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Thursday

Watched the weather channel. Dangerous weather ahead. We decided to stay here an extra day. Don’t mind a little wind and rain. Don’t want to mess with Midwest hail and tornadoes.
Took a walk. Stumbled across a long-abandoned nature trail.


There were several old shelters like this. Made out of heavy timbers. Maybe railroad ties.

Also stumbled across an interesting plant. Looks vaguely familiar. Nice buds. Didn’t look tended. Probably just another relic from an earlier enterprise.

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Wednesday

It was cold last night 36 degrees. Drove an Interstate 80 day. Trucker’s highway. Stopped for the night at Fort Kearney State Park. The farthest east we’ve been in Nebraska this year.

So what do we know about Nebraska? Corn? Check out Fort Kearney State Park!

Wind in the trees. Cicadas. It’s nice here.
Elevation 2,150 feet.
Temperature still in the upper sixties so far tonight.
5,910 miles.

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On the road again

  There is nothing wrong about oatmeal.  It’s just me and the goofy way I metabolize carbohydrates.  I don’t do it very well.   The Leaf Bug; that was Teigan’s.  I got to take pictures as she was letting it go in the raspberry bushes.  Leaf Bugs really like to eat raspberry leaves.     Monday We’ve been in Colorado for a month.  Had a nice long visit with the kids.  Not nearly long enough.  But time to move on anyway.   North up Interstate 25.  Across the state line to Wyoming.  The road got smoother.  Traffic dissipated.  Wide-open rolling grasslands.  Love that drive through Wyoming.   Stopped for the night at Wheatland; elevation 4,750 feet.  Cold at night; in the thirties.  The air won’t hold much moisture here.  Dry skin.  We mean to find some humidity.   Dinner and a visit with Bill and Marge.  Friends for over forty years.   5,530 miles since Port Aransas.     Tuesday Rolled down Highway 26, diagonally southeast through Wyoming and Nebraska, through Torrington and Scottsbluff, to Ogallala.  Saw a bald eagle on the way.  Weather front coming in.  Windy today.  Looks like three days of rougher weather coming up.   Elevation 3,200 feet.  A little warmer.  The air should be able to hold a little more moisture here.   5,750 miles.   Life on the road.