Nebraska
Lewis & Clark Visitors Center – Nebraska City, NE
We arrived at the Lewis & Clark Visitors Center at 3pm and they were scheduled to be open until 4pm, so we quickly got set up and went inside. Thankfully, it was air conditioned as it was about 90º outside. Admission was $8 apiece. The host was very nice and offered to stay late for…
Read MorePal’s Brewery – North Platte, NE
Karen woke up with a bad headache, a combination of one Moscow Mule the night before, the elevation of 7800 feet, and the consequential dehydration. So, after a late start, I drove the entire 320 miles from Elk mountain to North Platte, Nebraska, while Karen reclined and tried to make herself comfortable. Again, it was…
Read MoreOgallala, NE
We were up early and left for Ogallala, Nebraska, in the southwest corner of the state, where we had reservations at a KOA camp. On the way we stopped at Great Platte River Road Archway, a museum that chronicles how the west was settled, from the early 1800s to the early 1900s, when wagon trains…
Read MoreSheila’s Place – Omaha, Nebraska
Sheila, Leonard’s Mom, invited us to stay at her place in Omaha, Nebraska. (Leonard is our niece Courtney’s husband.) We drove through three states to get there: Missouri, Kansas and Iowa. Sheila and her sister Peggy were such gracious hosts. We had so much fun! I can’t believe how much we packed into 36 hours! During…
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