View from the top of the butte at Fort Robinson

Nebraska Nellie

Dall sheep at Fort Robinson

When our tour guide told us these were dall sheep, I remembered the dall sheep I saw in Alaska sitting on a patch of snow on a mountain. There were two mama sheep nursing their babies in the top of this butte.

Nebraska Nellie

Lone tree on the trail........

Fort Robinson

Driving to Fort Robinson from Chadron was beautiful. The highway is the Bridge to the Buttes scenic highway. It looks so different with the buttes just coming out of the ground. At the Fort, there are a number of ways to tour the fort. There are horses to ride, even long trips into the buttes. I'm not a horse woman, although it sounds like fun. There are stage coach rides or hayrack rides. We went on the jeep ride up to the top of a butte. The jeep seats 6 adults in the open jeep around the sides and back.

We rode up a very rough trail to the top of the butte. He showed us where the Cheyenne Indians hid from the troops. We all bounced around in the jeep as we hit various bumps in the road.

I'll post some of the other pictures after this post as we rode along.

Nebraska Nellie

Fiddler on the Roof Update

Mark Thornburg, former Beatrician, won the Fonda McGuire Award for the outstanding male performance of the year at the Omaha Community Playhouse. He was terrific.

My parents enjoyed the play so much. I'm not sure any play will ever measure up to this one for them. I'm so glad I didn't miss it and I plan to go to all his future plays. I'm a fan.

Nebraska Nellie

Fort Robinson

I can't believe that I have never been to Fort Robinson or Chadron, Nebraska before. What was I waiting for? This part of the state is so different from our flat eastern part of the state. I drove from Lincoln to Chadron after work on July 2. I drove on I 80 to Grand Island then northwest on Highway 2. It was beautiful but unfortunately, it got dark around the time that I got to the Nebraska National Forest. I'll have to do that another time.

The next morning, I went to Fort Robinson. There is so much history there. It was a major fort in our country's expansion to the west. Many bad things happened to our native Americans. Many buffalo were killed for there furs.

Fort Robinson has much to see and do. You can stay in the lodge or the cabins at the fort. Unfortunately, I planned this trip at the last minute and was not able to stay there or in the cabins at Chadron State Park. I learned that if you want to stay at these cabins, you have to make a reservation a year in advance. That is generally not my style to plan a trip a year in advance, so I stayed at a Super 8 in Chadron. This was centrally located to many things in the area so it worked out well.

The day started out with a big breakfast in Crawford at the Frontier Bar. The food was very good and the prices were more than reasonable. The waitresses were very friendly in this small town.

Nebraska Nellie

Lots to catch up on.........

I'm woefully behind on my blogging. I've been too busy with my real job, but I've done some fun things, too. There are lots of famous Nebraskan's birthdays this month. Stay tuned.

Nebraska Nellie