Well, we had to leave sometime....it was hard saying goodbye to the kids, but leave we must. We headed West with the intention of making it to Kearney, Nebraska that day. By 3pm, we still had energy, so we kept on going to North Platte.
Just as we pulled off the interstate, and 3 miles from our next campsite, an idler pulley froze, breaking the serpentine belt, taking out the steering and brakes. Luckily, we were able to pull over, called Good Sam (our towing insurance), and they towed us to a nearby GMC dealer. At this point it was 6 pm, so the dealer was closed. So, we spent the night in the parking lot....our cheapest campsite yet!
We got to talking to the tow truck driver who rescued us, and he used to work for the railroad. He also told us that North Platte has the biggest rail yard in the world, and they just built the Gold Spike (a rr museum). Serendipity! Darrell and I got to see more trains than we ever thought of.
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