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Scottโ€™s Bluff, Nebraska, an important landmark on the Oregon, California, and Pony Express Trails (in fact, the second-most referred to landmark in pioneer journals on the Emigrant Trails), as seen on this day 18 years ago.

Independence Pass, Colorado, one year ago today.

Reflections from the past

America the Beautiful

JCProbably has a useful tip on keeping a book past its due date for those using Libby.

The desert, illuminated.

Sunrise, two years ago today. ๐Ÿ˜

Are there any travel blogs here on MB? Looking for some blogging inspirationโ€ฆ

One year ago today, we visited this seemingly mundane rear parking lot in Laramie, Wyoming.

Why? Because on Sep 6, 1870, in the rough vicinity of this parked truck, Louisa Swain became the nation’s first woman voter, enjoying newly-won rights of political equality for women in the Wyoming Territory.

Chevy truck parked in a parking lot with other vehicles behind a building painted with large colorful mural.

Missouri State Capitol (#OTD 2021)

I visited some forks on this day three years ago.

This is NOT the spirit of true twineballing ๐Ÿงถ (OTD in 2021)

Following the lead of several others, I wrote about the 15 Books that Most Impacted Me. What an interesting self-reflective exerciseโ€”you should do the same (ping me when you do).

Eroded.

Heavily eroded hillside, deep incising cuts in a very reddish comglamerate.

I ran into this guy near Castle Hot Springs on this day nine years ago. He seemed like a real ass.

โ€œWildโ€ burro meandering down a desert wash with a low mountain in the background.

Seventeen years ago today, I visited the remains of my first WWII Japanese internment campโ€”Minidoka in Idahoโ€”a decade or so we decided to visit them all. rscottjones.com/quests/ww…

Ruins of a stone fireplace, surrounded by a low wall

Twelve years ago today, a pensive marmot and I enjoyed this vista in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Marmot looking off a steep slope towards a mountain in the distance.

I wrote a bit about why I don’t delete a bunch of my “throwaway” photos: In Defense of Not Deleting Photos.

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Rundown building with painted sign that reads โ€œWe fix everything from daybreak to heartbreakโ€