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Elbow Room
South Pass City, Wyoming
2022

I believed this was billed as a typical miner’s cabin, but at least in the heyday of mining in this area, I have a hard time believing that a single miner would have such spacious digs.

Where They Kept the Good Stuff
South Pass City, Wyoming
2022

A heavy steel door secures this storage area sunk into a hillside. Whiskey and other valuables were stored here.

Beans…
South Pass City, Wyoming
2022

Upon seeing these shelves of canned goods with old-time labels, the Fashion Queen immediately started reading the labels out loud, starting with the single word “beans”. I immediately knew why she was doing this–it was a reference to one of my favorite movies. I won’t say what movie it was but here’s a (maybe) huge hint: it has something to do with Bob Dylan.

Postmark South Pass City
South Pass City, Wyoming
2022

This still life recreation of the post office in South Pass City is interesting but doesn’t stand up well to close inspection. These two letters with return addresses from elsewhere are addressed to South Pass City residents, yet they bear no postmark from those other locations. To add to the confusion, there is the postmark stamp for South Pass City resting on top of the envelopes.

Drinking Game
South Pass City, Wyoming
2022

You can learn a lot about history at restored/recreated places like the South Pass City Historic Site. But quite frankly I enjoy visiting such places for the interesting still life scenes as much as anything else. The recreations provide teasing glimpses of what life in those times must have been like.

The Opposite of Open
Encampment, Wyoming
2022

Patriot’s Dream #78
Encampment, Wyoming
2022

Patriot’s Dream #77
Riverside, Wyoming
2022

Sound advice–they’ve got my vote.

Greetings
Riverside, Wyoming
2022

We made a trip to southern Wyoming last week to meet up with some friends. I guess this big sign was painted to try and avoid confusion for visitors in the area since this particular view of Wyoming looks more like Kansas to me.

A Wicked Sense of Humor
Nogales, Arizona
2022

It’s perhaps very hard to see at this scale, but at the base of the windmill are statuettes of a Gila monster, a couple of lizards, a snake and a gnome leaning on a rock bearing the inscription “Mom’s Garden.”