DAY3

Early morning forecasts painted a grim picture. Thunderstorms, flashflood warnings to be followed by heat warnings. A strong line of storms passed north of Kansas city early and we skirted the western edge of the storms all the way to Omaha. We stopped several times along the line to assess where the storms were located. A stop was made at Desoto National Wildlife Refuge where we viewed the recovered cargo of a large riverboat that sank on the Missouri in the late 1800's. We stopped in Blair NE, just across the Missouri for lunch, then headed West NorthWest into the rolling plains of Nebraska. The sky stayed overcast, tempering the heat, and we dodged most storms. The country began to open up to corn and bean fields as far as you cared to look and we begain the climb into the high plains. We ended the day in Norfolk NE (home of Johnny Carson). There are 1140 miles behind us. Tomorrow, the Black Hills!