Western Poineer trails

Trip Start Jun 12, 2009
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Trip End Jul 05, 2009


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Flag of United States  , Nebraska,
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

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 trains had to go single file and left large ruts in the ground still visible today. Chimney rock was a unique looking landmark that indicated that the journey was about 1/3 over. – See Nebraska isn't completely flat.

At Chimney Rock, my powers as a rain god increased to include hail. While inside the visitor center a thunder storm came through dropping pea sized hail for about 20 minutes.

From Chimney Rock I went up to Carhenge in Alliance NE. This is a replica of Stonehenge but it is made of cars, to the correct dimensions of Stonehenge. Kind of tacky but definitely an icon of western Nebraska.

After Carhenge I continued east, again getting more rain, and spent the night in Kearney NE.
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jrsmith
jrsmith on Jun 19, 2009 at 06:32PM

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Been to CarHenge and Cadillac Ranch as well. Gotta love that wide open space art motif! Look for the Tree of Utah on your way back along Hwy 80 (not cars). jan

cmbuchholz
cmbuchholz on Jun 20, 2009 at 01:49AM

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Jan, Thanks for the comments. Can't figure out how to add you to the address book automatically. Send me your email address and I will do it manually

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