My first visit to Red Cloud in 2018 with just half day to take some photographs gave me an impression of the area.
” The only thing very noticeable about Nebraska was that is was still, all day long, Nebraska.”
~ Willa Cather – My Antonia
One’s pre-conceived vision is that of flat endless plains. However, as always with preconceptions, the reality is different, certainly in the south central part I visisted.
Here land is gently rolling with long sloping hills, with rivers , fields and clumps of trees so the scenery is broken. Just south of Red Cloud there is a preserved area of the the original prairie, full of wild flowers and birds, and grasses. https://www.willacather.org/learn/cather-prairie
“The light air about me told me that the world ended here: only the ground and sun and sky were left, and if one went a little farther there would be only sun and sky….” ~ Willa Cather
From Winter to Spring 2018