Setting forth on the Centennial Highway in the new Jeep to explore the area made famous by James Michener in his epic book, "Centennial"
Arriving at Pawnee Buttes, aka "Rattlesnake Buttes" in the book
The information sign conveys many of the same themes of the land that Michener described in the book
Pat happy to be finally laying eyes on the buttes after reading about them for two months
Kelly enjoying the start of the hike to the buttes
Hundreds of windmills dot the landscape throughout Pawnee National Grasslands along with innumerable fracking wells
The angle of the grass and the bluffs convey the direction of the incessant winds
West Pawnee Butte towers 300 feet above the surrounding plains that have eroded around it throughout the eons
Pawnee Buttes standing like sentinels
West Pawnee Butte
The happy couple think this area is "butte-iful"!
Hiking toward East Pawnee Butte
East Pawnee Butte and not a rattlesnake in sight
Celebrating 9 months of marriage in the windy eastern plains of Colorado!
Bundled up to battle the forceful March winds with the Jeep top down on our way to our next stop on the day's adventure
Paying our dues at High Point Bison-home of... bison and the highest point in Nebraska!
Bison on High Point ranch
The final, epic climb to the highest point in Nebraska...
Almost there...
5424 feet above sea level! The highest point in Nebraska!
Pat summitting Nebraska's high point
Still celebrating 9 months-pretty romantic, right?
Kelly summitting Nebraska's high point
Bison in the western distance near our next destination...
Can you guess our next destination along this random farm track?
We made it! But where are we?
104 deg, 3 min, 9 sec West Longitude; 41 deg, 6 sec North Latitude
That's right! The Tri-State Marker between Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska!
More of our romantic 9 months of marriage :-)
Sitting in 3 states at once!
Kelly getting in on the Tri-State fever!
Wrapping up our tour of Centennial country and heading home to Boulder
