Day 11 Rockies to Lincoln , Nebraska

A maxican restaurant at North Platte



Buffalo Monument at Kearney


Arch over 80 at Kearney , NE



Arch is half way ( 1733 miles) between San Francisco and Boston on Historic Morman and Pioneer trails


Cow Palace


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We drove from Estes Park, Colorado to Lincoln Nebraska. A very long and not very eventful drive. The scenic road out of Colorado was good but once we got on 80, it is whole lot of flat nothing, except Cow Palaces and more of them. There are fields of corn but at this time of the year they are resting and waiting for the new crop.

The only interesting spot was at Kearney , where on August 16, 1999 a group of private investors and Disney team, installed a monument arch over 80 ( they closed the free way for 8 hours). The only problem was that there was no exit to get to the Arch :).

Anyways, now it is a major tourist thing. Unfortunately inside was closed so we got to see the outside only. It is a mid point of lot of old pioneer trails . The inside has dioramas of all Americana and the history of white man in America and the hardships of old pioneer days. It is pretty and touristy at the same time.

With the help and initiative of Smita I spent time learning the map so now you can visually see where we are at this moment. Now we are on central time zone ( two hours ahead of California) .

Good night and I will love to hear from you when you get a chance. Also, if you have suggestions for sights to be seen along the way, please send me emails or call.