tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763985013725565641.post5342014151858383945..comments2023-04-06T03:07:58.724-06:00Comments on Needles of Iron: Road TripIron Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04848627330939129750noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763985013725565641.post-59423633193291592072010-06-09T10:32:39.705-06:002010-06-09T10:32:39.705-06:00I thoroughly enjoyed reading this and seeing the p...I thoroughly enjoyed reading this and seeing the photos. I trekked a further west portion of this trail for five days last summer, dressed in the long dress and bonnet, but I was official photographer, so I had it a tad easier than the teenagers I was documenting!<br /><br />This brought back many pleasant memories.Snowcatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06360228352528558176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763985013725565641.post-33513707671082601602010-06-09T09:29:29.901-06:002010-06-09T09:29:29.901-06:00Lynne- the photo taken of the field from 'way ...Lynne- the photo taken of the field from 'way up high' was taken at Alcove Springs in Kansas. Sorry for the confusion.<br /><br />I had a photo from the top of Scott's Bluff, but thought the post was long enough, and picture ladened as it was!Iron Needleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04848627330939129750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763985013725565641.post-45773149742887842112010-06-09T06:11:13.482-06:002010-06-09T06:11:13.482-06:00I think my earlier comment went into the black hol...I think my earlier comment went into the black hole. This was a great trip and makes me realize I was exclaiming over the 13.5 hr trip from your house to mine (some 600 plus miles) and they made about 10 miles a day. Makes you think...Gaynellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14073525271372339258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763985013725565641.post-86862265569580240342010-06-09T05:09:11.234-06:002010-06-09T05:09:11.234-06:00I now wish I taken the time to get off the main ro...I now wish I taken the time to get off the main road and go to the monument. We were always too busy doing the dog show thing I guess.<br /><br />Fascinating Becky! And timely ... I've been reading a book about the fated Donner party which tracks one family from the moment they set out on the Oregon Trail and unfortunately diverge from it to take the "short cut" that wasn't. All the pioneers had to go by were those pamphlets spouting glory and heresay. <br /><br />The book has really opened my eyes to the hardships of traveling by wagon train.<br /><br />I think they were a hardier bunch than I would have been. A very hard life.<br /><br />That one picture you have of the swales "way up high" I think I have seen that. Was that taken on right on the main road to the west of Scottsbluff (the town) ? I think I remember driving by a field that looked like that where you could see the dips.Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05875008154587045790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763985013725565641.post-85826889140400523512010-06-09T01:29:24.383-06:002010-06-09T01:29:24.383-06:00I was walking through a swale one day and tripped ...I was walking through a swale one day and tripped over a runnel...weren't you and Jan with me?Tishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763985013725565641.post-50098750652105126982010-06-08T21:36:49.862-06:002010-06-08T21:36:49.862-06:00Very cool! I have never seen swales, before. Wel...Very cool! I have never seen swales, before. Well, I guess I still haven't, but now, I have at least seen your photos of them!janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14550494417488866070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763985013725565641.post-66952933008600797372010-06-08T21:07:13.728-06:002010-06-08T21:07:13.728-06:00Very cool pictures and it is just amazing that you...Very cool pictures and it is just amazing that you can still make out the trail.sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14663367469819162566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763985013725565641.post-58579691031498171872010-06-08T19:28:20.339-06:002010-06-08T19:28:20.339-06:00I am so envious--I love working with wool and I wo...I am so envious--I love working with wool and I would love to visit this place!<br />Love the photos and post about the wagon trains! My g-g-grandfather rode horseback with a wagon train going west when he was 15 yrs. old. Wish I knew why he went! He returned to AR and was a Captain in the Confederate army. I have some of his correspondence which I plan to use in a future post! Right now I am just too tired to write much! V.Stickhorsecowgirlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167094045033324094noreply@blogger.com