North Platte, Nebraska

We drove over 200 miles and came to North Platte, Nebraska.  We stayed at Mahoney State Park.  We could have only had water for hook-ups and that would have cost us extra, so we took a primitive site.  It was pretty there on the lake.

Mahoney State Park, Nebraska

There were a couple of fisherman out on boats.  The wind picked up and it threatened rain.

We were relaxing after our long drive when the camp host knocked on our door.  He said there was a tornado watch and in fact, a tornado had just touched down on the other side of the lake.  He advised me to keep watch and if I saw a spout, we were to run to the washrooms for shelter.

Not long after the wind picked up further and it began to hail.  We kept our eyes glued to the sky, but did not spot any funnel clouds.  The hail turned to rain and in a short while it was all over.  Everything smelled so fresh and clean.

The next morning we arose quite early, dumped and filled the fresh water tank.  We were on the road once again.

We decided we would stop for breakfast.  We entered a little town, called Paxton, Nebraska and found an open restaurant.  The fellow who once owned the restaurant was a big game hunter.  He had hunted all over the world and had over 200 trophies in there.  It was called Ole's Big Game Steakhouse and Lounge.  Apparently it is world famous and can be found on the internet.

This polar bear was huge.  I really don't like to see animal's stuffed, but it was interesting to hear the man's story.  Also, there were photo's of famous people who had come to see the display.

We drove to just outside of Douglas, Wyoming.  There was a sign on the highway that said "Parking Area", so we pulled over and spent the night.  The highway sounds were quite loud and eventually I did sleep.

We had planned to make it to Sheridan, Wyoming, but the wind picked up and we were driving straight into it.  We came to a town called Buffalo, Wyoming and found an RV site.  I figured there was no use going any further as gas is expensive and it was rather scary driving in the wind.  We will be comfortable here and plan to make it some distance into Montana tomorrow.  Let's hope the wind dies down!