Some random pictures off my camera taken in the last month or so. Click here or on the picture below to see more!

Downtown Kansas City, January 6th, 2010.

The brand new 2010 edition of the Pass Times book has been finished and is now available for download.

Click here or on the book cover below to get your copy today! Remember, you can choose to download the whole book or chapter by chapter.

Just a quick note to announce the date for the 2010 Sandhills Marathon has been set. We got word this week from the event organizers:

2010 Sandhills Marathon will be June 12! contact apollock@remboltludtke.com for details….

Anyone interested in participating is encouraged to contact Andy as soon as they can. We’re looking forward to seeing everyone again this year!

A nearly perfect autumn afternoon in southeast Nebraska and a trip to the Homestead National Monument gave me an opportunity to grab a few photographs of prairies covered in gold. Click here or on the picture below to see more!

Prairie land at the Homestead National Monument in Nebraska.

I finally got the chance to visit the Steamship Arabia Museum. The size of the museum itself belies the truly massive collection of wonderful 19th century artifacts on display. The photos I’ve posted here don’t come close to doing the collection justice and I would highly recommend anyone who has the chance to visit the museum to do so. But for a taste of what’s on display you can take a look at the photos I’ve posted here. Click on any image to view it full size.

Click here to view the photos.

It’s been a cool and damp spring in the Sandhills in 2009, cooler temperatures and moisture intensify the emerald colors found everywhere this time of year – interspersed with the flecks of gold and purple flowers and the grey and steely sky. Megan Hanna and her uncle David took a trip down to the river and then back to the calving shed on Sunday, you can see the results of the trip below:

Click here to view Megan’s photos.

Springtime in Missouri brings lots of rain, misty days and flowers in bloom. I took a little day trip down to Columbia, MO but this time I wanted to explore the countryside so I passed up the interstate highway and here’s what I saw. Click here or on the picture below to see more!

Fields of flowers near Waverly, MO.

Registration is now open for the 2009 Sandhills Marathon! For those who are interested and are not yet on the mailing list for updates here is the information you’ll need to register:

Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 13, 2009: The 3rd Annual Sandhills Marathon. Please find a registration brochure attached.

We hope you’ll be able to join us for the full or the half marathon this year. And, of course, race volunteers are more than welcome!

Remember, the race will be limited to 55 participants (30 from Nebraska and 25 from out of state) and registrants who enter on or before May 15th will receive a $10 discount, so don’t delay! If you are interested in running the full or half marathon download the form linked below then mail it along with your registration fee to the address included on the form.

http://www.passranch.com/docs/SandhillsRegistrationBrochure2009.pdf

Good luck to all who participate in the 3rd annual Sandhills Marathon! Remember, volunteers and spectators are more than welcome to join us on Saturday, June 13th in Brownlee, Nebraska!

Sonny and Susie contributed a few more pictures of their own from Route 66 this year. Click here or on the picture below (just like always) to see more!

The Mission Church in Old Town Albuquerque.

Dave travelled to Phoenix again this year, but this time taking a road trip along Route 66. Click here or on the picture below (just like always) to see more!

The National Route 66 Museum in Elk City, Oklahoma.