Day #5 started out in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska. We spent the whole day on the Oregon Trail.
The 800-foot sandstone bluff along the North Platte River...milepost for the great migration along the Oregon Trail (2,000 mile roadway to the Pacific Northwest) between 1841 and 1869.
South Bluff, Mitchell Pass and Scotts Bluff, called the Nebraska Gibralter.
We drove up to the top of the bluff and hiked around, looking in all directions. This shot looks east towards the town.
This view looks north to the North Platte River.
Sunflowers, Murphy Wagon and the Bluff.
Conestoga wagon "parked" on the actual Oregon Trail through Mitchell Pass. There was a nice display of wagons and handcarts and a Visitors Center.
The wagon wheels creaked as they rolled along...creak, creak, creak , creak is their song.
The next stop was the most famous feature on the Oregon Trail...the impressive Chimney Rock, 325 feet tall.
This is a view from the east at the Visitors Center where we watched a video and looked a lot of displays about pioneers.
Black-eyed Susans--oh, yeah!
A combine at work. Most of the wheat fields were already harvested as we drove through the midwest, but we did see a few and some big machines at work.
Here we are in North Platte at Union Pacific Railroad's Bailey Yard...the largest classification yard in the world! We went up in this tower for a 180 degree panoramic view from the open-air 7th floor and a 360 degree view from the enclosed 8th floor.
Inside by a display of model trains.
At the top of this photo is the "East Hump", a 34-foot mound where four eastbound railroad cars per minute roll gently into any of 114 "bowl" tracks where they become part of trains headed for dozens of destinations. (There is also a "West Hump".) It was really fun to watch the sorting procedure.
Lots of boxcars...the Bailey Yard handles 15,000 railroad cars a day!
Locomotive repair shop.
Looking southeast from the top of the Bailey Yard Tower...corn fields as far as you see! Nebraska...the Cornhusker state.
Day #5 started out in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska. We spent the whole day on the Oregon Trail.
The 800-foot sandstone bluff along the North Platte River...milepost for the great migration along the Oregon Trail (2,000 mile roadway to the Pacific Northwest) between 1841 and 1869.
South Bluff, Mitchell Pass and Scotts Bluff, called the Nebraska Gibralter.
We drove up to the top of the bluff and hiked around, looking in all directions. This shot looks east towards the town.
This view looks north to the North Platte River.
Sunflowers, Murphy Wagon and the Bluff.
Conestoga wagon "parked" on the actual Oregon Trail through Mitchell Pass. There was a nice display of wagons and handcarts and a Visitors Center.
The wagon wheels creaked as they rolled along...creak, creak, creak , creak is their song.
The next stop was the most famous feature on the Oregon Trail...the impressive Chimney Rock, 325 feet tall.
This is a view from the east at the Visitors Center where we watched a video and looked a lot of displays about pioneers.
Black-eyed Susans--oh, yeah!
A combine at work. Most of the wheat fields were already harvested as we drove through the midwest, but we did see a few and some big machines at work.
Here we are in North Platte at Union Pacific Railroad's Bailey Yard...the largest classification yard in the world! We went up in this tower for a 180 degree panoramic view from the open-air 7th floor and a 360 degree view from the enclosed 8th floor.
Inside by a display of model trains.
At the top of this photo is the "East Hump", a 34-foot mound where four eastbound railroad cars per minute roll gently into any of 114 "bowl" tracks where they become part of trains headed for dozens of destinations. (There is also a "West Hump".) It was really fun to watch the sorting procedure.
Looking southeast from the top of the Bailey Yard Tower...corn fields as far as you see! Nebraska...the Cornhusker state.
1 comment:
Chimney Rock is AWESOME!! Just like the computer game, haha.
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