Meanwhile, this Friday, from Ogallala, NE, we drive east on I-80 to North Platte, then head straight north on US83 through the scenic Nebraska Sandhills area. One website said this stretch of road competes with US50 in Nevada for the loneliest road in the US. This is almost all grassland -- crops don't do well in sand -- and magnificent to see: fall grass colors of brown and gold, some green, and blue skies for a background. Unfortunately, there are few, if any, motor home-friendly pull-offs for pictures. In 130 miles from North Platte to Valentine, there was one scenic overlook, but you could only see the road leading to it, no way to tell if there was room to turn around at the end or not, so I skipped it. Also saw one picnic area, but low-hanging tree limbs kept us out of there. We both tried a couple of shots from a moving motor home (Susie seizing the camera from me for some reason), but they didn't turn out well, so here are a couple from the internet.
This scenic little river through the Sandhills is inaptly named the Dismal River.
The route north into SD takes us through the Rosebud Indian Reservation. From there we jog east and north to Chamberlain, on the banks of the Missouri River, here dammed up to form Lake Francis Case. Our campground is on the east bank. Here are some evening and morning pictures. The old highway bridge, still used but bypassed by the I-90 bridge, caught my attention, particularly after we drove across it en route to the campground.
Next day, Saturday, we have a pleasant 160-mile morning drive across the hills and plains of SD to Aberdeen. We meet Jeff and Valerie at Jeff's ShopKo store, have lunch, do some shopkoing, (here come some happy ShopKo shoppers now!) and follow Valerie out to their 18-acre spread near Bath, which is six miles east of Aberdeen.
Stay tuned for the farm report.
Cheers,
Susie and Rob
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