{"id":25247,"date":"2018-06-28T09:41:45","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T15:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/?p=25247"},"modified":"2018-06-28T09:41:45","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T15:41:45","slug":"trip-report-1-western-nebraska-chimney-rock-and-scotts-bluff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/2018\/06\/28\/trip-report-1-western-nebraska-chimney-rock-and-scotts-bluff\/","title":{"rendered":"Trip Report 1: Western Nebraska – Chimney Rock and Scotts Bluff"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago I took some time to explore western Nebraska and the Sandhills. I managed to log over 2,000 miles exploring remote byways and roads that were way off the beaten path. I hiked, I climbed and I took in the beautiful scenery that is western Nebraska and the Sandhills. Today and tomorrow I’m presenting my favorite images captured along the way.<\/p>\n

Although I have been many, many times, I usually spent very little time at Chimney Rock. One of my goals of this trip was to further explore Chimney Rock. I spent most of one beautiful day hiking around the spire. A storm started brewing in the west and sent billowy clouds across the landscape. It was a perfect day to capture this historic pioneer beacon.<\/p>\n

\"Chimney<\/a>
Chimney Rock Over the Plains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"To<\/p>\n

\"Afternoon
Chimney Rock and Late Afternoon Clouds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"From
Chimney Rock and the Great Nebraska Plains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From a vantage point on a nearby bluff Chimney Rock glows in the light of the warm afternoon sun under a dark blue sky filled with clouds.<\/p>\n

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As the day ended I enjoyed watching the sun dip in the distance behind Chimney Rock.<\/p>\n

\"Clouds
A Chimney Rock Evening<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Chimney
Chimney Rock on a Beautiful Spring Afternoon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"To
To the West of Chimney Rock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From the shoulder of Chimney Rock looking west, the undulating landscape transitions to bluffs in the distance.<\/p>\n

\"Chimney
Chimney Rocks Shadow on the Plains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the end of the day I captured the shadow of Chimney Rock stretching across the plains. I thought it was the perfect image to cap a perfect day exploring this historic landmark.<\/p>\n

\"Jailhouse
Jailhouse and Courthouse Rock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I also visited Scotts Bluff and Courthouse and Jailhouse rocks, capturing them both in the beauty of the rising sun.<\/p>\n

\"From
From High on Courthouse Rock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Glowing
A Scotts Bluff Reflection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago I took some time to explore western Nebraska and the Sandhills. I managed to log over 2,000 miles exploring remote byways and roads that were way off the beaten path. I hiked, I climbed and I took in the beautiful scenery that is western Nebraska and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199,92,201,103,119,130,30,134,200,140,44,49,50,51],"tags":[161,166],"class_list":["post-25247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chimney-rock-nhs-nebraska","category-clouds","category-courthouse-and-jailhouse-rock","category-flowers","category-landscape","category-nature","category-photograph","category-prairie","category-scotts-bluff-nm","category-sky","category-spring","category-sun","category-sunrise","category-sunset","tag-landscape","tag-nature","column","twocol","has-thumbnail"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25247"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25247"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25286,"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25247\/revisions\/25286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog-vm.journeyoflight.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}