Our next stop was Campaway Campground in Lincoln NE. Can you spot Ray?
IThe heat was intense so we planned indoor activities. The first was the Nebraska Historical Museum. The exhibit on Indians was excellent--a comprehensive treatment that Ray and I feel should be, but isn't, mirrored in the DC Indian Museum. The white man's transgressions are chronicled, but so also is Indian violence.
The World War II exhibit made us aware of the unique Nebraskan contribution to the war effort. Not only were there numerous POW camps in Nebraska, but a very large canine training center and a nationally recognized canteen were in Nebraska.
Our second excursion was to the University of Nebraska State Museum –the paleontology exhibit was amazing. The second photo below features the largest mammoth ever found. The skeletons in front of it are normal sized elephants.
In between our forays we mostly stayed in our air-conditioned trailer and watched the squirrels and rabbits.
But Ray did snap this picture of me outside the State Capitol, the tallest building in Lincoln.
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