Hochmuth Adventures 2020 - PAIR - Portugal, Alaska, Ireland and the Rhine

Thursday, October, 8, 2020 - Day 5 - Lake Ogallala, Nebraska to Evansville, Wyoming

Happy 10th birthday Brayden. Hope it's an awesome day.

On the road before 8:00 and it's on to another state today- Wyoming. Before we got there though we made a short stop to see Chimney Rock and its Museum. Chimney Rock was a landmark for the settlers on their trek west. The museum highlighted the struggles of the pioneers as they made their long journeys west along either the Oregon, California or Mormon Trails. On Rt. 62 we saw very little traffic, miles and miles of vast open lands and lots of hazy air. We think it must be from all the fires 🔥. We've gone through countless small towns whose better days seem to be behind them. Can't say how many times we've crossed the Platte River. In some cases it's nothing more than a rocky creek bed but the North Platte that we just passed actually had some water in it. It's gotten windy this afternoon. I can tell that Ron is really having to hold on when the big rigs pass. The speed limit is 80 no less but we aren't going that fast. Ron's doing an excellent job of driving. I've offered but I don't think he trusts me with his "baby". I'll stick to my role as navigator. Before going to our campground Rivers Edge RV Park we went to the National Historic Trails Interpretive Museum. It was a very new facility with lots of vignettes and information on the trails which started in Caspar, Wyoming. From there it was on to our campsite. It wasn't the prettiest site but had clean bathrooms and showers, full hookups, and a pretty view of the North Platte River. On the way to the campground we picked up some Moe's takeout and enjoyed that for dinner. Showered, watched the TB, Chi game, had a Manhattan and then its was lights out.

State: Wyoming