We started our eclipse trip on Thursday evening. We left town about 6:00pm and drove as far as we could - Norman, OK. We decided to boon-dock in the Wal-mart parking lot because it was so late and we wanted an early start.
Friday morning, we started bright and early. Our destination: Gothenburg, Nebraska. Interesting things we learned on our trip: Kansas is filled with corn field and interstates with tolls. The corn scenery is so repetitive that we missed the sign coming into Nebraska because we grew tired of looking at the corn.
Nebraska was interesting. We saw a bridge spanning the high way, a beautifully carved train on a downtown building, and we saw "Dusty" out dusting the crops.
We made it to Gothenburg with enough time to visit the Pony Express Museum. The museum and old station is located in one of the town parks. It is surrounded by a sampling of trees and has a playground.
One tree sample we found is an Austria Pine; Austria is where my great-grandfather immigrated from. I love all the "Christmas Trees" in the area and further north too. How cool would it be to have a Christmas tree in your front yard?
Unfortunately, we missed the open hours on the Sod House Museum so we were only able to view it from outside the fence.
We stayed overnight in the Blue Heron Campground. The grounds themselves were nice; the water smelled awful in the bathrooms (even with full hookups and in RV shower, it's usually more efficient to visit the campground showers, when available).
Friday morning, we started bright and early. Our destination: Gothenburg, Nebraska. Interesting things we learned on our trip: Kansas is filled with corn field and interstates with tolls. The corn scenery is so repetitive that we missed the sign coming into Nebraska because we grew tired of looking at the corn.
Nebraska was interesting. We saw a bridge spanning the high way, a beautifully carved train on a downtown building, and we saw "Dusty" out dusting the crops.
We made it to Gothenburg with enough time to visit the Pony Express Museum. The museum and old station is located in one of the town parks. It is surrounded by a sampling of trees and has a playground.
One tree sample we found is an Austria Pine; Austria is where my great-grandfather immigrated from. I love all the "Christmas Trees" in the area and further north too. How cool would it be to have a Christmas tree in your front yard?
Unfortunately, we missed the open hours on the Sod House Museum so we were only able to view it from outside the fence.
We stayed overnight in the Blue Heron Campground. The grounds themselves were nice; the water smelled awful in the bathrooms (even with full hookups and in RV shower, it's usually more efficient to visit the campground showers, when available).
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