Sunday Night 7/6/2014
Kearney, NE

We did make it to the Trails and Trains museum this afternoon.  Compared to Pioneer Village and The Archway it was extremely small.  But, we still enjoyed seeing all the exhibits and train memorabilia. The photos, other than the one below, will have to wait until another day.

I did get the photos I made at Warp's Pioneer Village uploaded to Photobucket.  You can vie the slide show by clicking here.  There are a few pictures in the show of our 4th of July picnic in the campground.

The story behind Pioneer Village is amazing.  You really need to visit their web site to understand what all the photos in my slideshow represent.  You can visit their web site by clicking here.  Be sure to come back to this tab so you can finish the story.......

Apparently the descendents of Harold Warp have little interest in the massive collection of cars, planes, motorcycles, etc. on display in the village.  I would venture to say the value of the collection would run into the tens of millions of dollars if sold.  But, the story is Mr. Warp specified in his will that the collection could not be sold at his death.  It is all still there but it is obvious that the collection is not being maintained as one would expect.  Eventually it will fall into total despair, perhaps become bankrupt and liquidated in court.  All of this would be very sad as much of what is on display is MY HISTORY.  I lived with and remember much of what we saw.  Again, as part of the story, since Minden is about 12 miles from I-80 it does not attract the tourist that it should or could.  Again, a real shame as it is really a worthwhile visit and I could easily spend a full day there and still not see everything.

Well, we are pulling out for SD tomorrow morning at 7 a.m. so I need to get in the sack for some sleep.  I hope you can see from the photos in the slideshow what an exciting experience visiting the Pioneer Village was.