Larry F. Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 (edited) If you will let yourself NOT be in a hurry, and are headed from anywhere east or south towards the Black Hills, Devil's Tower and other points west and north, I highly recommend taking what the late Charles Kuralt called "one of America’s 10 most beautiful highways": Nebraska Highway 2. It takes you from the Grand Island area (on I-80) north and west through the Nebraska Sandhills http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_Hills_(Nebraska) to the Alliance area, where you should not miss seeing Carhenge ( http://www.carhenge.com ) and then easily on to Wyoming or South Dakota! See: http://www.sandhillsjourney.com/ I feel the trip is especially beautiful in the late spring when the hills are "in bloom"! Edited October 8, 2007 by Larry F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabyBoomerBob Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 If you will let yourself NOT be in a hurry, and are headed from anywhere east or south towards the Black Hills, Devil's Tower and other points west and I've driven this road and can vouch for it's beauty, even if I missed the windflowers. One thing I found a bit unfortunate, though. It follows a railroad and about every 15 minutes or so, there was an eastbound train carrying coal from Wyoming. Wonder if anything in Wyoming well be left? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Rowland Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 where you should not miss seeing Carhenge ( http://www.carhenge.com ) and then easily on to Wyoming or South Dakota! Our family loved Carhenge last summer! Our boys were 9 and 7 at the time. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownwho63 Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 If you will let yourself NOT be in a hurry, and are headed from anywhere east or south towards the Black Hills, Devil's Tower and other points west and north, I highly recommend taking what the late Charles Kuralt called "one of America’s 10 most beautiful highways": Nebraska Highway 2. It takes you from the Grand Island area (on I-80) north and west through the Nebraska Sandhills http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_Hills_(Nebraska) to the Alliance area, where you should not miss seeing Carhenge ( http://www.carhenge.com ) and then easily on to Wyoming or South Dakota! See: http://www.sandhillsjourney.com/ I feel the trip is especially beautiful in the late spring when the hills are "in bloom"! I've been on Route 2 several times as a kid but only between the Iowa line and Lincoln; visited relatives in Cheney. It is pretty country and worth the trip. Speaking of Nebraska, we're thinking of cruisin' the Lincoln Highway across Iowa from the Illinois line as far west as Omaha (perhaps farther) and then dropping down to the Lincoln area to see the cousins again. Kinda, sorta have that in mind for '08....Bliss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keep the Show on the Road! Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Our family loved Carhenge last summer! Our boys were 9 and 7 at the time. Chris Chris, I followed your travels as far as the wedding, and thoroughly enjoyed them! Having the family adventures in that format will be great to revisit years from now. Keep the Show on the Road! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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