great Plains element: What better place to start than with the U.S Government produced film The Plow that Broke the Plains. It was made in 1936 and became controversial because it tells the story of the how the […]
An April Fool’s March Gallery
We’re calling this the April Fool’s March gallery from our flickr galleries (It’s too late for March, but it’s not too late to be an April Fool). It’s a photo journey through the western Dakotas. Dakota is a word that means “friendly” and is often translated as “allies” referring to the various groups that used […]
A Rakish Delight – Part 2
Yesterday (March 30th) was the big day of trail work at Pawnee National Grassland! Thanks to everyone who was involved! The Roosevelt National Forest staff was impressively organized, and the Poudre Wilderness Volunteers provided a lot of extra muscle. The work was hard, but we had a lot of fun and enjoyed some classic wild […]
A Rakish Delight – Part 1
We’re getting our rakes ready for doing some moderate trail work tomorrow at Pawnee National Grassland in northern Colorado! It’s exciting, after a winter of being mostly indoors, to get out and literally get our hands dirty on a trail that we one day hope to have as part of the Great Plains Trail! The […]
Sunlight and Storm
I recently ran across a little gem of a book in a local used bookstore (yes, we have two in the town where I live). It’s called Sunlight and Storm – The Great American Plains by Alexander B. Adams. It was published back in 1977, but because it is something of an encyclopedia of mostly […]
Volunteer Time!
Calling all Volunteers! If you live in the eastern half of Colorado (Front Range included), western Nebraska, or southeast Wyoming, the Great Plains Trail Alliance needs your muscle! We will be doing some moderate trail maintenance (moving new gravel with a shovel and rake on an already existing trail) at Pawnee National Grassland in northeast […]
Our National Scenic Trails
As far as National Scenic Trails are concerned (and for these purposes I’m not including National Historic Trails or National Recreation Trails), there are currently 11 in existence (three of them were added as recently as 2009). They represent some of the most dramatic and geographically (not to mention historically) significant regions of the United […]
Seldom Seen
I just finished reading a book titled Seldom Seen – A Journey into the Great Plains by Patrick Dobson. The book is a personal narrative, and tells the story of the author who sets out on a walking journey from his home in Kansas City to Helena, Montana in a quest to see the country, […]
High, Wide, and Handsome
February’s Flickr Gallery will take us south from Grasslands National Park into eastern Montana. This part of Montana, east of the Rockies, makes up about two thirds of the state, and consists of rolling terrain dotted here and there with island ranges and isolated buttes and hills. This is classic “Big Sky” country and […]
City Limits
Not to long ago, I flew from where I live now (Colorado) to where I grew up (Minnesota). I was excited about the trip for the usual reasons – a chance to escape the daily grind, as well as a chance to catch up with my family. I was also excited about the trip because I […]
Canada Style
During 2013, we plan to feature a gallery of photos each month of places where the trail will pass through. As often done on this blog, we will follow a roughly north to south direction, so what better place to start than the very northern terminus of the trail, the U.S./Canada border. It’s a little […]
More moisture in 2013 would indeed be welcomed across much of the Great Plains! Thanks for your thoughts Chris.
