tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369519054620493278.post6319559089178587241..comments2023-05-27T16:19:09.069-04:00Comments on Reflections From the Fence: THE Trip, Sidney Nebraska to Grand Island NebraskaCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754623831815018924noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369519054620493278.post-41140475141794339852012-02-14T18:11:51.073-05:002012-02-14T18:11:51.073-05:00Thanks Gini, I am going to add the Arch to my buck...Thanks Gini, I am going to add the Arch to my bucket list for a STOP. <br /><br />Thanks Becky, I think I like Tana better too, although I can think of lots of wonderful research, errr, toys that I could store in that back end! LOLCarolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11754623831815018924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369519054620493278.post-38799036169832430982012-02-13T23:26:43.786-05:002012-02-13T23:26:43.786-05:00Boy howdy that is some rig! It always amazes me wh...Boy howdy that is some rig! It always amazes me what can travel down the road! I agree with Becky! Wonderful photos, Carol and very interesting about the Great Platte River Road Archway in Kearney, NE . . . would love to visit that one day. I know Terri is very knowledgeable about Nebraska and it's historical sites . . . thank you for the info Carol, Terri, and Jan.Ginihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08614538259404355973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369519054620493278.post-13755751975146433462012-02-13T21:10:12.389-05:002012-02-13T21:10:12.389-05:00Extra information shared by Jan on the trailer:
&...Extra information shared by Jan on the trailer:<br /><br />"By the way that is a horse trailer with living quarters with it--probably a rodeo rider owns this one--and of course he takes his horse with him which means that he is probably a roper or a barrel racer (if it is a she) as in those events they use their own horses."<br /><br />AND FROM FRIEND Terri about the Arch:<br /><br />"That's actually not a walk way bridge. It's called the Great Platte River Road Archway in Kearney, Nebraska. Inside are different diaramas depicting the pioneers trip across America. It's really fun to go through - there's even a little porthole that you can look out at all the cars going down the highway. It has a radar thing there that tells the speed cars are traveling."<br /><br />Thank you ever so much gals for all this great info!!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11754623831815018924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369519054620493278.post-864490437088107802012-02-13T14:44:54.412-05:002012-02-13T14:44:54.412-05:00What an ostentatious rig! I've never seen anyt...What an ostentatious rig! I've never seen anything like it. But I still prefer the one you have! Makes much more sense to me!Becky Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841947942442007031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369519054620493278.post-37068408432235042132012-02-13T13:43:09.304-05:002012-02-13T13:43:09.304-05:00That is the Arch at Kearney, NE. (I could tell yo...That is the Arch at Kearney, NE. (I could tell you it is so you have an interruption in the flat scenery along the Great Platte Roadway and you might believe it). The arch was and still is controversial but you know what money does. We actually stopped to go through it as we had heard comments pro and con and had gone under it about 100 times. It is a museum that tells the history of all the travelers along that Great Platte Road, Indians, Mormon Trail, Oregon Trail, Pony Express and then the Lincoln Highway (US 30) and then I80. there is a cute thing about the early campers and motels. Unfortunatly many people go thru NE on I80 and think there is nothing to see but flat land while in reality I80 follows the wide river valley of the Platte River (Platte is French for Flat) that was an easy route to points west--that valley is the only flat land in NE. The pioneers and even Lewis and Clark and DeSota said it was a mile wide and an inch deep.<br /><br />Oh yes there is a cafe and gift shop there too. Are you surprised??Jan Kelpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18326409920427810731noreply@blogger.com