Show us your pictures on "THE GREAT PLAINS"

NW Italy (Monferrato/Asti)

Maybe not Great Plains, but Pretty Good Plains in Central Illinois.
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I was raised in Pekin, Illinois, and that seems like such a long time ago. Being an Illinois boy, I always thought of our geography as prairie, the beginning of the Great Plains. My younger brother lives in Lincoln, IL, so I get back "home," the Land of Lincoln, from time to time.

Nice looking KLR.

Brent

Hey Nifty,

You know be better than that.....Guests stay in the Big House with the wood stove and carpeting....

The Green One is the "LATRINE and SHOWER HOUSE"...

You're right, it's no tent, but all that and more still fits inside my suburban...

Have a great holiday....

p.s. how's the cat?

She's doing ok, but I'm still not sure if I'm cut out to be a cat person. I've learned the old saying "Dogs have masters, cats have staff" is true.

But I know what I can get you for Christmas...
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Have a good Turkey Day BB.

Gypsum Hills, ks

Southwest Oklahoma

Nebraska

South Dakota at the Missouri River

syrian dessert, plain enough ?

Kansas

Just before you get to the Snowy Range Mountains of Wyoming you find the Overland Trail.





Once on top, this is the view, looking east toward the trail marker, above.

See that formation in the background?

Organ Trail in Wyoming - About 15 Miles West of Independence Rock

Thats nice.....

I'm rolling along and heard this loud whistle. Just in time I skipped over and parked the bike by the rails and got into position to snap off this quick shot. Small engine, large engine.
This is a great thread because I so love this State, Nebraska, and think folks just don't appreciate the Plains period. Sometimes it's nice to be wrong, which seems to be the case here.
Consider my check in the mail.

Thanks squid.........Thats a mighty fine train you have their...

Off the beaten path for a touring bike but lord knows I didn't it was going to be that way. So onward I plunged, and came across the nicest lady in this grocery store that was just a wee bit off the beaten path! 30 minutes of conversation and off I was again to find the rest of Nebraska.
Two things I'm coming to find is that if you compare maps from 75 years ago, small towns are dying and farms have the same last name.