From Denver to Cheyenne to Sheridan to Murdo to Sheridan again, for these past three weeks I’ve been in overdrive! It has been wonderful, but it is about over. If you’ve never driven through Wyoming and South Dakota, this is just a tiny bit of what you have missed. Today, back to Sheridan, Tuesday to Denver, Wednesday back to Mexico.
This has been a fabulous trip, but, yesterday I literally tripped and fell flat trying to take a photo in the middle of Main Street in my home town during its 100th birthday celebration––luckily after the parade! So, twisted ankle, swollen knee, wrenched back. Time to go back to a different home. My camera broke, so few pictures of people were retrievable, but in a day or so, I’ll have some stories to tell. Good news is, after two trips from the router guys who had to come 150 miles to do repairs, looks like my friend Mark’s motel has had its wifi problems taken care of.
It has been 50 years that I’ve been coming to these 5 year all-school reunions. In that time, the high school population has shrunk by half, down to 49 students, even though it has gone from being a town school to a county-wide school. Lots of energy still left judging by last night’s alumni dance–the floor mainly populated by young families and cowboys and cowgirls. Still a good representation by my class of 1965, but that is a story for a day when I don’t have to pack and be in the car in minutes. Bye, Murdo. See you again in five years.
Please click on the first photo to enlarge them all and see the true magnitude of these prairie views.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
I hope your ankle gets better! Documenting the world is dangerous … I thought the car door was holding me steady yesterday while photographing clouds. It wasn’t.
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Are you as sore today as I was? After a six hour drive in the car today, I could barely unfold to get out of the car. Better after a rum and Coke. Medicine.
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We’ve been driving all week. (Long Island and back.) I think my aching back and knees have more to do with that than my stumble yesterday. Jen is a wonderful driver; I am a terrible passenger.
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I slept most of the way home from Wall to Sheridan. Not much sleep for the past 3 weeks.. but great visiting.
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Sorry to read about your pratfall … best wishes for the healing! Cheers Jamie.
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Sorry about your ankle, back AND camera! But the pictures really give meaning to the term “Big Sky.” It’s the thing I’ve loved most about the west, that sense of endless space above and around you. Thanks for the vicarious but lovely experience!
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Have you received your package yet?
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Thanks for the pix. I hope you’ll be OK! I like seeing the prairie in pictures, but I prefer little sky and big mountains and trees.
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It is a refreshing change, though, and beautiful.
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Such amazing snaps!
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absolutely beautiful! I sure hope you are on the mend!
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I am, pretty much, but then get a catch in my back or neck..I need my pool and exercise..
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best wishes for a quick recovery-
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