Planning a trip

cumminspuller · Oct 3, 2016

Folks, I need some help on planning a trip. I'm getting married the 22nd of this month. My new bride and I will be heading west from Tennessee for our honeymoon. Hoping to make it to Cheyenne, WY. There is no time schedule or anywhere we have to be at a certain time. I'm planning on staying off of the interstate as much as possible. If anyone has any suggestions of things to stop and see along the way please post them. Anything farming or history related is always a must. General directions will be to go up and across Missouri and Kansas or Nebraska to Wyoming. Then come back across Nebraska or South Dakota through Iowa. Then drop down through Illinois and Kentucky back to the house. That is just a general idea of the way we plan to travel. I haven't picked out any roads yet so that is still open for suggestions. Thanks for any input. Chris

4520BW · Oct 3, 2016

If you go thru southern Missouri stop at Lambert cafe. There is one in sikeston and one in Ozark. Good home cooked food and they they trow the rolls at you!.

Case Nutty 1660 · Oct 3, 2016

Lots to see and do in the Black Hills of SD,, also Devils Tower in Wyoming,,, the Big Horn mountains are very pretty to see as well west of me about 70 miles,, if you would like a tour of my collection I am in Gillette Wy,,
stan2670@collinscom/net if you like
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JMS/.MN · Oct 3, 2016

Salt mine and Cosmosphere space museum in Hutchinson, KS. Warp Museum in Minden, NE? Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD. Wall Drug, Wall, SD.

Goose · Oct 3, 2016

Warp Pioneer Village in Minden, NE is good for at least a half day. Buildings full of old tractors, cars, trucks, etc., plus other antiques.

It's on U.S. 6, a few miles south of I-80 depending on which highway you're on.

Angle Iron · Oct 3, 2016

(quoted from post at 11:14:13 10/03/16) Salt mine and Cosmosphere space museum in Hutchinson, KS. Warp Museum in Minden, NE? Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD. Wall Drug, Wall, SD.

T Rushmore is a must see to me, just amazing to see in person.

jon f mn · Oct 3, 2016

On I-70 on the east side of Kansas at the last free exit before the toll starts is a real nice ag museum. About 2-3 hours to see it all. Well worth stopping at. And if your in Cheyenne then you owe it to yourself to stop at the Sapp Bros truck stop about 10-15 miles east of town on I-80, there is a bar/steak house right on the east side of the truck stop that has arguably the best steaks in the US. You will get a great meal with all the fixins for a reasonable price. Also if you go north of Omaha on I-29 there is a small museum with a large collection of Minneapolis Moline items. I'm not sure which exit, but it is just north of the bypass for Omaha.

caterpillar guy · Oct 3, 2016

Wetern KS I think on highway 96 there is the sand creek massacre site. Pratt KS with the hot and cold water towers. Just a pass through . Fort Robinson in NW NE Lawrence KS where Quantril burned it. Wounded Knee SD and the Wounded Knee massacre. Murdo Sd with a few things there. There is a motel on the Business loop just west of town on the north side of the road. Think it is the Sioux INN was the cheapest, and nice place in town. While in Western SD there is Belle Fouche Before they ruin that nice little cow town. Has been a cow town since the mid 1800's or more. They have put a 4 lane up through it for US-385 now. The Badlands as you come east from Rushmore. The Pheasant in Huron SD in front of the Bowling alley /restaurant. Amana Colonies in IA the IH collection in Avoca IA I believe it is. The Mormon Massacre site in ILL Lincoln tomb in Springfield IL Also the village near there like a few miles away can't remember the name offhand. These are just a few I can think of. Most of the tractor things will be closed up for the year by that time due to the season. Then there is Kinze in Williamsburg IA you will need to send in info to tour part of the place. Contact them right away if you plan to stop there.

Eldon (WA) · Oct 3, 2016

(quoted from post at 09:51:42 10/03/16) Folks, I need some help on planning a trip. I'm getting married the 22nd of this month. My new bride and I will be heading west from Tennessee for our honeymoon. Hoping to make it to Cheyenne, WY. There is no time schedule or anywhere we have to be at a certain time. I'm planning on staying off of the interstate as much as possible. If anyone has any suggestions of things to stop and see along the way please post them. Anything farming or history related is always a must. General directions will be to go up and across Missouri and Kansas or Nebraska to Wyoming. Then come back across Nebraska or South Dakota through Iowa. Then drop down through Illinois and Kentucky back to the house. That is just a general idea of the way we plan to travel. I haven't picked out any roads yet so that is still open for suggestions. Thanks for any input. Chris

All the places listed are great, but this time of year I would stay south a bit. We just got home from 9 days in southern Utah, red rock country, beautiful scenery and weather. The national parks in that area are something everyone should see in their lifetime!

