October 25, 2004
Valentine, Nebraska

Time just flew by in Omaha. Left Omaha yesterday up highway 75 – great two-lane road heading north. Cut west just below the South Dakota border on highway 12 and have been running west since then. Now traveling through the Niobrara River Valley. Amazing rivers here, The Niobrara, The Snake and the North Loup. Hope to spend a few days in the area working with the rivers. Amazing to see the waterfalls and rivers among the rolling Plains. We are just south of the Rosebud (reservation). I’ve spent a good bit of time there but have never been in North Western Nebraska and it is fantastic country.

First coating in trailer

First prints hanging to dry in trailer