November 25, 2004 – 10:07 PM
November 25, 2004
Golden, Colorado
Good road trip up to Colorado and a Great Thanksgiving with Jesse. Had a snowstorm chase up all the way up, but we ran through clean weather the entire way. Almost had a major tragedy- Jesse’s oven stopped working- but we discovered the Turkey was cooked and so all was well. Great dinner. Fun to cook with Jesse! His new cat, Sebastian, and Henry had quite a time getting to know each other but by the end they were good pals.
It was good to see his new house and how much effort he has put into making it a home.
We made plans for Christmas. Looks like both of us will be doing road trips back east this December.
Sebastian and the turkey
Jesse stuffen the bird …… range fed, happy life, killed quick bird that is
Cutten up the bird
JW, don’t ask and Heather at dinner
Henry at the dinner table
resting after the bird
out front of JW”S
November 22, 2004 – 12:31 AM
November 22,2004
Corrales, New Mexico
Time just seems to be rushing so fast. Went down to Portales for Jack Carr’s (Heathers Grandfather) 90th. Birthday and I got to meet the whole family. Must have been close to 100 people at the party. A very enjoyable time. Spent 3 days there the first two getting ready for the party and the last day at the party. We then motored back to Albuquerque and have been here since.
Spent the time visiting friends and running all the film shot since I left Omaha. Have made some new images I’m very happy with and will try to scan them soon. One is of an old bed in a deserted farmhouse in Nebraska just below Pine Ridge and the other is of the El Rita Chapel just outside of Espanola, New Mexico. The Chapel is one I’ve been trying to photograph for over 10 years and could only see it up on a distant mesa but could never figure out how to get there. This trip David Marks an old assistant and good photographer who now has his own gallery in Santa Fe, told me how to get there. Thank you David. There are a few others but these two stand out.
David Marks Fine Art Photography
410 South Guadalupe Street
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
505.820.7474
Got to go pick up mats from the best little frame shop in the world, Frontier Frames. These folks sure do great work, their info is:
Frontier Frames
2008 Saint Michaels Drive suite D
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
505.473.1901
Tomorrow we start back to Boulder and Thanksgiving with my son Jesse. Hope to spend two slow days traveling up and then Wednesday and Thursday with Jesse then on to southern Arizona and some warm weather. Seems like the trip as of late has been about getting places and I’m getting a bit disorientated. Look forward to getting back on the road and wondering again, without the idea of a destination or the time/space reference that has been with us the last few months.
Chapel at Santa Rita
Heather at Santa Rita
Frank the man behind Frontier Frames
November 12, 2004 – 8:57 PM
okay so it’s out of order, what can I say. Had a great visit with my friends Richard and Alice.
DMK Woodstock, New York
Richard and Alice Woodstock, New York
Richard Segalman Woodstock, New York
The four of us Woodstock, New York
November 6, 2004 – 4:08 PM
November 6, 2004
Corrales, New Mexico
Arrived last night and had the Sweat today. Caroline got to film a lot of it and a good time was had by all. Feels good to be back in New Mexico and involved in the Sweat Lodge again. Will spend the next few days getting the portfolios together before we head down to Portales for Heather Grandfather’s 90th. Birthday party.
Thomaz and Caroline at Uncle Phills Lodge
Beckey and Chief Phill Crazybull after lodge
November 4, 2004 – 11:59 PM
A PHOTO PAGE it may take a moment now’s a good time to refresh your coffee
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david
Badlands
Badlands
Clouds Colorado
Clouds Colorado
Clouds Wyoming
Clouds Wyoming
Clouds and Snow Wyoming
Clouds Wyoming
DMK Wyoming
November 4, 2004 – 10:37 PM
November 4, 2004
Longmont Colorado
Saint Vrain State Park
Arrived late afternoon and set up camp. Had a good trip down from Pine Ridge stopping to photograph along the way. Thomaz and Caroline have gotten to see a great deal of this part of the country and seem to love it. Had a great visit with Jesse today and off to Santa Fe in the morning. Be good to see Phil and Becky. Truly looking forward to the Sweat.
DMK and Jesse Boulder
Thomaz and Caroline in the Badlands S.D.
Thomaz in the Badlands
Thomaz at Prarie’s Edge
Buffalo Custer State Park
Badlands South Dakota
November 2, 2004 – 10:15 PM
2 November 2004
Gordon, Nebraska
Never left. After talking to Thomas we decided they should jump off the plane in Denver and drive up to the Res. Thomas and Caroline arrived here late last night and we spent today traveling Rosebud and Pine Ridge. Wound up back in Mission at The White Horse Trading Post. After picking up some Sundance Music for Thomas we went back over to Harold and Elva’s home and spent the rest of the afternoon photographing and visiting with Harold. Tomorrow we head up through Pine Ridge and the Badlands into the Black Hills. Plan to travel down to Albuquerque and have a Sweat with Chief Crazy Bull on Saturday.
