North Platte to Columbia

North Platte to Columbia

There are a lot of mountains in this grand country of ours!

Once again we had a cold, frosty morning. I took the kids out right after they had their breakfast. Then with everything packed and ready to go we went down to breakfast. After fueling up with coffee, we tanked up the car and began our days drive to Columbia, Missouri.

Tina took the first leg and after an hour we stopped in Kearney for Starbucks, just a short (4 mile) jaunt to a real cup of coffee, but worth it. A thriving town filled with young people, it speaks to the strength of the heartland! With a quick stop for doggy treats we were back on the road to the freeway.

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Not too much further on we saw a huge smoke cloud and thought it might be a house fire.

Controlled burn

But it turned out to be a controlled burn in a corn field.

The rest of the drive through Nebraska was pretty uneventful until we got to Lincoln City where traffic got heavy but we were soon through it and into Ohio for a few miles where we stopped for lunch at a major truck stop just before crossing into Missouri.

Monument to Lewis and Clark

After gassing up we were back on I-29 which follows the Missouri River past St Joseph and through Kansas City at rush hour! Soon we made it through all the traffic and onto I-70 East until we got to Columbia where we made our stop for the night.

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