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        • Fletcher Family
      • The Overland Stage: 11 – Pass Creek to Bridger Station
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      • 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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Just Another Day In The Neighborhood

The New American Digest Posted on June 7, 2026 by DTJune 7, 2026

A few up-to-the-minute headlines in today's local news.

closed both directions for a little over 70 miles.
So are the alternate routes (US30)
almost as much snow as in January
only 58 out as I write this
normal is high 80s
'tis the season
wait til hot & dry arrives in a month or so
just saw a baby diamondback on the road behind me
cats have faster reflexes than a rattler

And that's today's big news from the big city ...

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Erosion

The New American Digest Posted on June 7, 2026 by DTJune 6, 2026

To tell the truth, I don't recall where I took this photo but I'm going to guess it wasn't east of the Divide.

The layering caught my eye - eons of sand deposits and run-offs over millions of years in oceans long since turned to dry and dusty lands.

Climate change ...

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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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    I read somewhere that someone did the leg work and found out Dillon got shot about 300 times in 20…

  2. DT on ErosionJune 7, 2026

    I remember watching the documentaries of 1870s Kansas (such as Gunsmoke) and am amazed at how fast the mountains around…

  3. ghostsniper on ErosionJune 7, 2026

    What is the most loved smell in the world? ========================================== Scientific research shows vanilla is the most universally loved smell…

  4. ghostsniper on ErosionJune 7, 2026

    And now it's a sea of amber waves of grain.

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    I remember, and I commented. The small town in that article is about 3 hours due north of me. In…


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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
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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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