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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