re: #105 Anymouse

So I see there’s a Dismal River running through the Sandhills. Such an optimistic, uplifting name! I can see why it would be called that though:

Most of the land along the river is privately owned and used for ranching. The water comes from the Ogalalla Aquifer and boils up beneath the river in places, sometimes creating areas of quicksand. Deer, coyotes, beavers, turkey and rattlesnakes inhabit the area along the river.

Though much of the river’s length is unpopulated, the Dismal River Golf Course, designed by Jack Nicklaus, borders it south of Mullen. […]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismal_River