Reporting from Lincoln, NE
LAT 40.5 N LON 96.41 W
Today involved a lot of driving, and only a few stops—but they were all good.
We drove back into Nebraska, and came upon a shrine to Our Lady of Fatima. A WW2 chaplain vowed to build one if he survived the war. He did both—and it’s very pretty.
A ways farther down the road, we visited Pioneer Village. A guy named Harold Warp decided to start his own version of the Henry Ford museum in the middle of Nebraska. 26 buildings of everything you could think of.
There is a whole village of original building moved to this location, along with a lot of warehouses.
A local TV station’s circa-1960 equipment.
The schoolhouse that Harold attended—along with all the books and records.
A 1950’s kitchen…
…and a 1980’s kitchen.
Computer equipment—some of it I’ve actually used.
There were also multiple warehouses packed with classic cars.
The beige hornlike device hanging out the window is an add-on air conditioner.
Just loved the coloring.
“Hey, Bob—what if we put the sun visor INSIDE the car?”
Generations later, people refer to poor cars as Edsels.
This is a Ford Model A Coupe—my dad owned a Model A Truck for years.
There were multiple aisles in multiple warehouses like this, arranged by make and year.
Did you know that Hastings, Nebraska has the largest municipal museum between Chicago and Denver? And did you know that Kool-Aid was developed in this area? Well it was.
OH, YEAH!!!
So we ended up the day in Lincoln NE. There was a lot of online buzz about Lee’s Chicken restaurant (unrelated to the Lee’s Chicken chain). You can read my earlier report in FB about it—suffice to say we were not impressed.
That’ll do for tonight. Tomorrow, onto Kansas City. #gowestboomers