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I left the refuge and tried to head into se NE. I found several snapped power poles on the way.
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I think maybe a tree fell down there and caused this domino effect. If so, that would have been a pretty cool sight to see.
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Before I could cross the river into Rulo Nebraska I hit a road closed sign....ugg. The above was taken while driving around a lake in the area.
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Realizing I didn't have enough daylight to drive up to Rockport to cross, and back south, I tried a frozen "gravel" road. I thought maybe I could get on the other side of whatever was closed. This road was a little spooky at times. I kept thinking I'd get stuck or blocked by trees.
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Geese! Lots of them. Wonder how many were here, 50,000+? I have no idea. Had I not had to take this little detour I'd never have known these were around.
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I put an end to this trip around 5pm and started the drive back home. On the way I saw an amazing sight with a sliver crescent moon next to the steam plumes of the power plant south of Council Bluffs. I wasn't sure the moon was even out. I saw the pairing at the same time as I looked back at the steam, from I29. I was like, dang that looks sweet. But I could see no decent place to shoot it from. I hoped maybe I could get the Omaha skyline to line up with the moon, from the Casinos, but it wasn't to be. Then I saw the north Omaha power plant, and knew I could make it work with a road that runs along and south of the interstate heading into north O. I spent about 2 hours there shooting the moon with that. I'll make an entirely separate page for that later. Continue to the following day December 13 here.
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