Sunday, September 26, 2010
September 26, 2010
We have been working our way back home with a stop in Trenton, NE and now in Dodge City, KS. Gene hurt his knee so we have stopped here for a few days and have him rest for a while. I think the hike down Scotts Bluff bothered him. The stop in Trenton was a nice state park on a lake. The turkeys visited often and we were able to snap pics of other birds. Tried to get to the Indian Massacre site using our gps. Unfortunately the road goes out to nowhere and past grain silos. We then found that the actual site is closed and the monument was moved to a site near the new road. And now another great trip is coming to an end. This is the last blog. We will be home about Friday. Looking forward to seeing the family and friends.I have just found out the our friend Roberta passed away today with a friend holding her hand. She did great the past few days getting off the feeding tube and medications. There will be a service for her probably next week. A mutual friend Evelyn will be coming in from Marfa around Tuesday. We will be home about Friday so I can help Evelyn with the arrangements. Roberta has no other family.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Sept. 22, 2010
Well we are working our way home. We just found out that our friend Roberta has had her feeding tube removed. She has had a wonderful 90 years and would not choose to go on, in a vegetative state.
Today Gene worked on the outside of the rv. It took him 4 1/2 hours to clean this rig. I, in turn, worked on the inside of the rv. In the afternoon we took a ride to Chimney Rock National Historic site. This was a landmark that the wagon trains headed for on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails. This spire is getting smaller and has eroded through the almost 200 years it has been used as a landmark. We then went out to dinner at a restaurants that the locals use. It is interesting listening to the locals talk.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Scotts Bluff
The small ice cream parlor was over whelmed being there was only setting for 4 and here we come in with 15-16 people.
It was a really nice time.
Ft. Robinson
The group was told by a woman in a museum to go to this place for ice cream. It was such a small room that we all could not get in...and there where cars waiting at the drive for outside service. We had a good time and got better aquianted with the crowd. There was only one woman to handle all of this.
Tuesday, Sept 21
It was so good sleeping in the cool weather. Even though it gets hot during the day it cools off to low 40's in the morning. We decided to go for a hike before we left. That is when we came across the bull snake.
We left around 11am and headed south to Scotts Bluff, Nebraska. We have been through the area, but never stopped. It's along the North Platte River in western Nebraska and the landscape really stands out. There are immense sandstone and stiltstone formations that have been eroded by wind and water. This was part of the Pony Express and Oregon trails route. The ranger gave us a ride up because there is a tunnel you have to go through to get to the top and our vehicle could not go through the tunnel. When we got to the top it was beautiful and decided to walk the 1.6 miles down the trail.(boy will we be sore tomorrow) It was hot but dry and cool. What amazed me was that I could walk on the narrow trail. I use to be so afraid of height. We then walked part of the original Oregon Trail walking past the wagon train. This area, a bottle neck, was so hard to get through that they had to go single file, which backed the wagons up for miles.
We where tired so decided to camp near by and met a group of full time campers. They invited us to go and have ice cream with them. All of them where making fun of our dirty camper. So much so that Walt, one of the group, who has a power washer offered to loan it to us tomorrow. Looking forward to being able to look out the windows.
Tomorrow we will head toward another national monument, Chimney Rock about 21 miles from where we are staying.
We are heading toward home.
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