2012 - June 17-Seneca, KS to Trenton, NE

We left the campground this morning at 8:15 and headed west on Rt. 36. Pretty uneventful until we saw a sign that said that the geographical center of the contiguous 48 states was just a little bit out of our way. After a short 5 mile detour, we were there. Still pretty uneventful! Well, anyway, that's one more obscure place that Marsha and I can say we've been and we've got the pictures to prove it.

We stopped in Phillipsburg, KS at a popular-looking spot called the Branding Iron II where Marsha took me for Father's Day lunch. About 2:00, we started looking at the map to see where we might camp for the night and found Swanson Reservoir State Recreation Area, just about an hour's drive up into Nebraska, near Trenton. We were in a nice shady camp spot, set up, and drinking a beer in 100 degree heat by 3:45.

So, while we were walking around the campground, we watched a guy trying to get his boat trailer into the water deep enough to load his pontoon boat. The water was over the rear wheels and the exhaust outlet, but the pontoon boat never made it onto the trailer. During the process, the guy killed the truck engine and probably filled the cylinders with water. He never did get it started again. Another truck towed him up the ramp and the truck is sitting there drying out!

We ate dinner at the marina. It was nothing great, but at least we didn't have to mess around fixing dinner in the camper. The forecast is for 106 degrees here tomorrow, so I think we're going to shoot for a state park near Loveland, CO. It's at about 5,500 feet, so maybe it will be cooler. More later.