Cross-Country Vacation 2023

We are back on the road again after spending the weekend with Julie's cousin's. Because of Julie's accident we have decided to take a more direct route to Oregon, instead of the Arizona route. Today's plan is 364 miles, in 6 hours with stops at a museum, pony express station, sod house, and cowboy cemetery. (Click on any photo to enlarge) Stuhr Museum in Grand, Island, Nebraska reminded us of Shelburne Museum. We spent 2 1/2 hours there and could have easily spent more time. This is another special place that we will devote a separate page to. Visit  https://travelingvtjs.blogspot.com/p/stuhr-museum.html  to see more photos. Stuhr Museum From there we drove 1.5 hours to a Pony Express Station in Gothenburg, NE. This station was used from 1862 to 1931, after, a stage coach station, then moved from its original location to this site. Surprisingly, we met some Vermonters from Shoreham here. We also stopped by the Sod House Museum , which is clos...

Today we will follow mostly interstate, driving 424 miles in 6 hours and 45 minutes, with three planned stops, a state park, a museum and a stagecoach station. (Click on any photo to enlarge) We left our tiny home AirBnb and  went back to Big Springs to take a look around. Then, took a side trip to Julesburg, CO. Julie's nickname is Jules and it was fun to get a photo of her with the sign.  Julesburg was a neat little town with an historic train station and the Pony Express used to go through. We found a nice place D & J Cafe to have breakfast. On the road again, we headed on our next two hour journey to Crystal Lake Reservoir in Curt Gowdy State Park near Granite, WY. We ran in to snow and sleet and there were still plenty of snow drifts around. We canceled the hike and continued on, crossing the Continental Divide and the highest point on I-80 at 8640 feet above sea level. A Lincoln monument was there. We spent some TIME at the Old Wyoming Penitentiary in Rawlins, WY. ...