West Trip Day Six

Yesterday, at the last minute, I changed our travel route to include Nebraska.  I remember visiting Scotts Bluff as a child and thought Zack might enjoy it and since it only added about 1/2 hour onto the travel time it seemed like a great idea.

Nebraska is another one of those booooorrriing states to drive through.  It's nothing but flat land and fooorrreever between exits.  

Typical view - boring

Then, out of nowhere...these bluffs appear.  

Ollie wondering why he can't get out

According to the website:  Towering 800 feet above the North Platte River, Scotts Bluff served as a landmark for emigrants on the Oregon Trail, California Trail, or Mormon Trail.    

Scotts Bluff

We first toured the museum and watched a 12 minute film about the Oregon Trail

3D shadow boxes at the museum (also below)

Mormon Odometer (read below)

Then we drove to the top of the bluff

It was a nice little 45 minute diversion from driving.  As soon as the bluffs disappeared (which was very quickly) it was back to boring flat lands all through the rest of Nebraska and Wyoming.  





We got to Loveland, Colorado about 5:30, checked into our motel, and then Zack did some school work while I took Ollie for a walk.  We are, once again, by a residential neighborhood which makes the walking nice.  

Beautiful trees blooming

We had dinner at BWW.  We can see the mountains as shadows in the distance but tomorrow we will drive to Estes Park and get a close up look of those snow caps.