Week 39 - Nebraska

Niobara State Park

I have only ever visited one place in Nebraska that I can remember: Niobara State Park, on our Lewis and Clark trip years ago. That was a great long driving trip, and it was also the only time I remember visiting North Dakota or Iowa.

Niobara State Park is at the place where the Niobara River feeds into the Missouri River, and since Lewis and Clark followed the Missouri River as far as they could, they came past this place. I chose the picture because this is how I remember the place, very pretty, a wide view with lots of water, and we could see where the two rivers meet.

I will not walk through the park, but rather will pass forty miles south of it.

In the first three days of July, I crossed the Nebraska border on day one, passed three million steps on day two, and walked through Cody, Nebraska on day three. The Internet calls Cody a village - I do not think that I have encountered that one before - so it is the first village in Nebraska on my walking route. Population is 154.

The distance across Nebraska is about 350 miles, mostly west to east, as we head to Omaha at the Iowa border. At the end of August, I should either be in Iowa or very close.

Nine months in, I have one year to go. My projected arrival in Miami is June 28 of next year, although the way things look I may arrive a little earlier. One and a half months until the halfway point, then ten and a half months to complete the second half of the walk. The math works, which is reassuring.