Backtracking the pioneers

The North Platte was the superhighway of western expansion and we followed it almost all day, from Casper through Ft. Laramie to Ogallala (didn't stop to haggle with Clara over horses though).
Did stop in Guernsey for Ranch Hand breakfast, as big as a grill guard and finally, some green chili!

Went past Chimney Rock and Scott's Bluff, beacons on the horizon that took days for Mormons and '49ers to reach, but just an hour or so for us...

Burf! briefly made the transition to a Nebraska Cornhusker but got over it...

Eventually shut down in Oakley (as in Annie, not shades) KS. Disappointed the Plainsmen were away vs. Norton, so no Friday Night Lights, but discussed local sports and 8-man football with a former referee while enjoying a buttery ribeye and Dorothy Lynch salad dressing at the Buffalo Bill Bar & Grille.

Moved from bears and grouse to antelope and prairie dogs to cows and cows, so must be getting close.
Definitely be in front of a TV before the Horns take on the Cowboys!