June 2019 • Nebraskaland 25
[The purpose of the trip was] to
take people on a journey with us. Not
everybody can do what we did. But, if
we can take you with, and give you a
sense of what it was like, and either
show you some things that you haven't
seen before, or show you something in
a way that you haven't seen it before,
then that's a success, I think.
The longer-term goal and hopefully
the success of this project is to continue
to build community and voice around
this watershed, and then other
watersheds. When I give a talk about
Platte Basin Timelapse to other places
that aren't here, I'll always start with
my story from my home country, from
my home watershed, but as I do that,
I want you to think about your own.
Where does your water come from, and
what does that mean, and how are you
intimately connected to it?
Q: What are your future plans?
I hope this project can continue for a
long time. We'd like to make it through
a decade – it's good statistically, and it
sounds good from a story perspective
– but in a lot of ways, I'd like to see
it continue, and I'd like to continue
to explore my home, as a storyteller.
Being able to stay in one place may
not sound as sexy to some as traveling
the world, but getting to know a place
really well is like getting to know a
friend your entire life. The more time
that you spend, the more layers you
Sunrise greets river camp on a sandbar along the central Platte River between Overton and Elm Creek, Nebraska.