Scotts Bluff National Monument

In the morning, we headed over to Scotts Bluff National Monument. The museum was somewhat interesting, but the views were perhaps the best part.

The view below shows the Oregon trail, and the monument headquarters. The round road is the road going up to the top of the butte. The Oregon trail is a straight line from left to right.



You could even see the campground and our camper.



After the monument, we visited the local quilt shop, and then went back to rest. The afternoon heat eventually got to us, and induced us to close the camper up and turn on the air conditioning.

We visited the local wrecking yard to look at a possible seat upgrade for our truck, but a quick look showed that the seats in the junkyard were not good.

We had a nice dinner at the local steakhouse, the Gaslight.

Our cat is not doing well, now has some kind of infection in his forehead, and is almost blind.

We played scrabble, and went to bed.

Richard picked up a book on Crazy Horse by Mari Sandoz, perhaps the best known author in Nebraska, born in the late 1800s.