We got away from the house at 10 AM Monday, and headed for I-76, across the plains, mostly following the South Platte River. We stopped at the visitor center in Julesburg Colorado, to find a group of model A Fords following the route of the Pony Express. The visitor center has a large statue of a rider on the pony express.
Continuing east, we quickly found ourselves on I-80, but with somewhat less traffic than we expected. We were both getting tired, but wanted to press on past North Platte, Nebraska, to have a shorter drive the following day to Lincoln Nebraska. We were aiming for Johnson Lake State Park, south of Livingston. We were both happy to pull into the campground, a little before 6 PM. The campground is grassy, with shade trees, and electricity, pretty nice. Richard cooked a very simple dinner, and then walked over to the swimming beach. He chatted briefly with the folks there, memorably a woman with several front teeth missing, not something that you see often in upscale Boulder Colorado.
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