Lincoln County, États Unis Carnets et blogs de voyage

Voyageur Michigan 2022
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- 2 juin 2022
- ☀️ 70 °F
- Altitude: 2 772 p
- États Unis Nebraska Lincoln County North Platte 41.12, -100.7641°7’12” N 100°45’36” W
Jour 8
It all ended good....
2 juin 2022, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
It was as we were leaving the Golden Spike Tower that Tom noticed something hanging under the RV that does not normally "hang".
He crawled under and saw one of the clips that holds the sway bar just hanging by one bolt.
At 6:00 pm (all shops closed) it created a little bit of anxiety for him!
We carefully drove to our overnight choice, Walmart in North Platte, and spent quite a bit more time on our bellies, under the RV, assessing and discussing the situation. Nothing we could do but wait until morning.
Next morning Tom was able to locate a mobile mechanic who promptly came out, evaluated situation, bought new bolt, and reinstalled bushing and clamp. He was great! It was difficult to get the new bolt in place and he had to work some time at it, but completed the job. And his final bill?? $155.76!? It would have been that much to have an approved dealer just diagnose the issue, much less complete the work! We were so fortunate, This could have been a challenge... the one dealer I spoke to said he could do the work, but couldn't work us in to his schedule for a week and a half. Just feel like God had His hand in this! ❤️
We lost the morning due to repairs and our next stop we had actually booked a reservation since we're staying in Omaha. So pretty much had to drive straight there after repair. We did stop at a museum, the Archway, that I thought would be good, but just walked around outside to stretch our legs. Really nice weather today!
Got to our reserved site at Lake Cunningham about 6 only to discover that the Jeep battery was dead. So at the end of a long day we had to drop the jeep in a location that would allow us to bring the RV along side to jump the battery. All great "fun"?!
However this little park is really nice. Only about 40 sites, power only, and we are right on the end of the lake. It has a cute little dock with boats, shade trees, mowed lawns and geese! And you all know where there are geese you will find LOTS of their droppings. YUM! Charlie "loves" to smell and taste all the droppings... so walks are a little challenging! Regardless, we have enjoyed this nice, clean and quiet overnight as compared to the parking lots we have been staying at! It is nice to put shorts on again!En savoir plus
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Voyageur What a challenging day!! & with Charlie providing the final “challenge” of the day 😜 I’m glad that Tom found the hanging piece of metal before it became a bigger problem!! 😱 And thank goodness you found a person that could fix the problem “then & there”! Sometimes our paths just cross paths with the right people 😊 & you deserve a nice outcome! Hopefully it’ll be “smooth sailing” the rest of the way… 😁😁
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Voyageur I know@ what a disaster if we had lost the clamp! would had to order it....
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Voyageur You might have been “enjoying” Nebraska for a good long time!!
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Voyageur Michigan 2022
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- 1 juin 2022
- ☁️ 57 °F
- Altitude: 2 828 p
- États Unis Nebraska Lincoln County Green Acres Trailer Court 41.145, -100.8341°8’42” N 100°49’48” W
Jour 7
Overnight in North Platte
1 juin 2022, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
After leaving Sidney we kept driving east on I-80. We have finally outlasted the bad weather and have pretty blue skies for driving Nebraska. Pretty flat land, green, lots of farming, feedlots, snow fences, some wind turbines, and not many trees. Most have been planted to manage the snow in lieu of fences.

As we headed into North Platte we finally got on a parallel county highway that took us straight thru a couple of typical little farm towns. Older brick buildings that were there since the town started and quite a few "steakhouses" (typical of the area) that we need to try one night.

