Straight through Nebraska to South Dakota

On Thursday morning we packed up and headed out of Colorado driving towards Dupree, SD. We did not have work lined up there, but needed to get up in that area in order to find work where there was some winter wheat left to cut and the spring wheat would be ready in a few weeks.



Leaving Julesburg, CO


Crossing the border for CO to NE




They have had above average rainfall here too, the lake was very high.


Starting to cross a long bridge that is on top of a dam that makes Lake McConaughy out of the North Platte River.


In Nebraska we took 61 north, it is a very long ways of nothing but big rolling hills for grazing. Poor to no phone reception and when you press seek on the car radio it will just keep circling, not stopping on any stations because they just don't come in well enough. I found a station here & there that came in for a while.


After we crossed into SD, 61 turned into 73. We came over a hill and this is what we saw:


It was like a mini badlands. Only this valley looked like this, up the other side and it was back to grasslands.


It was a beautiful break in scenery!


This has got to be about the steepest hill to drive down before they would make the road curve back and forth like on a mountain.


Back up the other side.


We made it safely to Dupree around 6:30 that evening. It was a flawless move, thankfully. Great weather also. Somewhere along the way there started to be a lot more grasshoppers, so many that you could see them dead all over the road, and the vehicles! There are a lot up here in SD as well. We ate at the Ranch House Cafe for supper, it was excellent and the prices were surprisingly very affordable. The town is just inside the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. Population of around 400. A tornado went through the town and surrounding area on June 16. By the looks of it not a devastating tornado, but a lot of new roofs on houses and they are repairing the school yet.

Friday morning Andy, Ben, & Chris left to go back to Julesburg to bring the other hopper bottom trailer and double header trailer here. Jon & I finished up our 2nd qtr IFTA paperwork that was due. Then Jon & Dan talked to several farmers while I went to Faith for groceries and we now have around 600 acres lined up to cut! We are so grateful for what the Lord is providing!

We had halibut for supper that my Grandpa sent along with us, we enjoyed it very much! Saturday morning we had a big breakfast of sausage and pancakes with strawberries and cool whip - yum! It is our niece(Dan's granddaughter) Natalie's 7th birthday today, and we are thinking of her all day! We just love her a bunch and hope that she has a fun day, and can't wait to celebrate with her the next time we see her!! I headed to Onida to get some spare parts to have on hand. It is the closest Case dealer and it is around 100 miles away! The drive was good, seeing some new country is always fun. We are still in mountain time where we are staying. The time changed back to Central time on my phone while I was driving over the Oahe Lake / Missouri River, right on the bridge. I thought it was kind of funny. They sampled some wheat today but found it was a bit too wet yet, so hopefully tomorrow it will be dry enough to get rolling.