SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2014
LAST DAY IN KEARNEY NE

It is HOT.  Temperatures went from the 70's to 90's with high humidity.  It is really hard to be outside without shade.  We are leaving for the Trains, Trails and Rails Museum in about 1/2 hour.  Most of it wwill be insidee and aair conditioned.

Tomorrow we will leaave heere early and drive to Custer SD which is approximately 433 miles.  Another time zone crossing (Mountain) that will put us 2-hours different than Virginia or Tennessee.  We will be at Fort Welikit, July 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.   Local attractions: Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Deadwood, Lead, Iron Mountain highway, Devil's Tower.  I am sure we will really be busy visiting all of the attractions.

I've done something different with pictures for this post.  I have taken so many that it is impossible to do all the needed importing and resizing to put them here.

All of the photos I made yesterday at the Arch are arranged in a slideshow that can be viewed by clicking on this link (click on the words in blue to your immediate left) This will open a new window and take you to my Photobucket site. You can change the speed and size of the slideshow with the controls at the bottom.  You can even pause on a photo if you like.

The Arch is much, much more than we realized.  It is a fascinating experience to go through the extremely realistic exhibits that show the transition from the Oregon and Mormon Trails to the Lincoln Road to the present day super highway of I-80.  Even the construction of the Arch is amazing as it was constructed next to the highway and then moved across the Interstate.  The Platte river runs next to the highway and was the route (Platte River Route) followed by many Pioneers.

OK - we aree leaving for the Train Museum.  More to be added later......