Cornhusker Run

June 20,

Nearly the entire night in Lincoln was filled the constant rain storms rolling through. With morning the rain had began to subside and once again the previously mentioned fool with the cell phone was consulted regarding the weather prospects. He advised we wait another hour and things should improve considerably. It is still not known why anyone listed to him.

However, the predictions did prove out reasonably true. Back on the road, cruising along hwy 34, 30 and 26 provided comfortable travel on two lane highways with a very minimal amount of traffic. There was a great stop at "Mom's Place" for incredible country style dining and then back on the road.

Much of the route we traveled from St. Joe on was along or very near the original Oregon Trail, the Pony Express route and the Transcontinental Railroad. We were rolling along through areas of rich expansion history.

The farther west we traveled the more that overcast skies were giving way to storm clouds. Checks on the weather radio broadcasts were resulting in the forecasts of possible tornadoes arriving at our destination somewhat in the vicinity of our projected arrival time. Following the brilliant advice of the day before, we decided to fore go one of our planned stops and make a run for the destination.

This time it worked out much better. We did get to Scottsbluff before the weather moved in, and we were allowed to park the bikes in under the covered drive to avoid the chances of hail. Again, it was dinner, more stories and a night's rest.