SPRING BREAKIN' IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA!
Just back from a wonderful day in fabulous Kearney and Minden, Nebraska. They are two towns along I-80 and the Platte River in the less-populated central part of the state. Our daughter and a friend had fun, and got in a little historical learning as well.
We visited the unique museum that is inside a huge arch over I-80 at Kearney. We learned about the prairie pioneers, peeked inside a Native American earth lodge, and realized that today's fiberoptic network follows the same path as the covered wagon wheels of more than 150 years ago along the Oregon Trail.
Not sure the pioneers ever did this to a buffalo . . .
he does look rather startled, doesn't he?
Who knew you could see an ocean-going yacht,
an antique carousel, a 1910 electric car, and so many
other interesting pieces of American history
out in the middle of nowhere in central Nebraska?
After all that, we were interested to know what the girls liked the best. And here are their replies:
1. They were relieved to learn that we were visiting the KEARNEY Arch. They thought it was the BARNEY Arch!
2. They noticed that the mannequins in the historical scenes at Pioneer Village were all identical; the women just had different wigs on. It looked creepy, like OctoMom being reincarnated from the 1850s to the 1950s. Wonder if they are the first ones to notice this, among all the millions of tourists over the years who have gone through this huge treasure chest of historical artifacts. Something tells me they are. Sigh. :>)
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