Holiday Inn Grand Island-I-80,Ne

... of rail in 1869 and cars in 1918 on highway 30 to now this mega highway I - 80.<br><br>Fort Kearny (notice the spelling has changed) Historical Park and State Park is about 4 miles south of town on the south of the Platt River.<br>The Fort was the only defence for the wagon trains going west in the early days so again all the different Trails converged here which enabled repairs and supplies. 

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 ...

... village consisted of a collection of metal quonset (sp?) huts crammed full of "historical items" (i.e. junk). Some replicas of old-time buildings did exist but the only period dress we saw were some grandmas dressed in housecoats. (No offense to the Grandmas in our viewing audience.)<br>Enjoy the attached video for more historical sites (I mean, hysterical sights).

... pressure on the kidneys is just to much.<br><br>Other then that so far so good only 10,000 miles to go.<br><br>Pictures will come because when u go on vacation always remember u should take ur camera with u it does u no good to leave it at home, but a new one has arrived.

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>

We traveled north through Oklahoma and Kansas (via I 35;I 135; US 81) for 12 hours. Finally, after traveling for 12 hours, we found a place to stop!!! It was nice having our RV to just park. It was 48 degrees, Tuesday Morning, in Grand Island, NE!!!

... and we sat outside playing games and reading. Went to bed early, trying to get back to our time zone. I forgot that my company apparently got bought this past week. I really am enjoying the trip. By the way I received less than one call a day until Monday. That day the phone was ringing off the hook. The good news, for all of you who were inquiring, is as of today's market close I can pay for the RV trip! Mike

... We drove through the buffalo range and saw a few of them sheltering under the trees. Lee stopped the car and made me take pictures but I didn't want to stop too long in case the buffalo took offence to the red car (red car to a bull kind of thing!). I was worried that the car wouldn't start and we'd be eaten by buffalo or something till Lee pointed out they were probably more interested in sheltering from the sun and eating grass rather than terrorising tourists ...

... gear kept us dry. We also had 25+ cross winds most of the way. As you would suspect we were the only motorcycles on the road until Des Moines and even then fellow riders were scarce. It was great to wake up to sunny and dry weather this morning. We are going to tour Lincoln a bit this morning and leave for western Nebraska early afternoon. Penny

The fith day the wagon overturned in a river.The river was so strong it almost swept the wagon away. But since we had three oxen the oxen helped us pull it out the river.After the wagon overturned in the river we countinud walking on the oreagon trail.