Memorial Day Weekend Road Trip 2021 | Chadron to Pawnee Bluffs National Grassland to Omaha | Agate Fossil Beds National Monument | Scottsbluff | Wildcat Hills | Panorama Point On Sunday morning, we packed up our things and began driving North on US-385. We had a bit of driving to do today, as well as several stops we wanted to… Read More
Archives for June 2021
Toadstool Geological Park / Fort Robinson
Memorial Day Weekend Road Trip 2021 | Toadstool Geological Park | Fort Robinson State Park On day 3 of our Northwestern Nebraska road trip, we set off bright and early driving from our campsite to Toadstool Geological Park, about an hour Northwest of where we were. We had planned our trip so that we were spending two nights camping in… Read More
Carhenge / Chadron State Park
Memorial Day Weekend Road Trip 2021 | Driving from Halsey to Chadron | Carhenge | Chadron State Park From Halsey, we continued heading West on NE-2 generally following the Loup River. The roads were empty again this morning, which we hoped was a good sign that we wouldn’t have trouble finding a campsite that night. We enjoyed the views of… Read More
Nebraska National Forest / Halsey
Memorial Day Weekend Road Trip 2021 | Driving From Omaha to Halsey | Hiking and Camping in Nebraska National Forest Curtis had a 4 day weekend for Memorial Day, and we couldn’t just not take advantage of that this year! While we still have over a year left in Nebraska, our schedule for the rest of this year is already… Read More
Wabash Trace Trail / Gaston Ave to US-34
Section Hiking the Wabash Trace Trail | Gaston Ave to US-34 | May 2021 Back while we were training to backpack the Centennial Trail, I imagined that coming off the trail would be difficult. I thought for sure that we’d have post-vacation blues, especially after planning this trip for so long and training for it for months. I also worried… Read More
After the Centennial Trail
A Summary of the Week After Hiking the Centennial Trail | May 2021 We awoke the morning after completing the Centennial Trail sore and still with tender feet, but thankful to have slept better than we had in over a week. The only thing on the agenda today was to make the long drive back to my parent’s house in… Read More