Blogs from Chadron, Nebraska, United States, North America

What a lovely state park! While here we played the 18-hole disc golf at the park. We hiked the Steamboat trail in the park along the top of the buttes with beautiful views. We drove out to Toadstool Geologic Park in the Oglala National Grassland and hiked a loop trail. We also enjoyed the Nebraska state sandwich, a Runza. A runza is a yeast dough bread pocket with a filling consisting of beef, cabbage or sauerkraut, onions, and seasonings. The Museum of the Fur Trade was also very interesting and educational regarding the fur trade in the frontier from 1795 to 1870. So many displays and items from the time of the English, French, and Native Americans.... read more

AUGUST 29, 2014 Had lunch in a silly little place called Harrison, NE. The only eating place in town was in the Longhorn Saloon. The walls are festooned with the skins of about 20 large rattlesnakes. I ordered a burger, fries, and a diet Squirt. The Longhorn Saloon may be the only place in America where you can still get Diet Squirt. The burger was pretty good, but of course fresh vegetables are unheard of in Harrison so it just came with some sour pickles. A few miles off to the north of Harrison is the Warbonnet Creek Battleground. It is up a pretty bad road, and is hard to find and a bit difficult to access by foot right after you just had lunch with 20 rattlers. When I left there the “check engine” light ... read more

Well… Here we are sitting (or in Carl’s case lying) in the back of the pickup somewhere in Chadron State Park south of Chadron, Nebraska. Tonight was our test drive of the “turck camping” experience… I.e., take everything (including the bikes) out of the back of the truck and put it into the front of the truck - except for the camping gear… Quite a puzzle… and tonight we cheated by “storing” some of the stuff beneath the truck! All-in-all it is doable… just takes time - and to think that tonight we did it in the dark!! So what happened today? Statistics Starting Destination: Kearney, Nebraska Ending Destination: Chadron State Park, Nebraska Miles Driven: 400 Backtrack Miles Driven: 9 Yes, dear readers we made the mistake of following the bill-board rather than the map and ... read more