Sabula After Dark
After I waited for a while here getting eaten alive by mosquitos, the DM&E’s Nahant-Savanna local finally finished their work at Sabula and headed across the Mississippi River on their massive swing bridge. As always, join me on Facebook : Twitter : Flickr
Midwestern Summer Nights
One thing that always marks the beginning of summer in the Midwest is the appearance of lightning bugs. They always come out around dusk on warm evenings, flying around the sky flashing their greenish glow. This year seems to have a bumper crop of the tiny insects, which I especially noticed the other night while [...]
A Fall Preview
I spent an afternoon in the Apple River valley last week, the area between Dahinda and East Galesburg, IL, along the BNSF’s former Santa Fe mainline. This area is very scenic, for west central Illinois anyway. There are many hills and valleys for the roads and railroads to snake their way through, and the very [...]
