Travels with Bentley: Wednesday, July 21, 2021

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Wednesday, July 21, 2021 - We Made It To Nebraska

Wednesday, July 21, 2021 - We Made It To Nebraska

I guess the early mornings caught up with me, because I didn't wake up until after 6:15 this morning. Dean already had the coffee made when I got up and that doesn't happen often. We hoped to get on the road by 10 this morning, but it was 10:15 before we pulled out of our site. We made a quick stop at the dump station before leaving Glen Elder Park.

I didn't take many pictures on the road as it was mostly fields. I did take a picture of the Welcome to Nebraska sign - although, it's not a very good picture, but here it is to show we "were there".

NEBRASKA, The Good Life!

We enjoyed the drive through Nebraska. Most of it was similar countryside to Kansas. The drive was smooth and we arrived at our overnight stop, I-80 Lakeside Campground in North Platte at 2:36pm. Our site is alongside the South Platte River. When we arrived at site 11, someone had parked their truck in our site. Dean had to walk next door to see if it belonged to someone there. It did and the young man came out to move it. I think he was visiting our neighbor.

It didn't take long to get set up. We had one place we wanted to visit while we were here, the Golden Spike Tower.

TAKEN FROM THE INTERNET: Union Pacific's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska is the largest railroad classification yard in the world. Named in honor of former Union Pacific President Ed H. Bailey, the massive yard covers 2,850 acres, reaching a total length of eight miles.

We arrived at The Golden Spike Tower between 4-4:30pm. It was very interesting to see all of the memorabilia on display in the tower, especially the pictures showing the change in the railyard from the late 1800's until now.

We enjoyed our time looking out of both the open air tower and the closed tower watching the trains as they moved through the railyard. It was interesting and fascinating to watch from 1 to 4 cars move at a time from one of the many rails within the yard to the point they are dropped at the train that will take them on their journey to their final destination.

We had planned to cook dinner at the RV, but it was already 6pm when we left The Golden Spike Tower. We made a quick stop at Walmart for a few things we needed. When we left we spied a fast food restaurant called Runza's.

I thought their webpage was interesting and different, so take a look if you'd like at: https://www.runza.com/about

Once I read that Runza's have onion in the meat, I passed and chose a bacon cheeseburger, and Dean had the same. I love cabbage and wish they made one without onions. I would have liked to try a runza without onions. The cheeseburgers were good, but not much different than any other cheeseburger.

We returned to the RV to eat our dinner and we rested the remainder of the evening. Dean is watching TV and I want to finish this short blog post. We are both tired. Tomorrow we move on to Cheyenne, WY for one night.

When we returned to Bentley, one of the young men next door caught Dean and asked him about an item that we have hanging on our hitch. Dean explained it was a thermometer that provides temperature to outside, inside and also to check temperature in both the freezer and refrigerator so we can ensure it is working properly.

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