October 21, 2022 Day 13 York Nebraska to Ogallala Nebraska 236 miles
Sunny and only a little cool today. The water tower for York looks like a hot air balloon. It is located not far from the hotel. The road today is very flat. Very few hills plus very few turns. More corn harvesting and more cattle. Lots of big grain storage places. We followed a train track for quite a ways. Several long freight trains going both directions. Several processing plants along the way and a couple of major distribution centers. We went through Kearney Nebraska where one of the University of Nebraska locations is situated. Lots of signs for fan parking. Must be something going on soon. We stopped for lunch in Elm Creek at a small cafe called Sadie’s. The waitress (Sadie) and cook own the place. The building is over 100 years old. They have decorated the inside for Halloween with the big blow up statues and one stationary one. Looks quite impressive. Lots of locals come in for lunch. That probably has something to do with this being about the only place in miles for a sit down lunch. We can see the freeway not far to our left. Even so the lesser highway carries a lot of traffic. Finally saw one very large feedlot. The temperature is definitely warmer. We even opened the front window which serves as the air conditioning. We arrived in Ogallala mid afternoon. That gave us time to visit Boot Hill Cemetery. Lots of the town’s history is explained on the various billboards. What is left of the cemetery is small but it has a concrete walk around and some restored grave headboards. Burial records are not at all good. We learned that the town was the end of one of the cattle drive trails from Texas. It had been a rough and tumble town for several years. One of the original boarding houses was called the Spofford House. It burned down many years ago so we couldn’t see it. Rob tells me the new radiator has developed a small leak. Here we go again. Hopefully we can make it home before it becomes a big leak. A bigger concern is a big storm front headed for our current planned route home. As always, timing is everything.
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