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    • from the website: Through the Looking Glass
    • from the website: Barnhardt
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    • The Overland Stage
      • The Holladay Overland Stage: 1 – The Central Route
      • The Overland Stage – 2 Company Operations
      • The Overland Stage – 3 Exploring The Route – An Overview
      • The Overland Stage: 4 – South Platte/Julesburg/Ft Sedgwick
        • Jack Slade
      • The Overland Stage: 5 – Julesburg to Junction Station (aka Ft Morgan)
      • The Overland Stage: 6 – Junction Station to Latham
      • The Overland Stage: 7 – Latham Crossing to Fort Collins
      • The Overland Stage: 8 – LaPorte to Virginia Dale
      • The Overland Stage: 9 – Virginia Dale to Cooper Creek
      • The Overland Stage: 10 – Cooper Creek to Pass Creek
        • Fletcher Family
      • The Overland Stage: 11 – Pass Creek to Bridger Station
      • The Overland Stage: 12 – Bridger Pass to Duck Lake
      • The Overland Stage: 13 – Duck Lake to LaClede
      • The Overland Stage: 14 – LaClede to Almond
      • The Overland Stage: 15 – Almond to Rock Springs
      • The Overland Stage: 16 – Rock Springs to Fort Bridger
      • The Overland Stage: 17 – Fort Bridger to Weber Station

I find I don’t wish to explore new lands, but to explore again those I have already passed through, trying to see what I’d missed in the first hectic rush … Gerard Van der Leun

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Daily Archives: March 18, 2026

A Bit Of A Hint Of Trouble

The New American Digest Posted on March 18, 2026 by DTMarch 19, 2026

I've been getting a few reports of "Invalid Nonce" errors when some of you try to post comments. Anyone getting these errors and just letting them go by?

The trouble with these errors is they >might< be caused on the user end where I can't do anything about it. On the other hand, it could be serious enough that I might need to change the underlying platform this site sits on.

I don't see anything obvious on this end but that doesn't mean something isn't lurking where I don't see it right off.

Please let me know if you get this error. It's a potential site security problem that needs to be dealt with.

I love my job! (yes, I do)

OK. Changed some things; reset some others. Let's see if those changes help.
Let me know if you have any issues.

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Westbound – The Long Kansas Highway

The New American Digest Posted on March 18, 2026 by DTMarch 12, 2026

There's something ... a feeling ... that comes over me as I'm on a long trip with the sun sinking down. A full tank of gas, little traffic, a long forever-straight road in front. Not quite hypnotic ... relaxing into the hum of tires on asphalt, the low sound of a healthy engine - all systems go, all needles in the green zone.

US36 not far west of Marysville. The Pony Express/Overland Stage/ California-Oregon Trails headed north into Nebraska from here - but I've passed the old routes and I'm headed straight west through the center of the country to the far Rocky Mountains near-on 500 miles ahead.

I'll be in Loveland by dawn ...

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Gerard Van der Leun
12/26/45 - 1/27/23


Gerard's Last Post
(posthumous): Feb 4, 2023
"So Long. See You All a Little Further Down the Road"

When my body won’t hold me anymore
And it finally lets me free
Where will I go?
Will the trade winds take me south through Georgia grain?
Or tropical rain?
Or snow from the heavens?
Will I join with the ocean blue?
Or run into a savior true?
And shake hands laughing
And walk through the night, straight to the light
Holding the love I’ve known in my life
And no hard feelings

Avett Brothers - No Hard Feelings

The following was posted along with the announcement of Gerard's passing.
Leonard Cohen - Going Home

For a 2005 interview with Gerard


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  1. Anne Nelson on A Bit Late – But Late Doesn’t MatterMay 13, 2026

    Thank you Jean!

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    I had it's bigger bother for as couple years, it weren't all that. Other than 1/2" of horse hair padding…

  3. jean on ConnectionsMay 13, 2026

    Feels like there should be another chapter following...

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    I WANT A TRUCK LIKE THAT!!!

  5. jean on A Bit Late – But Late Doesn’t MatterMay 12, 2026

    So heartfelt, Anne. Lovely.


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Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man,
play a song for me
I'm not sleepy
and there ain't no place I'm goin' to

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man,
play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning,
I'll come followin' you

Take me for a trip upon
your magic swirling ship
All my senses have been stripped
And my hands can't feel to grip
And my toes too numb to step
Wait only for my boot heels to be wanderin'

I'm ready to go anywhere,
I'm ready for to fade
Unto my own parade
Cast your dancing spell my way
I promise to go under it


Men who saw night coming down about them could somehow act as if they stood at the edge of dawn.


From Gerard's site. The picture always caught my eye.

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