There were turkeys fooling around in our campground this morning but we were scheduled to leave Prairie Dog State Park so reluctantly we departed and once again jumped on US-36 westbound. It was a pretty good road but we only followed it for about 30 miles until turning north toward Nebraska. We have been following US-36 for such a long distance that it is almost tragic to leave this highway with its stunning roadside scenery. Half an hour later we crossed into Nebraska and about an hour later crossed from the Central Time Zone into the Mountain Time Zone.
The southern part of Nebraska seemed a lot like the northern part of Kansas. We drove through some farmland but mostly range land with only grass and cattle visible. It is not dead flat. Recent rains have turned all the grass bright green and the cattle can’t be distracted from their happy harvesting.
We zigged and zagged for a few hours and eventually pulled into Ogallala, Nebraska. We promptly found our destination, Sleepy Sunflower RV Park, noting it was immediately adjacent to some railroad tracks and I-80, a busy trucking thoroughfare. The park staff was very nice and led us into our spot. They have full hookups, good wifi and very clean facilities. It is reasonably priced. The best thing about the park is that it is just across the freeway from a terrific restaurant called the Urban Farmer where we went to have a steak dinner. The food was great and not too expensive. I can state for a fact that the chicken fried steak is very tasty, their sunflower seed bread is superb and Peggy ate every bit of her steak. This full-time RV stuff is pretty good sometimes.
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