My brother Jerry and his wife Nancy hosted me at their beautiful home in Lake in the Hills, IL for several days while I plotted my next trip. Their home on the northwest of Chicago made a good jump-off for heading west so I did.
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My brother's place outside Chicago. |
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I eventually wound up traveling west on US 80 through Nebraska bound for Golden, CO (tour of the Coors brewery maybe?). Just short of Ft. Kearney I noticed a sign for Pioneer Village Campground where I remembered reading of a small museum adjacent to the campground. Both are located in the small town of Minden, NE. When I paid for my campsite the check-in guy mentioned that I got a complimentary ticket to the museum (a $6 dollar value!) which was about a quarter mile from where I parked the Tank.
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Tank at rest after a long drive from Chicago. |
The museum is called the "Pioneer Village Museum" so I expected predominately exhibits from the 1800's of which there were some.
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Pioneer guns, only a small portion of what they displayed |
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Stagecoach...one of John Ford's classic westerns. |
I would say that a major portion of the displays concerned cars and planes from the early 1900's though, which was OK by me.
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Ford Model T |
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They had one of the older Harley's I've ever seen.
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Older model Harley. |
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Where else can you see a carboat? |
And, finally, what trip through a museum on a mid-70 degree sunny day would be complete without a Christmas bulb collection display?
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Eclectic? |
On to Colorado tomorrow.
Thanks for reading!
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