Sunday, October 6th
Glen’s mother was born in Platte Center, Nebraska. It is a few miles north of Columbus. We were there twenty-seven years ago on the
trip with his mom and our six year olds.
In 1986 the general store Grandma grew up with was still in
business. It had a butcher shop,
groceries, hardware, clothing – sort of a mini Wal-Mart. The bank was the same as during her
childhood, run by the same family. They
let our kids go into the vault. Grandma
had friends still living there. Now it
is a bedroom community for Columbus.
There is a new bank and the General Store is empty and for sale.
We couldn’t find an RV park in the area we
liked so we headed south towards Kansas and found beautiful Rock Creek Station on
near Fairbury, Nebraska for our next stop.
It is on the trail and has a wonderful campground where we stayed. More tomorrow on Rock Creek Station.
Swale at Rock Creek Station, Nebraska
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