4 July
Independence Day!
Scottsbluff put on the best July 4th Fireworks celebration I've ever seen (which actually wasn't too hard, given this was my first). It was amazing. The city (fire brigade) put on a display, and then during short breaks, the "city" people would respond with their own display. It was almost a tit-for-tat fireworks extravaganza!
8 July
Scottsbluff and Gering have the Oregon Trails Festival this weekend, so we have to move out of our hotel for the weekend. We have a hotel in Alliance, Nebraska which is about 47 miles north-east of Scottsbluff. It will mean that Chris has to leave at a more ungodly hourly to get to work now - oh well,it's only two days :-)
9 July
Today was Chris's first day off, so we heading to South Dakota to the Mount Rushmore National Monument. We also visited Deadwood, South Dakota, which is a whole town listed as a National Historic Landmark, and the burial place of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane.
11 July
Today we headed back to Scottsbluff to our new hotel - Best Western, Scottsbluff Inn. Gee this is exciting no?!?
About to leave Scottsbluff, and Chris gets a page. We are off to Minot, North Dakota!
Details on Minot will be forthcoming. A word of advice, don't hold your breath for excitement ;-)
