Various activities and spots along the road
While I have been recording this days after it happens as we have been pretty busy traveling and exploring, today is July 4th and we moved to Glenn’s Ferry. We are staying in Yknot Winery RV sites. Glenns Ferry is the beginning of the last leg of the Pioneers trip before they reach Oregon. The … Read more
Well, June 27 we’ve moved on to Lander, Wyoming. This is a cute little town with yet another Plains Museum we are going to visit. Here we have a beautiful “view” campsite, yep that the view from our rig! We saw some Pioneer landmarks as we traveled here today: Independence Rock, Martin’s Cove, Devil’s Gate. … Read more
Today, Tuesday June 24 we moved on to Evansville Wyoming. This area is full of ruts and historic sites all relating to the Oregon Trail. First stop was Fort Laramie, yes it was a misty and rainy day but we all promptly parked and walked to visit this site. Yes, a big group of Airstreams … Read more
On Sunday, June 22 we moved onto Gering and the Robidoux RV Park. Here we visited Chimney Rock as we arrived, as welll as Courthouse Rock and Jail Rock, all landmarks that were part of the pioneers journey. We shared a great breakfast with our traveling companions then bisited the Scott’s Bluff National Monument and … Read more
This is a continuation of our Kearney adventures. There is so much history in this area and lots to see and do. Our first choice was the Pioneer Village. This is a collection of stuff, lots and lots of stuff as well as a few buildings, automobiles, airplanes and kitsch. This sign was actually part … Read more
This third stop was only ninety miles from the last one. We moved on June 18th and had some great adventures there as well. The obvious choice in Kearney was the Great Platte River Archway that we are camping next to, but there is Fort Kearney State Historic Park, Sand Cranes, Harold Warp’s Pioneer Village, … Read more
The road from Missouri to Nebraska is fairly flat, we are following the Oregon Trail as closely as we can but sparing ourselves the long walk, diseases and accidents that happened along the way for the Pioneers. Today (June 15th) we stopped by the Homestead National Monument of America while enroute to the Double Nickle … Read more