NEBRASKA June 19th

This popped up on Roadside America so being in Grand Island we took a side trip over to the Stuhr Museum to have a look.   Glad we did as this bronze statue was impressive.  We spent some time in the visitors parking lot talking with one of the instructors for the summer arts programs offered to area youth.  He was on his way in to teach about six students how to etch on glass.  He also teaches fishing to a class of young people.  He was quite talkative and told us a local story about the early settlers here in Nebraska.  They had what they referred to as Egg and Daughter Day.  One day a week fathers would go to town to sell their eggs and they would take their daughters along in hopes to find a suitable husband for them.

From the Stuhr Museum we drove along Route 30 Lincoln Highway (an excellent alternative to I-80) and detoured into Gothenburg, Nebraska where we visit the local Historical Museum and an on site authentic Pony Express Station.  There was an exhibit in the Museum themed antique rural schools.  There were books in the exhibit that Dave and I both remembered using.  Dave told the hostess she had made a mistakes as there were books in the exhibit that weren't that old.  LOL

Spent the night in Cheyenne, Wyoming.