Friday, June 26, 2009

Nebraska News




































From SPAM to Buffalo Bill Cody to the sandhills of western Nebraska, we've seen it all. This enormous flag greeted us as we crossed into Gretna, south of Omaha on Tuesday. The American Legion Post was a grand host and fed us for 5 meals during our stay.





Note the picture of the red, white and blue markers. These are the Lincoln Highway signs that mark our way.


We did a drive-by of the huge Hormel plant on our way to Grand Island on Thursday. The management presented the convoy with 20 commemorative cases of good ole SPAM. We were treated to lunch in a pretty park that housed the Oak Park Ballroom - a beautiful facility built by the WPA in the 30s and inaugrated by Lawrence Welk. We were hosted at the oldest Veteran's Home in Nebraska last night and treated to runza sandwiches, kind of a northern version of our kolaches.


Today we left early as we had to drive 200 miles to reach Ogallala on the western side of Nebraska. We also changed to Mountain Daylight Time. Do you see the Military Policeman in the picture above? That's Bill and he is riding his WLA (WW II Harley Davidson) all the way across the country at the young age of 82. He has been an immense help to us, assisting law enforcement with controlling intersections for our safe passage.


We lunched at the Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles, drove by Buffalo Bill Cody's Ranch, and then ran into tornado warnings and hard rain. We reached Ogallala and continued on with the scheduled parade, even though we were a bit soggy. Den had minimal breakdowns today. I think the vehicles were happy to be going in cooler weather! We got a special treat tonight from the Elks Lodge. Not only did they provide us a delicious supper, we dined to a Dixieland combo in this western town of 5,000. The stagecoach is located outside our hotel.


We are off to Cheyenne, Wyoming tomorrow which is also celebrating Frontier Days. Bet we'll see a cowboy or two. We've been ridden hard and put up wet, but still happy to be on the trail.....

Love to all - Marilyn and Den

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