Weird sites along the highway

This story explains why I saw three skateboarders rolling along a highway while I was driving from South Dakota to Lincoln last week. Then again, I’d seen buffalo, a falcon, pheasants and damn near hit a half dozen wild turkeys, too, so nothing surprised me at that point (sorry the photo is blurry: I was driving and taking a picture at the same time!) Although it looks like this kid is walking, he is actually skateboarding. Uphill. On a long, lonely highway: