Kimball, Nebraska is about 15 miles north of the Colorado-Nebraska state line. Like many towns on the Plains it owes its founding to the railroad. The Union Pacific constructed its tracks through here in 1867. Kimball celebrates Farmer's Day in late-September. In addition to a parade, and small-town Nebraska parades are the best, Farmer's Day includes a free hamburger feed.
I stopped for gas and got my first taste of filling an SUV with $3/gallon gasoline. I didn't want a Chevy Trailblazer, but Enterprise was out of cars at the Denver airport. I really wanted a car so the guy waived the filled tank requirement for when I returned the car. That saved me about $60, which, by my guess, meant I broke even on the deal.
At 5000 feet, Kimball is literally the high point of Nebraska. From there it was a hundred miles downhill to Alliance, and a couple of the trip highlights.
It sure is flat. The horizon cuts straight across all those pictures.
Posted by: judy | 27 April 2006 at 08:07 AM
Zoe got your postcard where you said you were looking for Prairie Dogs and that you would bring her six of them. She insists on only one.
Posted by: judy | 27 April 2006 at 08:08 AM
Joe-
I like the "Home of Arbor Day" at the bottom of the Nebraska sign and the landscape with nary a tree in sight! AZ.
Posted by: Ann | 02 May 2006 at 09:13 AM
Ha! That's why I took the picture. I did have to position myself so the sign blocked out an oil well, however.
Posted by: Joe | 03 May 2006 at 06:52 AM