Riding from Ponca to Crofton, this is our longest day at 74 miles (but an option to do less than 50 which I took). Crofton is a town of about 700 residents, but is very close to the boating/fishing vacation area of Gavins Point Dam, so I’m sure they see a rise in temporary population during the summer. For most of the day today we followed the Outlaw Trail Scenic Byway.
In the morning before we left we were warned that we needed to be past the Hwy 15 exit by 10:00 as they were going to reroute I-29 along our route because of flooding of the Missouri River. I made it with less than an hour to spare.
One of our stops was a church in Maskell, NE (Pop. 67). Some great sweets and treats inside.
Saw this at the entrance of a property as we entered Maskell, NE.
Saw this as I entered Obert, NE, just a few miles down the road. Hmmm, I’m sensing a theme here….
Just thought this was a beautiful example of a country church, many of which we saw along the way.
Gorgeous views today.
My only criticism of the entire trip were the first three days roads. Every 15 feet was a crack in the road like this. Bikes could probably dodge them, but with the trike I hit every single one. It made going fast impossible and the ride very uncomfortable.