We stayed two nights in Columbia, MO, and really enjoyed relaxing and catching up on a few things that needed to be done. Yesterday, July 15, we went to Council Bluffs, IA, and camped in a casino parking lot with electric and water hookups. We went across the river to Omaha and ate at The Drover. Phil had heard the announcers for the CWS raving about it when the Gamecocks were playing for their championship. It was expensive, but really good! The whiskey filet is their star, and it was with us, too. The server told us the Gamecocks and coaches ate there after every game.
We woke up this morning, walked, drank coffee, and hit the road, headed to Mitchell, SD. Best laid plans...hahaha! We started up I-29, thinking all the flooding problems were behind us because we had not seen anything on the NE DOT's site about a closure, but sure enough, it is closed. We pulled off an exit and studied the map. The detour would have taken us 100 miles out of our way, just to get the north bound highway. So, we stayed on I-80 and landed in North Platte, NE, for the night. We stayed at this campground on the way back home last year. The cottonwood trees are shedding their seeds, and it truly looks like we are in a snow storm (except for the extreme heat....).
I took a photo of the arch (on I-80) before we got to North Platte. It represents the gateway to the West. It is quite impressive. We stopped there last year, but we kept rolling today.
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