Aug 23, 2015

Nebraska!

Why go...A state that is renowned for being nice!  Fossils! Giant rock formations that the pioneers used as landmarks as they went west!  An awesome zoo with the world's best indoor swamp/nocturnal cave exhibit!


Arbor Day Farm!  This is an apple orchard, park, and historical center!  They even have a treehouse!


Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park!  A long time ago, when rhinos roamed the mid-west, a volcanic explosion killed many mammals; their bodies were preserved in the ash!  The skeletons are in such great shape!


Omaha!  The largest city in Nebraska!  Old Market historic downtown!  Joslyn Castle built in 1903!  Lauritzen Gardens Arboretum.  Omaha Zoo with a big indoor swamp and nocturnal cave exhibition!  They keep the "cave system" dark in the daytime and light in the nighttime.  This reverses the animals circadian rhythms so that visitors get to see what the nocturnal animals like to do!  Simmons Wildlife Safari; see elk and bears and eagles, oh my!





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