Onawa, IA to Valentine, NE---May 21st

I'm beginning to believe that you can't camp without setting up or breaking down in the rain.  So far only one night has been dry....yuk!  We got on the road pretty early around 8:30am CT because we were planning on a little longer drive than usual.  Towns that have RV parks or anywhere to camp are few and far between in Nebraska.

Charlie and Max waiting for Dan to get us checked in...they want out of the truck sooooo bad!

I wanna see, I wanna see....

We drove across the Missouri River and had to pay a toll of $2.00....with the condition of the bridge, they should have paid us.

The sign at the end of the bridge

The rest of the trip was fairly uneventful, just a lot of very flat land and believe it or not straight roads...the truck really liked that part.  We've decided that driving in Nebraska is much preferred to driving in Iowa or Missouri...2 states we won't be revisiting, according to the driver.

We arrived in Valentine about 2:30pm CT and without fail it started to rain, just a little sputter, but the wind was blowing at about 30mph sustained so the rain felt like pins sticking you.  Sure hope the weather changes soon.  It's now 6:30pm and the wind is still blowing and the trailer is really rocking...hope we don't end up at Auntie Em's.  If any of you watch the weather channel and see a white pick up with turkey guts on the front go flying by in someones video, wave....we'll see you on the other side!

This really is pretty country around here.  The Niobrara River is just south of town and is quite a picturesque spot.  Lots of cows and lots of pasture land, I'm talking hundreds of thousands of acres full of cows.

A few interesting tidbits about our trip...I know ya'll are just dying to know all this stuff...hey, there's not much to do while driving 250 miles each day except wrangle cats.

• Total miles driven to date---2250.7
• Total driving hours---48.5
• Average miles per hour---46.4 
• Total spent on gas to date---$807.37
• Average per mile spent on gas---36 cents
• Total spent on RV parks---$329.72
• Approximate amount saved by camping---$1000.00
• Total cost for an excellent adventure---PRICELESS

Headed to Hot Springs, SD tomorrow and will spend 4 nights there...hoping to do lots of exploring.

Stay tuned....