Day 7 Hebron, NE to Alma, NE

World's Largest Porch Swing!

We started off the day with a short trip to downtown Hebron and Roosevelt Park. This is the home of the world’s largest porch swing. It holds a whopping 16 adults or 24 children.  We also chatted with Robert Trowbridge, an Indiana native of undetermined age who was happy to pass a half hour talking of Hebron, truck drivers, guitar playing and banjos.

McFarland Hotel in Red Cloud, Nebraska

Our westward journey continued with our leisurely drive along US136 through towns alive, struggling or dead.  Deshier, Ruskin, Red Cloud, Inavale, Riverton, Franklin and Alma.  Opra houses, city parks, historic markers and rivers dot a landscape dominated by farms and seemingly endless fields.

Lunch at a city park in Franklin, our camp for the night in Alma and dozens of interesting places in between.  We talked with store owners, retail clerks and people on the street; they all wished us well on our trip to Alaska and said we to be sure to visit on the return trip.

Franklin City Park after Lunch.

Odometer: 78487 Miles today: 133  Total: 1198