Wild West Tour: Issue 11

Day #10: Valentine, NE. to Kellog, IA

The day started out a little earlier, so that we could make up some time. The route today was a bit more boring, we also knew it would be much hotter. We had only one real place to see and that was Beemer, NE. Since Mike rides a BMW, he had found the only Beemer in the country, and it just happened to be in our route.

We ate lunch in Beemer at a the Beemer Cafe. It was a small restaraunt with about 10 farmers in it playing cards. Beemer was located in the middle of pretty much nowhere. After lunch we headed toward Kellog. The heat was up again, and the ride was pretty flat. I think we hit about 4 curves the whole day.

We got off the interstate at Newton, IA. which ended up being the wrong exit. But we were able to pretty quickly locate our route. We headed to the campground which was a State Park, the first of our trip. Rock Creek State Park, a nice state park campground, with self-service camping. We were hungry so we headed back towards Kellog to eat. There wasn't much there, but 2 bars, so we went in one and ate. The food was pretty good. I had a cheeseburger, I think my 200th for the trip.

After eating we set up camp and chilled out for a while. It was HOT so we didn't need much for warmth. Since we had entered Iowa, the humidity had come back too.

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-matt-