Day 4 of our 35th Anniversary HOG trip: Loup Rivers Scenic Byway. We jumped on Tim’s bike and went for a scenic ride through countryside, with a few stops along the way.
First stop was Platte-River Harley-Davidson in Grand Island. Couldn’t resist the GREAT sale on shirts! Buy two discounted shirts and get one free.
Tim got one, and I got two. Good deal…for me!
Next stop was Happy Jack Peak and Chalk Mine. This is the only underground chalk mine in the United States. No longer a working mine but an interesting tour for sure!
There are very small bats in the mine!
We followed the tour with a challenging hike up the hill to Happy Jack Peak. My legs barely worked after that but the view was spectacular.
Third stop in Ord, had lunch at Arby’s … because we could … not wear a mask 
. They were open at 100% capacity. We felt a sense of normalcy for the first time in days. The whole town did not appear to care about social distancing or wearing masks. In fact, much of Nebraska is that way. I guess when you live in a town of about 200 you don’t care about coronavirus coming to meet you. 
We walked around the Ord town square (the museum is closed this year – no help from Yelp on that one 
) then headed back toward the hotel with at least two other stops for construction zones.
So, what then? Time to do laundry, play Scrabble and Chess, eat a steak dinner, and have a face chat with two of the grands. Now we are trying to figure out what to do tomorrow. We planned to go to Rapid City, but there are storms so we’re probably only going half-way. To be continued…
Thanks Lord for another fulfilling day!
Á la prochaine…until next time!