US Route 20 in Nebraska

 

 

click photo to enlarge		 Our first ever trip on one of America's Blue Line Highways was in 2018 on US Route 6. Blue Highways are the old highways that crisscrossed America before the interstate system and refers to the color they were on paper maps. Paper maps are what were used before GPS and cell phones. They are those old things you can never fold the same way twice. On that trip we took route 6, the Grand Army of the Republic Highway. On  this trip we took route 20. Also on this trip we were in a new Motor home we got this year. Instead of staying at large corporate campgrounds though we were staying at village, city and state owned campgrounds.

click photo to enlarge		 The top photo is a city campground in South Sioux City Nebraska over looking the Missouri river. The picture is right before sunset. We had a wonderful view of the river and sunset from our campsite. The next picture is a campground in the village of Stuart with a population of about 600. It is an incredible park that has room for about 12 motor homes trailers with full hookups for $20 a night. There were other village campgrounds that were even free. Carhenge in Alliance Nebraska, a replica of Stonehenge, was a bit out of our way but was kind of a bucket list thing for me. We just love the small town America you experience on the small Blue Line Highways. The Brick buildings in the photo are Fort Robinson State park. The war chief Crazy Horse surrendered here with his defenders on May 6, 1877. On September 5 that year, he was killed while resisting imprisonment. There was also a beautiful campground at the park. At night they had a free rodeo.

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