Tuesday August 5, 2014

 Travel Day

 
We continued our trip east on I-80 passing farm fields of corn, soy beans and plants we could not identify, it got a little monotonous . At exit 379 we headed south NE 15, then east on NE 33, south on NE 103 and finally NE 4 to the “Homestead National Monument of America” just west of the town of Beatrice. The monument is a tribute to the pioneers that settled America under The Homestead Act of 1862 that granted 160 acres of land in designated areas of the
country. The film and the displays in the museum gave a very good picture of the life of the settlers and the story behind the law. Surprisingly 30 of the 50 states had homestead land available at some time during the life of the Homestead Act, including Florida. The Act was repealed in 1976, except in Alaska where it continued into the mid 1980’s. Leaving the monument we traveled west on NE 4 and south on US 77 into Kansas. We continued south on US 77 in Kansas to US 36 east, and then south on US 75 to the town of Mayetta and our campground at the “Prairie Band Casino & Resort RV Park”. After setting up camp we headed into the casino for dinner at the buffet, which was better than we expected; after dinner we spent some time at the slot machines where we came away on the positive side.