Retreat From the Heat!

We had a great time with our grandsons but by Sunday they were very ready to go home with mom and dad and we were happy to see them leave. We then jumped right in to our preparations to leave town ourselves.  At 10 am Monday morning we pulled out of our driveway.

The weather forecast predicted a heat index in the 100's and the radar showed rain in Nebraska so we wanted to avoid the rain and get out of the heat as quickly as we could.  Our route took us to Hwy 36 in the northern part of Kansas then a jog up to McCook, NE where we spent the night then over to I-25 in WY, north to Buffalo and into the Bighorn Mountains. We did it in two days!

Westward expansion happened along parts of the route we drove. We were on the California Trail, the Oregon Trail and the Mormon Trail scenic byways. Across Nebraska and into Wyoming they all took the same road and most did not diverge until Casper, WY. A prominent feature the pioneers saw on this route was Chimney Rock so we stopped to admire it as well.