7-4 North Platte, NE II & 7-5-2023 Lingle, WY

First, a little more about Buffalo Bill.  His horses were being transported by train and collided with an oncoming train.  Nearly 100 show horses were killed in the crash.  Bill sat down and wept over some of the horses that were his faves.  The show was never the same again and it faded away.

 

Let's go to the parade!
God bless America!

Noobee celebrates 1776!

Now then, about the 4^th of July:  Sutherland, NE is about 20 miles west of North Platte and they have a parade.  Obviously, we had to attend.  We were there early and got a front row seat to watch the horses, tractors, cheerleaders and floats.  There was a big GOP float, too, but no Democrat float.  They may have been afraid of getting booed.  There aren’t many Democrats in Nebraska.  Ah, we sorta felt a welcome mat roll out for us!  “Home sweet home-away-from-home, where we know what’s in the drinks!”  (The bigger problem is the Nebraska Cornhuskers.  Go Bucky!)

 

Don't know what year this Farmall is.

GOP float

What a cute little rascal!  The
tiny pony, too!

Just enjoying the day.

Not many places are open on the 4^th of July in these little bergs (except for the bars), so we headed for the homestead and a big fat walleye dinner while we watched more rain clouds roll into Dodge….. er, North Platte.

 

7-5-2023 LINGLE, WY

Suzy Q, the chick who lives in our GPS, insists on using the freeways.  She just doesn’t get it!  But after a bit of prodding, we got her to agree to the back roads.  It turns out that Highway 26 is considered the “scenic route” on our AAA map and it led us through tiny towns such as Oshkosh, Broadwater, Bridgeport and McGrew.  The population of these might have been 100, in some cases, counting the mailman, and it seems they consist of tractor repair shops, snowmobile dealerships, antique stores and saloons.  The map was right, though;  the route was beautiful.  Green rolling hills dotted with horses and cattle and hundreds of miles of fields of tall, green, money-on-the-hoof:  corn, wheat and soybeans.  I’m no expert but it looks like a good year for the Nebraskans (and we beneficiaries).

Yup, we're 
in Nebraska!

 

Of course, it rained on us almost the entire five hours we traveled to Lingle.  The Jeepster and Noobee are filthy, but that’s a problem for another time.  At Pony Soldier RV Park, we hooked up and settled in by the fire with a cocktail while waiting for more rain.  Tomorrow’s forecast:  rain.