Best Western Mid Nebraska Inn Kearney

... go figure that out.  29,000 people live here and it is exactly 1733 miles to Boston and 1733 miles to San Francisco.  So I guess we are in the middle.  <br>Spanning I-80 is the Great Platte River Road Archway a tourist attaction that follow the stories of trappers, pioneers, the 49ers and Pony Express which passed through here in history.  Then up to more modern times with the ...

Left Denver in the morning and headed to Cheyenne WY and saw the state capitol. Quite a bit fancier than the NV capitol. From there headed to Nebraska using state highways. Went to Scottsbluff and Chimney rock. These were markers for western settlers following the Oregon, Mormon, California trails as well as the Pony Express. At Scottsbluff the wagon ...

The Oregon Trail guidebook we are using recommended a visit to Pioneer Village in lovely Minden, Nebraska. The guidebook boasts "something for everyone" and "over 50,000 historical items". Hmmm...sounds good. Our plan was to camp at the lovely Pioneer Village campground and see Pioneer Village in its entirety. We were expecting almost a Williamsbury type experience ...

The drive to Kearney, NB today was very long. This was the first time in three trips West that I have encountered extended traffic stops on the interstate. My luck finally ran out. We stopped at Cabela's. This is my second trip to this store. It is fabulous. I bought some new assault rifles to defend myself when I get to California. Check out my photo with the bear. It is in the entrance of Cabela's store.<br>

Another cold and rainy day. Dave wanted to take me to the Lewis and Clark exhibit in St. Charles, but I wanted to hit the road. It turns out that I drove right past a Lewis and Clark museum in Nebraska City so I stopped. It was a very impressive. It seems ...

So after five weeks of enduring America's public transport system, it comes as a relief to head west from Chicago in a car. I'm sharing the petrol and driving with a fella moving West from Chicago, who turns out to be a bit of a character. The first day takes us 800 miles over the Great Plains through Iowa to Western Nebraska - thoroughly uninteresting landscape but pretty stunning skies.

... past 110 on a straight stretch of freeway, trying to get ahead of the storm as the first few golfball-sized hailstones fell around us. Got past it just before it crossed the freeway. Didn't need a broken windshield and dented up car a few hours after fixing the oil leak. Once we were past it, it put on a spectacular lightning show and gave us a chance to stop for some dramatic photographs.

Today's blog is pretty boring. I left Dubois this morning and did get to enjoy some beautiful scenery for a couple of hours - cattle country straight out of the Western movies. By 1pm though I was on the I-80 heading east and after that there was nothing worth seeing, or taking pictures of for that matter. The only thing on my mind was making as much distance as possible. I hit two bad thunderstorms ...

Today was a long long drive. To make it worse, I was just plain sick. I did make a run by the famous "Rock City" that I always saw the "See Rock City" signs as a kid. I did not bother to pay to go in. I was not feeling well. I got to the hotel and crashed hard.

... none of which we have seen dead on the side of the road). I'm not quite sure what that says about the area, except that I've been challenged to find a vegetarian meal. Lastly, Rachel and I stick out. Today we were wearing matching shirts which warrants the stares. But even yesterday in Wyoming, we could tell that people were wondering where we came from. I'm not sure if it's our lack of Wranglers, our west coast ...