DMK shooting Gordon
Henry Gordan Camp
Harold’s Sweat Lodge
Heather, Caroline and Thomaz at Harolds
DMK, Heather and Caroline at Harolds
Heather
Henry Carhenge Nebraska
Henry Carhenge Nebraska
October 28, 2004 – 9:53 PM
29 October 2004
Valentine, Nebraska
Still here! Spent yesterday roaming the plains of Rosebud (reservation). Such a beautiful place, with distinct landscapes. Small river valleys and pine trees break up the rolling Plains. Spent a few hours with Elva Thompson and Harold White Horse. Have known Elva for years from my days at Crow Dogs Sundance. Harold and Elva run the White Horse Trading Post in downtown Mission, South Dakota. If you’re ever out this way it’ s a great little store with lots of locally made Lakota art along with a good selection of beads, music and herbs. A must stop on the Rosebud. Ended up at their home outside White River, South Dakota and spent a great afternoon. Harold has offered to take me around tomorrow and show me some of his special places, weather permitting. Tonight it’s cold and looks like rain.
Spent today traveling south down HWY 97 looking for more waterfalls on the North Loup. Ended up in the town of Mullen, Nebraska. In Valentine we were told to look up
Mitch Glidden at the Sandhill Motel in Mullen. Turns out he runs Glidden Canoe Tours. For sure he’d know but he was out of town so I got directed over to Big Red’s Café and Bar. Had a great hamburger and lots of help from the 10 or so folks hanging around the bar. This was a local bar full of locals. Back in the 60’s I would have been in serious trouble in this place. Even today I felt a bit uneasy and excused myself to go to the bathroom. Turns out the waterfalls we were looken for were the Carrier Falls and everyone had been there fishing most of their lives until the property fell into the hands of The Turner Ranch. As in… Ted Turner. Seems the land is now off limits and they do not allow anyone on the property. I’ve got calls into the Turner Headquarters to see if we can get permission the make photographs, but everyone seems to feel it’s useless.
Due to weather and prior commitments I’ll have to leave the area Sunday heading west again to hook up with the film crew in Rapid City or Denver. Unsure as to where yet. Do plan to return in the spring and do more work here. The land and the people here have a strong pull on my heart.
The Times they are a changing
Painting Wounded Knee S.D.
Alva and DMK at the White Horse Trading Post Mission S.D.
DMK shooting the Little White River
DMK Shooting HWY 97 Nebraska
North Loup River
October 26, 2004 – 8:39 PM
October 26, 2004
Valentine Nebraska
Quite a day. Out of Valentine down Hwy 97 toward the Snake, North Loup and Dismal River. Arrived at the Snake River and a great water fall. While setting up the camera the screw from the tripod to the camera broke. Now this tripod had a $350.00 “magic ball” head made by Novoflex on it and one would think a few things. 1. the screw would not break being made of strong metal. Wrong, the inside metal of the screw is soft and it broke with very little pressure applied. 2. You could get a replacement screw. Wrong again, after calls to our suppliers no one had any idea about replacement parts. So it looked like a new head and a few headaches trying to get it shipped to the middle of nowhere. And of course it all had to be over-nighted as I could not shoot until we had the tripod up and running. One ray of hope- on the horizon we saw a Fed-x truck coming down the highway. So here we are in the middle of nowhere; the truck, airstream, Henry and me by the side of the road, with no one around for miles totally clear weather about 1pm in the afternoon, flagging down the Fed-x truck to find out were to get the head shipped. But the Fed-x truck just whizzed by. Perhaps he just didn’t see us? I’ve noticed that Fed-x service and customer care has been declining lately. ……
I headed back to Valentine in the hopes of finding a hardware store or a Fed-x office. Not that I had much hope of finding either. I pulled into the Bomgaars Hardware store in downtown Valentine. I had taken the head apart and found numerous custom parts that no hardware store, not even in New York City would stock. As I walked into the store with all these parts and the camera Carl Fernau came up and asked me if he could help. After studying the problem trying numerous ideas and an hour in the back room where I was allowed to use their tools we were able to fix the head with a 39-cent screw and a drill. Drilling out a $350.00 anything is a bit scary but when we’d finished we had not only fixed it but improved on the design of the head. If the screw ever breaks again it can be repaired with a screwdriver and a stop at any hardware store that carries a ¼ by 1-inch flat head screw.
DMK on the cell trying to find parts
Fixed tripod DMK and Carl Fernau
DMK shooting Snake Falls
Henry at Snake Falls
Trees HWY 97 Nebraska
Elk Niobrara Wildlife Refuge Nebraska
Sunset HWY 97
Trailer Merritt Reservoir Nebraska
October 25, 2004 – 8:26 PM
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
