Riding Nebraska’s Cowboy Trail - Trail’s End… Not Quite

Riding Nebraska’s Cowboy Trail - Trail’s End… Not Quite

We rode the trail till it ended in Valentine. Done! Well, not exactly. Riding the Cowboy Trail was finished, but the GART (Great American Rail-Trail) in Nebraska was not. There was a tiny section left and we hate leaving things undone.

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Riding Nebraska’s Cowboy Trail - Days 6 - 7

Riding Nebraska’s Cowboy Trail - Days 6 - 7

Each day we seem to notice lots of a particular critter(s). Some days it’s been bunnies and squirrels. Some days, it’s dragonflies and butterflies or red-winged blackbirds. Today we saw two dead badgers, three garter snakes (I accidentally ran over one!), a gopher snake already flattened and beaucoup frogs... yup, frogs hopping across the trail.

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Riding Nebraska’s Cowboy Trail - Day 5

Riding Nebraska’s Cowboy Trail - Day 5

We’re on Day 5 of Nebraska’s Cowboy Trail. We’re meeting wonderful, warm, friendly people and some other bicyclists. Though we love the cycling, these chance encounters may end up being the best part of the trip. Read on and see why.

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