Indian Cave

Driving through Nebraska we saw this fun museum that crossed over the freeway. Next time.

We were ready for a stop, so I used my road trip app to see if there were any cool stops nearby. There was a wild rose farm, so we tried to stop there, but it was nonexistent. That was a pretty lame first time app stop. But we did find this cool crane sanctuary.

Matt tested out this awesome trail bike.

And then we were off again!

Our next stop was also in Nebraska at the Indian Cave State Park.

We enjoyed Addie's sparkly shirt as we paid for our day pass.

We saw this antique and I had to use it.

Thought bubbles above the girls heads would read "my mom is straight tripping."

We drove through a windy and desolate state park for several miles out to the Indian cave area.

It was almost unbearably stiflingly hot.

We were sweaty and sticky from the second we got out of the car, which was made worse by the fact that we'd been in chilly Seattle and Oregon for the past 2 weeks.

They don't know how old the caves are, or exactly what they were used for, but there are dozens of hieroglyphic characters carved throughout the caves.

The girls ran up and down and all around.

We tried to spot the ancient markings, but so many people have also carved into it, that it was hard to find them.

It's a shame that so many people have desecrated it.

Oh Laney.

Trying hard to find the markings!

They had a few examples.

It was fun to find the ones they displayed.

The park sits on the Missouri River, so after we explored the cave, we walked across to the banks of the river and watched a coast guard boat doing who knows what.

My teenage hubby took another opportunity to skate.

And then it was time to go. That AC felt so good!

Just before a bridge, and right next to a railroad track where another train crossed right in front of us, we entered Missouri, but grabbed this picture on the Nebraska side.

Every time we kissed in the car the girls would ask which new state we were in. But sometimes it wasn't even a new state, we just wanted a kiss. ***Heart eye emoji**

And more road trip sightings. Fun bridge. 

Pretty setting sun.

And finally:

The girls were so good. I didn't push much more school than some of their road trip books and journal writing for the trip back home, it just got to be too much. But they were good sports and got along so well. They really are the perfect age to travel. Easy going, generally happy, and easy to entertain.