The sun caught the exhaust from the Heskett Station power plant just right as I was driving by the other day. They were offline for quite a while last year for updates and maintenance, but they appear to be chugging away as usual nowadays!

With plants like the power station and the refinery downstream pushing warm water into the Missouri River, it’s no surprise that parts of the river don’t even freeze over. In fact, there are flocks of geese that simply don’t migrate; they just stay near the refinery and enjoy the open water year-round. I’m sure that’s why the big Tesoro sign at the entry to the refinery has a goose on it.

Power plants are really cool. I’ve seen the inside of a few, but not Heskett. Time to make some inquiries…