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

Wednesday, October 7, 2020 - Day 4 - Nebraska City, Nebraska to Lake Ogallala State Recreation Area, Nebraska

Beautiful morning and we are on the road just after 7:30. There isn't much to do to get on the road - unhook electric and water- and off we go. It's warming up nicely and I didn't even need a sweatshirt this morning, just short sleeves. Today we'll be heading across Nebraska so we won't add any states but we will be in the extreme western part of the state which is the Mountain Time Zone. Along the way we took an impromptu stop at Pioneer Village. Ron saw a sign as we were traveling on Rt. 80 and was intrigued so we drove 13 miles out of the way but discovered a little gem. Pioneer Village was started in 1953 by Harold Warp who made his fortune in the invention of Flex- Glass which was a start of the plastics industry. It is to show man's progress from 1830 to 1960. The site is on 20 acres with 28 buildings including a sod house, one room school house, church and much more. The main building contains part of a collection of buggies, cars, planes etc. There also is a display of living rooms, bedrooms and kitchens through the decades, along with all kinds of appliances. It was an interesting stop. We passed the Nebraska Firefighters Museum also but didn't stop - sorry Dad. We drove another 2 hours and arrived at Ogallala State Recreation Area about 3:00 Mountain Time. We had a reservation but when we went to our site someone else was already there. We found the campground host and he gave us another lakeside site - so all was well. Walked the campground and then enjoyed happy hour. Checked our plans for the next couple of days and then had a Seltzer Bologna sandwich for dinner - thanks Patty and Rolf. Early to bed again so we can get an early start. Shorter drive tomorrow though.

Views from Pioneer Village