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Many miles of driving
A very long day of driving followed our departure from Jackson. Down US 191 to I-90 and across southern Wyoming and half of Nebraska. Lots of farms and wind warnings. Finally we saw some windmills. You would think this would be an area filled with windmills for solar ...
5 More hours
We finished a long day of travel, only 272 miles left to Denver, Co. Lots of cornfields and lots of crop dusters flying around, saw 2 overturned 18 wheelers.....nothing very exciting about driving through Nebraska.....nice night last night, slept with the window open, and had a good night sleep. ...
Spacious Skies and Amber Waves of Grain!
... were traveling.
Shortly we were back onto I-80 heading towards North Platte, Nebraska. We were almost immediately out on the high plains once again…no trees at all (except what might be planted next to a house) with a few alternating valleys and rolling hills. For the most part, it was a drive on the plains today. We passed many, many miles of fields of wheat and what we think was some early planted corn. Today was again a very windy day but at least the ...
And more trains!
... meal as they were on their way across the country during the war from Chicago to the Pacific.
At Cody Park we saw a Challenger, a locomotive slightly smaller than a Big Boy, and another Union Pacific loco. They are on display with some rolling stock and the station from Hershey, NE. There is also a life size statue of Buffalo Bill in the park, and we saw some deer and peacocks.
The Golden Spike Tower provides ...
And a diner
More rolling, pretty farmland and trees under a dark & threatening storm front but then 2 hours into the ride came a sunny sky and fluffy clouds. It was a good 406 mi. with wind & construction.
The Travel Buddy coupon book was useless - amounted to $1 off the ...