By the time we got to Wyoming, there was a bit of a blizzard underway - the last hour of the drive was icy and dicey. But we made it to Cheyenne to a warm room, nice dinner, and getting ready to head further west in the morning.
Thursday, February 18: Council Bluffs IA to Cheyenne WY
We made a short stop this morning at the Strategic Air and Space Museum, just southwest of Omaha. This place focuses on US Air Force military aircraft and nuclear missiles located southwest of Omaha Nebraska. It's a huge complex displaying historic aircraft, missiles and space vehicles. We saw lots of planes and learned all sorts of things. For example, we saw "Greased Lightning," a B-58 that set a world speed record in 1963 by flying from Tokyo to London in 8.5 hours, despite having to slow down for mid-air re-fueling.
On across the great state of Nebraska - it looks a whole lot like Iowa, but there's a little less snow, big farms with monstrous irrigation systems, frozen ponds with ice fishermen, and un-frozen ponds with lots of waterfowl - mostly Canada geese. Just outside Kearney, Nebraska, we drove through or under the Great Platt River Road Archway Monument - it is a tribute to the pioneers who rode and walked this way as they headed west.
It's windy out here, especially in the western half of the state, as we reach the high plains. We passed quite a few wind farms - huge windmills busy making electricity.
By the time we got to Wyoming, there was a bit of a blizzard underway - the last hour of the drive was icy and dicey. But we made it to Cheyenne to a warm room, nice dinner, and getting ready to head further west in the morning.
By the time we got to Wyoming, there was a bit of a blizzard underway - the last hour of the drive was icy and dicey. But we made it to Cheyenne to a warm room, nice dinner, and getting ready to head further west in the morning.
