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Cosmopolitan to Cowboys Omaha to Kimball

COSMOPOLITAN TO COWBOYS:

OMAHA TO KIMBALL

THIS ITINERARY FOLLOWS THE PATH OF THE GREAT AMERICAN WEST along one of the nation’s busiest migration and transportation routes, the Great Platte River Road. Today, Interstate 80 follows this route, taking travelers through diverse landscapes and terrains. The cosmopolitan urban centers of Omaha and Lincoln in eastern Nebraska, the fertile farmlands and migratory birding paths of central Nebraska and the Central Flyway and the wide-open and sprawling vistas of western Nebraska make up this exciting land of contrasts.

DURHAM MUSEUM

DAY 1:

OMAHA

 Guided City Tour of Omaha  Durham Museum  St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church  Lithuanian Bakery & Café  Boys Town  German American Society

DAY 2:

ASHLAND, GREENWOOD, LINCOLN

 Strategic Air Command and

Aerospace Museum  Bakers Candies  Nebraska State Capitol  Lester F. Larsen Tractor Test and Power Museum  UNL Dairy Store  International Quilt Museum  Screamer’s Dining & Cabaret

DAY 3:

LINCOLN, YORK, HENDERSON

 Museum of American Speed  Clayton Museum of Ancient History  Chances “R” Restaurant & Lounge  Wessels Living History Farm  Henderson Mennonite Heritage Park

DAY 4:

GRAND ISLAND, KEARNEY

 Zabuni Specialty Coffee  Raising Nebraska  Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer  The Archway  Museum of Nebraska Art  Alley Rose

DAY 5:

NORTH PLATTE

 Double Dips Ice Creamery  Golden Spike Tower & Visitor Center  Cody Park Railroad Museum  Grain Bin Antique Town  Fort Cody Trading Post  “Ride with the Wild Bunch” Experience  Lincoln County Historical Museum  “Wine with the Stars” at Feather River Vineyard

DAY 6:

OGALLALA

 Lake McConaughy Visitors &

Water Interpretive Center  Mansion on the Hill  Petrified Wood and Art Gallery  Front Street and Cowboy Museum  Crystal Palace Saloon  Crystal Palace Revue

DAY 7:

SIDNEY, POTTER, KIMBALL

 Camp Lookout  Sidney Boot Hill  Potter Duckpin Bowling  The Potter Sundry  Chuckaboo Station  EJE Ranch  Rocky Hollow Buffalo Company

INTERNATIONAL QUILT MUSEUM

PETRIFIED WOOD AND ART GALLERY

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