Greg K · Oct 3, 2016

It is said (I have never driven it) that hwy 2 in Nebraska is very scenic. Hwy 12 across the top of nebraska is pretty also. Fort Robinson in the northwest corner of NE is a neat experience, and nearby is toadstool park and the fur trappers museum. Like Goose said, Minden is good for a day. black Hills of SD and the badlands are neat. Falls Park in Sioux Falls SD is a good stop. Yankton SD is a neat town to go through. Watertown SD has the Terry Redding art gallery which is incredible even to a non artist person like me. Avoca Iowa I hear is neat. The arch in St Louis is neat, but don't take the wrong exit. Just stop into the local bar and ask the locals what to see, you'll get pretty good advice there too.

oldtanker · Oct 3, 2016

If you get close enough the museum at Ft Riley KS is interesting. It includes the house that was assigned to Custer and his wife when he died.

Rick

bja105 · Oct 3, 2016

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/7248
Maxi the goose in Sumner MO.
I drove across MO on RT 36, east from Cameron to Hannibal, Mark Twain's birthplace. The goose was a silly side trip, but fun. Hannibal was a neat town. Lots of farming and tractors on the way.

There is an at museum on the side of I70, I think it is in Illinois.

Atcheson Kansas was nifty. Fort Leavenworth, herds of domestic Bison. There are places you can still see wagon ruts from one of the old trails, maybe the Santa Fe?

Ohio88 · Oct 3, 2016

Harold Warp museum in NE. And Pioneer museum in South Dakota. To get to Chyene you could follow part of the Oregon trail. From their to Independance Rock then to Mount Rushmore and back across South Dakota. If you go to Mount Rushmore and a cross SD, Custer State park is good. There is also Wall drug and the Corn Palace. Just some ideas.

John B. · Oct 3, 2016

If you come thru Illinois on your way home. Cahokia Mounds just on the South side of Interstate 64 is a nice place to see. It's an Indian settlement with huge mounds. A very nice museum with nice displays and a movie theatre. It's also located in the "Horse Radish Capital" of the world. In Collinsville and Cahokia Illinois 3/4 of the worlds horse radish is raised there.
Cahokia Mounds

David G · Oct 3, 2016

You could get into some water if heading for Wyoming in late October.

David G · Oct 3, 2016

winter weather, not water.

denglish · Oct 3, 2016

Mansfield MO, may be on your route. It has the Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum. The Baker Creek Heirloom seed facility is also in Mansfield and is pretty cool to visit. They have a little pioneer town complete with seed store and Mennonite-ish restaurant. If you come across on 400 in southeast KS you can stop and see Big Brutus - giant old steam shovel.

cool hand · Oct 4, 2016

Ah, Fort Riley! I spent six months there in 1958. U.S. Army--basic training and AIT. For me the AIT was OJT--Personnel Section. I really lucked out!

cumminspuller · Oct 4, 2016

Thank you all very much for the suggestions. I'm hoping the weather is not too bad the farther north we get. Just have to wait and see I guess. Some stuff I knew was there but just didn't think about it until some of you suggested it. I will try to post some pictures of the trip when we make it back to Tennessee.

cumminspuller · Oct 4, 2016

CaseNutty if we make it to Cheyenne and the weather isn't too bad we will defiantly pay you a visit. Surely if we make it all the way to Cheyenne we can make it another 250 miles to your place. haha

Blackhole49 · Oct 4, 2016

I drove around the state of CO 10 days ago. There was already snow in the higher elevations and a lot of the "chain only" warnings were up in preparation.

showcrop · Oct 4, 2016

Route 191 in western Wyoming Jackson Hole Grand Tetons, Yellowstone Park.

T in NE · Oct 5, 2016

Junction of highways 6 and 10. 13 miles south if i80, 16 miles south of rte 30/Lincoln Highway.

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