We wanted to stop in North Platte because it is home to the Bailey train yard. This yard is one of the biggest train yards in the world. 8 square miles of yard with over 400 miles of track in the yard to accommodate the building and rebuilding of various train cars depending on final location. The bowl tracks, and two "humps" help to accomplish this resorting of cars ( all with computer chips to identify each one) in this huge train hub. There is also a huge engine repair shop for Union Pacific. We visited the Golden Spike Tower and museum that serves the yard. Your visit includes going up the tower to the 8th floor to get a "birds eye" look of the yard. They always have a volunteer that has retired from the train industry to answer any questions and share info if you don't know what to ask. Eldon was the volunteer of the day. He retired from Catapillar which provided and serviced all the generators used in the yard. He was excellent, we could have enjoyed his stories for hours. He actually grew up in a train depot not to far from North Platte. Reluctantly we pulled ourselves away, we needed to go find a spot at the local Walmart for dry camping.En savoir plus
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Voyageur Always finding interesting spots in our country to experience things that most of us miss! Sounds like another fun stop!!
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Voyageur I absolutely agree Linley! How does she even find these spots...???
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RV There Yet RV THERE YET 2
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- 5 août 2017 à 12:07
- ☀️ 77 °F
- Altitude: 2 792 p
- États Unis Nebraska Lincoln County Sioux View Park 41.108503, -100.74515541°6’31” N 100°44’43” W
Jour 2
Goofing around...
5 août 2017, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
Had to find a way to pass the time through NB. These two are goofballs!!!! 😜
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Voyageur Michigan 2022
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- 8 oct. 2022 à 10:02
- ☀️ 41 °F
- Altitude: 2 792 p
- États Unis Nebraska Lincoln County Green Acres Trailer Court Buffalo Bill Ranch State Park 41.163333, -100.79666741°9’48” N 100°47’48” W
Jour 136
Scouts Rest Ranch & Scotts Bluff
8 octobre 2022, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 41 °F
Since we were camped at the Buffalo Bill Rec Area, it was only at sort drive to the ranch he had built for his final retirement. (Ultimately he has to sell it when he runs out of money later in life) just a funny historically sore to visit. The grounds were beautiful, and still had many originally buildings, ice house, storage shed, big barn, duck pond. Interesting to have a peak at his life. Lots of "wild west" stories...
Back on there road and left I-80 and took Hwy. 26, slightly northwest towards Scotts Bluff. We stopped a Chimney Rock for a photo op and then drove on to the Scotts Bluff national monument. Chimney Rock has a small visitors center, but we just looked from the parking lot. You can't get close to the actual rock formation because it sits on private land.
Scotts Bluff is only about 20 miles down the road and really is a great stop. They have a nice visitor center and you can drive to the top of the bluff. (Or you can hike up) wonderful views, pine and cedars, plus a type of yucca (?) and some cactus. This is a high, dry bluff! Both landmarks are significant points on the Oregon Trail. Especially the bluff, it pretty much set the baseline for the Rockies to come! We enjoyed walking the overlooks, great weather, lots of sunshine.
Found an RV site close by and got in a shower!En savoir plus
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Voyageur Kind of sad that Buffalo Bill lost/ran out of money at the end of his life & lost his retirement homestead. He did seem to be “roll the dice” kind of personality & I suppose bust & boom lifestyle is a part of that. I’m glad that his home was preserved. A look back to such a different time, & $3,600 to build the house!!! The scenery is beautiful, & you can sure tell your moving into drier terrain… & glad you got showers! Hopefully plenty of hot water!
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Voyageur CO to MN take 2
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- 29 août 2020 à 16:46
- ☀️ 84 °F
- Altitude: 2 674 p
- États Unis Nebraska Lincoln County Road Ranches along the Platte Historical Marker 41.02953, -100.4577141°1’46” N 100°27’28” W
Jour 1
Break!
29 août 2020, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
Time for some sniffs! We're in Nebraska. My favorite told my other person just how to go. I heard it. 76 to 80 to 35. I heard it. I was pretty bad earlier, I got into a lot of things that I wasn't supposed to, and I made one of my favorite's camera lenses fall on the floor. I thought it might be a treat in there, but there wasn't. I hope it's not broken, because he was pretty mad.En savoir plus
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Smile! What a funny picture. : ) [Mom]
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Voyageur Donna M. Byrne
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- 9 mai 2019
- ☁️ 4 °C
- Altitude: 2 792 p
- États Unis Nebraska Lincoln County Green Acres Trailer Court Buffalo Bill Ranch State Park 41.16333, -100.7966741°9’48” N 100°47’48” W
Jour 48
Grand Island, Nebraska (Part Three)
9 mai 2019, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
Annie Oakley's trademark shot was a hole in the Ace of Hearts. When Buffalo Bill built his barn in North Platte he memorialized the shot in wood in the peak of the roof.

It's still there.
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It all ended good....

Overnight in North Platte

Goofing around...

Scouts Rest Ranch & Scotts Bluff

Break!

Grand Island, Nebraska (Part Three)

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