Click on any image to enlarge [above left] Hunting for ammonites along the banks of the muddy Cheyenne River. We had been warned to keep out of the water, as rattlesnakes shedding their skins in river and temporarily blind would strike at anything that touched them [top right] A vintage Packard sitting, forlorn and abandoned at a rural Dakota farm [center right] Detail of a small ammonite found inside a concretion along the Cheyenne River [bottom right] All good things must come to an end . . . walking slowly back to our vans, and contemplating the long journey home |