Day 28

We took our time getting up this morning.  After a nice breakfast we got the oil changed in the car.  It had been almost 5000 miles since the last one and with my car doing all that work on the hills we wanted to play it safe before heading home.

We were really excited to head to Buffalo Bill Cody’s ranch house right after my car was ready.  As we got closer we noticed a lot of the buildings had sandbags around them.  This was of course as a precaution in case the river flooded.  When we got to the ranch we were excited to see that there was only 1 other car there.  Score!  We started walking around taking pictures.  After we had done a complete loop around the house we saw the closed sign.  We continued to walk to the property and finally came to a sign that said closed due to the possibility of flooding.  Mother Nature you did it again!

We headed to the Golden Spike Tower which overlooks that rail yards.  In fact, it is the longest railroad station in the world.  It is over 8 miles long and can house 5,000 cars.  We were able to climb to the top of the tower and look at the entire railroad yard.  Michael really enjoyed it.  I enjoyed reading about the amount of orphans that were sent west on these trains in the 1800’s.  I didn’t realize that many of them essentially became an indentured servant, never being officially adopted, but instead living with a family and then being released when they hit the age of 18.

We next tried to find the Oregon Trail marker but it was to no avail so we hit the road and headed to the pony express station about 45 minutes up the road.  The building was very cool and had some interesting artifacts but unfortunately it was mostly a gift shop.  We did buy a few things to go with the sign we found in Las Vegas.

We planned on camping around Lincoln.  We accidentally turned back on the highway instead of the service road to the campground we planned on trying and had to head 10 miles back.  While doing so I called ahead and of course they were booked.  I tried the KOA too but they were also booked.  We found on the computer program a state park and we figured it was worth a shot.  It is called Eugene Mahoney Park.  We couldn’t believe this place when we pulled in.  It’s about 23 miles outside of Lincoln and is gorgeous.  It is over 700 acres and has campgrounds, a lodge, cabins, etc.  We were shocked that not only did they have sites but they were only 20 bucks! 

There was a nice restaurant inside the lodge.  They had a buffet dinner that we both had and that was very good.  After we ate we headed to the site and set up.  It’s a cute little site.  So far everyone is quiet.  We were able to get the camper up right before it got dark.  Tomorrow….FIELD OF DREAMS!