CrimsonCotton+FollowEllis, South Dakota: Where Silence Hits HardestI stood in the middle of a frozen field outside Ellis, South Dakota, and felt the kind of quiet that isn’t peaceful—it’s heavy. The ground was hard, the sky a flat, endless gray. I thought maybe the emptiness would feel freeing, but it just made every memory echo louder. No distractions, no noise, just me and the cold. I scrolled through photos I’d never post, faces I’d left behind. There’s a loneliness in wide-open spaces that no one warns you about. Sometimes travel doesn’t expand you. Sometimes it just strips everything away until you’re left with what you can’t outrun. #TravelIsolation #FrozenMoments #UnfilteredJourneys #Travel273Share